United Way of Kenosha County
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United Way of Kenosha County
EIN: 39-0806285
as of October 2024
as of October 15, 2024
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?
Readers Are Leaders Tutoring Program
Readers Are Leaders, a United Way of Kenosha County initiative in partnership with Kenosha Unified School District, community stakeholders and members, provides Kindergarten through 3rd grade students with volunteer tutors to help improve early grade reading achievement. Research shows that 3rd grade reading proficiency is a powerful predictor of later academic achievement. From Kindergarten to 3rd grade, children learn to read. From 4th grade on, they read to learn. A student who is not at least moderately successful by 3rd grade is unlikely to graduate from high school.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
The VITA program offers free income tax preparation and filing assistance to low-to moderate income families who may not have access to file their tax return. For families walking a financial tightrope, unable to save for a home, or retirement, United Way volunteers are here to help taxpayers claim qualifying tax credits.
Youth As Resources
Youth As Resources is a United Way education program that provides grants to fund youth-designed, youth-led community service and service learning projects.
Imagination Library
Changing children's lives, one book at a time. When kids can't read, they can't succeed. Children who struggle with reading and comprehension are more likely to have deficits in other subjects such as math, science and spoken language. They are also at a heightened risk for chronic absence and failing to graduate high school. Studies show young children reading at home with their parents help prepare them for kindergarten success, which then helps them become successful in academic achievement.
Imagination Library provides free books mailed to their homes to all participating children from birth to 5 years old.
2-1-1
IMPACT 2-1-1 is a 24-hour central access point for people in need. During times of personal crisis or community disaster, its free, confidential helpline and online resource directory make it easy for residents to get connected to local information, agencies and assistance. IMPACT 2-1-1 also has translation service with over 200 languages available.
Simply dial 2-1-1 from any phone, or text your ZIP code to 898-211. To learn more or view resources online, visit impactinc.org
SingleCare (formerly FamilyWize) Discount Prescription
Save up to 43% on prescription drugs by simply presenting our FamilyWize Discount Prescription Card at participating pharmacies. Use as often as needed. The card can be downloaded from www.kenoshaunitedway.org website and photocopied for family, friends and coworkers. Or text "family" to 700700 to receive a card on your phone (message and data rates apply).
Born Learning Trail
What happens in a child’s early years (birth to age 6) matters—for school readiness and for success in life. Everyday moments can easily be turned into quality early learning opportunities for young children and the Born Learning Trails can help.
Born Learning Trails offer activity stations with interactive learning games that parents and caregivers can play with young children when out on a stroll or visiting a local playground. The educational strategy behind the trails helps to boost children’s language and literacy skills while having fun.
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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 Kenosha County envisions a community where all individuals and families in Kenosha County achieve their human potential through education, financial capability and health lives.
A community where every young person has a quality education that leads to high school graduation, resulting in college and career success;
Every family has an income that pays the bills today and allows them to save for the future;
Every child and adult is able to live a healthy, thriving life.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
United Way of Kenosha County invests in three impact areas; education, financial stability and health, building blocks that contribute to a good quality of life.
We all win when a child succeeds in school. United Way of Kenosha County invests in programs that support children in academic and community engagement, early learning and care services, character and leadership development and early grade reading proficiency.
We all win when families and individuals are financially stable. United Way of Kenosha County invests in programs that connect people with critical resources for emergency shelter and/or basic needs. Programs that enhance literacy and job skills and promote self-sufficiency through asset-building programs such a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance).
We all win when people are healthy. United Way of Kenosha County invests in programs that provide access to mental health and crisis resources, early child development and who promote healthy lifestyles and safe homes and communities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
United Way of Kenosha County's volunteer-led Community Investment Grant Process is designed to award funds to programs demonstrating community need, articulating program efficacy and measureable results. Recommendations for grant awards are formulated by diverse volunteers, representing a broad cross-section of disciplines, donors and corporate partners. Volunteers devote more than 300 hours to an extensive accountability review of the programs and organizations seeking funding. Evaluation is based on application materials and in-person presentations to a volunteer panel.
United Way of Kenosha leads the Readers Are Leaders tutoring program that works to improve early grade reading proficiency.
Building financial assets for low - to moderate income individuals and families walking a financial tightrope in our community, United Way of Kenosha County leads the Kenosha County VITA program bringing back to families more than $18 million in tax refunds during the past ten years.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
United Way of Kenosha County is proud of the partnerships we have built over the last 95+ years and the investments we've made to our community. We want to be a true partner, not only by providing financial support but also by strengthening collaborative efforts meeting the health and human services needs in our community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
5.25
Months of cash in 2023 info
5.3
Fringe rate in 2023 info
16%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
United Way of Kenosha County
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
This snapshot of United Way of Kenosha County’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$13,574 | -$15,405 | $121,154 | $59,477 | -$25,669 |
As % of expenses | -1.3% | -1.3% | 13.2% | 5.2% | -1.3% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$14,186 | -$16,139 | $120,420 | $59,354 | -$28,737 |
As % of expenses | -1.3% | -1.4% | 13.2% | 5.2% | -1.4% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,103,373 | $1,264,291 | $1,298,035 | $1,262,344 | $789,190 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | -15.2% | 14.6% | 2.7% | -2.7% | -37.5% |
Program services revenue | 2.8% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 24.6% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Government grants | 2.9% | 2.4% | 10.1% | 4.3% | 7.6% |
All other grants and contributions | 92.1% | 92.9% | 88.1% | 91.9% | 65.0% |
Other revenue | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $1,069,146 | $1,175,983 | $914,738 | $1,149,658 | $1,994,080 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 7.8% | 10.0% | -22.2% | 25.7% | 73.4% |
Personnel | 49.7% | 51.6% | 50.5% | 52.7% | 30.9% |
Professional fees | 2.6% | 2.6% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
Occupancy | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 34.7% | 35.9% | 29.9% | 19.5% | 56.3% |
All other expenses | 10.0% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 16.9% | 6.9% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,069,758 | $1,176,717 | $915,472 | $1,149,781 | $1,997,148 |
One month of savings | $89,096 | $97,999 | $76,228 | $95,805 | $166,173 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $87,000 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $2,203 | $0 | $0 | $6,867 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $1,161,057 | $1,274,716 | $1,078,700 | $1,252,453 | $2,163,321 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 18.2 | 18.3 | 27.7 | 22.1 | 5.3 |
Months of cash and investments | 18.2 | 18.3 | 27.7 | 22.1 | 5.3 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 4.0 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 2.9 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $1,625,641 | $1,797,382 | $2,110,396 | $2,120,493 | $880,274 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $210,891 | $218,671 | $164,848 | $299,685 | $283,022 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $34,289 | $28,124 | $28,124 | $34,991 | $36,240 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 95.4% | 97.0% | 99.6% | 80.4% | 81.3% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 5.1% | 9.1% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 14.4% |
Unrestricted net assets | $361,308 | $345,169 | $465,589 | $524,943 | $496,206 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $1,394,161 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $1,394,161 | $1,497,874 | $1,760,017 | $1,813,226 | $634,005 |
Total net assets | $1,755,469 | $1,843,043 | $2,225,606 | $2,338,169 | $1,130,211 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
CEO
Mrs. Carolynn Friesch
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
United Way of Kenosha County
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
United Way of Kenosha County
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Board of directors data
Jacqueline Morris
Gateway Technical College
Term: 2020 - 2026
Rob Hogan
Johnson Financial Group
Mark Holmes
LMI Packaging
Cyndean Jennings
Gateway Technical College
William Roberts
Abbott Retired
Tanya Ruder
Kenosha Unified School District
Nina Taylor
Kenosha County
Mitch Farrarro
Family Legacy Real Estate
Nikki Payne
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Dr. Jeff Hill, Ed.D, M.B.A
Herzing University
Horace Staples
Kenosha County Sheriff Department
Dezarrea Johnson-Kindle
NextHome Signature Group
Robert Moore
4D Business Group Inc
Ann Iverson
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Lauren Neri
Uline
Karin Graves
Carthage College
Eric Peterson
O'Neil, Cannon, Holliman, Delong & Laing
Carol Ratliff
Lakeside Curative Services
Kristie Geil
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
Dr, Michele Hancock
Carthage College
Michael Bond
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- 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.