Mission
United Way of Southwest Colorado strives to positively impact the community by supporting local agencies and programs that promote education, healthy lifestyles and self-reliance.
Ruling year
1971
Principal Officer
Lynn Urban
Main address
PO Box 3040
Durango, CO 81302 USA
EIN
23-7113221
NTEE code
Fund Raising Organizations That Cross Categories includes Community Funds/Trusts and Federated Giving Programs) e.g. United Way (T70)
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (S12)
Citizen Participation (W24)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community Emergency Assistance Coalition (CEAC)
The Community Emergency Assistance Coalition is a collaborative effort between United Way of Southwest Colorado, The Salvation Army in La Plata County, La Plata County Department of Human Services, La Plata Electric Round-up Foundation, and Housing Solutions for the Southwest. Each of these organizations contributes financial resources and/or staff time and expertise to help people who face financial emergencies. United Way of Southwest Colorado contributes funds to help those in need, as well as donates staff time to serve as the fiscal agent for this program.
Pagosa Outreach Connection
The Pagosa Outreach Connection is a partnership of individuals and organizations that
provide emergency assistance to people in need. Our goal is to empower people and
families to move toward independence and self‐sufficiency, offering, not a hand out, but
a helping hand.
TeamUP
A Cradle-to-Career Collective Impact project is a regional collaborative with a mission to provide a full system of support to every child in the community.
2-1-1
Help spread the word - you can call 2-1-1 from any phone in southwest Colorado and receive assistance from a live referral specialist. These specialists can help to identify options such as child care, housing, tax assistance, emergency assistance, healthcare, transportation, education, and so much more! The service is free and confidential.
2-1-1 is also often called into extended service during disasters to provide non-emergency, yet important information for people who need it.
You can also click on our "Find Help" button above or visit 211.org 24 hours per day to access our extensive list of resources.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsAverage number of dollars received per donor
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
United Way of Southwest Colorado (partnered with United Way Worldwide) initiated a 10-year program designed to achieve the following goals by 2018:
1. Improve education
2. Help people achieve financial stability
3. Promote healthy lives
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
In order to improve education, our goal is to cut the number of high school dropouts. High school dropouts are 12 years in the making, usually starting early childhood education behind schedule. United Way's model focuses on supportive communities, effective schools and strong families — strategies and approaches rooted in research. Tackling the education challenge requires reframing education on a birth to 21 continuum.
We want to help people achieve financial stability and get 1.9 million working families (half the number of lower-income families who are financially unstable) on the road to economic independence. To address the obstacles that prevent hard working families from getting ahead financially, we launched the Financial Stability Partnership™, an initiative that promotes community-change strategies to help families meet their basic needs, while gaining the financial capability to plan for, and accomplish, their long-term financial goals. Over 300 United Ways and their local community partners are engaged in activities and initiatives to help build the financial stability of families in their communities.
We want to promote healthy lives, and increase by one-third the number of youth and adults who are healthy and avoid risky behaviors. Achieving our goal requires us all to become more aware of health risks and the potential effects they have on ourselves and others, starting from before birth. Working to change policies and practices, such as extending health care coverage, will enable more people to live healthier lives.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
By utilizing our core strengths — a national network, committed partners and public engagement capacity — we firmly believe that we can achieve our goals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We continually monitor our progress by meeting with our partners on a regular basis with regard to the community impact projects and goals.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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United Way of Southwest Colorado
Board of directorsas of 10/13/2021
Brandie Flann
Bank of the San Juans
Term: 2021 - 2022
Ward Holmes
Four Corners Broadcasting
Laura Lewis-Marchino
Region 9 Economic Development
Vaughn Morris
Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County
Lindsay Nyquist
Fort Lewis College
Jay Wood
Southwest HealthNet
Brandie Flann
Bank of the San Juans
Andie Buchanan
Attorney & Mediator
Brigid Korce
Housing Solutions for the SW
Megan Moomey Lewis
Mountain Capital Partners
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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