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20092015
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LIVE UNITED
United Way of Olmsted CountyGIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER.
A report to the community in the third year of a six-year plan to advance the common good in Olmsted County*
Change the world.Start right here.
*a web edition of the report published the Post-Bulletin 09.12.12
The difference between
what we do and what
we are capable of doing
would suffice to solve
most of the world’s
problems.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Spirit of Caring Award Recipients 2012
Don DeCramerMike Williard
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United Way of Olmsted County recruits people and
organizations who bring the passion, expertise, and resources we need to
get things done. GIVEADVOCATEVOLUNTEER
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Change the worldStart right here
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Dear Supporters and Community Members,
On behalf of United Way of Olmsted County, thanks for your continued commitment and support.
Three years ago, we launched a six year plan, and what we believe will be a nearly $20 million investment, to prepare our children to succeed in school and our youth to succeed in the community; to move working families toward financial stability; to improve the health of our community; and, to meet our neighbors’ basic needs of food, shelter, safety and inclusivity.
Now at the half-way mark, we look at where we aspired to be and where we are. In many cases we are making great progress in strengthening our community. In every corner of Olmsted County, our volunteers, donors and advocates invest their passion, their expertise and their resources to create opportunities for a better life for all.
Ours is a dynamic community. There are more people who call Olmsted County home than there were three years ago. There are more children who qualify for free and reduced lunch. There are more children under the age of five eligible for enrollment in the Imagination Library. Though
unemployment is low, underemployment is affecting many working families who struggle to reach and sustain financial independence.
United Way of Olmsted County envisions a county that is supportive, safe, healthy and welcoming, where individuals and families are thriving and full of hope. It’s what we all want.
We are all connected, interdependent. To create real, lasting change in our community, it will take all of us living united.
Start now by volunteering, lending your voice, and giving!
Throughout this report you’ll read more about our reach and impact. You will learn about the ways in which our collective work is working and the ways in which our work needs more collective work.
Get engaged, visit our website, and make a difference. Change the world.Start right here. Start right now.
You have our continued promise that we will be good stewards of your trust in us to do all that we can together to advance the common good.
Thank you!
United Way of Olmsted CountyBoard of Directors
Toni AdafinIBMPatricia BarrierMayo ClinicRandy Chapman, ChairPost-BulletinDon DeCramerMayo ClinicJohn EdmondsOlmsted County Larry EdmondsonOlmsted County, retiredTodd FierroOshkosh Truck Corp., McNeilus Commercial GroupBetty Hutchins, Vice-ChairMayo ClinicWalt LingIBMBrad LohrbachFamily Service RochesterKelly McDonoughFirst Alliance Credit UnionHeidi MestadMayo ClinicMichael MunozRochester Public SchoolsChris NelsonDunlap & Seegar, P.A.Gail Nelson, TreasurerFirst Alliance Credit UnionJoanne RosenerMayo Clinic, retiredJim RustadIBMWendy ShannonByron Public Schools, retiredDave Stenhaug Wells Fargo Wealth Management GroupDavid ThompsonStewartville Public SchoolsJudy WellerMarco, Inc.Mike WillardIBM, retiredKaren MathisonUnited Way of Olmsted County, ex officio
Karen Mathison (center) and UWOC Board Chair, Randy Chapman (right) with Senator Al Franken during his recent visit to the Running Start for School distribution site at the Heintz Center in Rochester.
Uniting people and resources to improve lives in our communities.
Karen R. Mathison, PresidentUnited Way of Olmsted County
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Since June 2006, 363,607 books delivered to 15,386 children.Not so long ago, when we asked people if they had heard about the Imagination Library, more often than not, they would say no. These days, without asking, we hear how much the children love their books!
The Imagination Library is an early literacy program we know has a positive impact on the lives of children - and their parents. Where children are receiving this free monthly, age appropriate book, we know their parents are reading to them more and are more aware of their children’s reading. Both are important indicators of improved childhood literacy.
By 2015, we want to have at least 75% of the eligible children enrolled and receiving books. We are at 52% - and as of the 2010 Census, we now know there are even more children we need to reach.
Supporting learning and development of children and youth so they become responsible, contributing citizens.
Community Gang Initiative & Operation StarfishConnecting young people with caring adults is a core strategy that works. Investments of patience, persistence, perserverance, and a passion for making a difference pays dividends in young people who see a future for themselves they did not believe possible.
That vision doesn’t just breed hope, it builds determination.
The Community Gang Initiative brings together a cross section of public, private, and nonprofit groups to work together to provide opportunities for young people who face some very difficult challenges.
Operation Starfish is one recent outcome of this collective effort. This project assists youth ages 17 to 21 with job mentoring, job training, and work experience. In its first two years, 13 youth have completed internships. Of these, 5 found full-time employment. Two others found part-time employment. All 13 found out life has more to offer than they thought possible.
Anyone working to improve education understands that it’s a cradle-to-career undertaking. Education starts at birth, and children learn wherever they are.
In partnership with many community organizations, United Way of Olmsted County has been working on a few education strategies against which we can execute forcefully.
Our Education Solution team, a group of local education leaders chose two focus areas -early childhood literacy and connecting youth to their community - and then drilled down into each to understand and identify:
• Critical obstacles and underlying issues to achieving the desired outcome;• Evidence-based community strategies that can address the underlying issues;• Meaningful roles that United Way could play in support of the community strategies.
Out of this emerged three targets for 2015:
1) 75% of Olmsted County children achieve development milestones and pass kindergarten assessment.
2) 3,330 low-income youth connect to caring adults and community.
3) 3,330 low-income youth demonstrate leadership in the community.
So, how are we doing? We think we need to do much better.
Though there are proven methods to boost students’ literacy skills, the challenge is bringing these methods to more children.
While over 80% of children who are part of the United Way partner programs achieved development milestones and passed their kindergarten assessment, in 2012, only 54% of all Olmsted County children achieved development milestones and passed their kindergarten assessment.
We also know that from cradle to career, a student connected with caring adults does better in school today and builds a better life tomorrow. Here again, reaching more children with mentoring and other programs remains a challenge.
There are simply more youth in need of mentors than we have mentors for these youth.
Even now, United Way volunteers and community partners are coming together to look at what we need to do differently and better over the next three years to bring the strategies that are working to scale.
Anyone working to improve education understands it will take all of us to succeed.
Children passing kindergarten assessment
Children in partner programs.
All children.
2015 Goal: 75%
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Increasing income assets and providing job training for improved employability.
Family-sustaining employment is the cornerstone of financial stability.As part of our financial stability initiative, United Way of Olmsted County supports students participation in a number of vocational training initiatives.
Working through the Job Training Collaborative Partnership (Catholic Charities; Express Personnel; Hawthorne Education Center; Hiawatha Homes; International Mutual Assistance Association; Kelly Services; Lutheran Social Services Link Program; MN Department of Education and Economic Development; MN Department of Transportation; Rochester Community and Technical College; United Way of Olmsted County; Workforce Development, Inc.), we identify areas of current or expected hiring in the community. Then, working with employers like McNeilus, Crenlo, and others, curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation for careers in that industry.
Past programs have been held in welding, soldering, building utilities maintenance, and customer service.
“The best anti-poverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation measure to come out of Congress.” That’s what President Ronald Reagan called the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Here’s what EITC has meant right here in the past three years:
$4,426,568came back to Olmsted County from 2,780 returns filed by working families. These families received free tax preparation through the efforts of the Financial Stability Partnership joining with the tax preparation services provided by the AARP Tax-Aide Program, The Salvation Army, and the Senior Center, as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
The cost of housing, health care, child care, gas and other basics is far surpassing income in America. Many families are barely getting by, even working multiple jobs.
Over the past 20 years, the cost of living in the United States has increased almost 90 percent, drastically outpacing income growth. Just one unanticipated expense – a car breakdown, an uninsured illness, a week without a paycheck – can lead to crisis.
The situation is most critical for lower-income working families. Note the emphasis on workingfamilies – those in which one or two adults together work the equivalent of a full-time job or more but still don’t earn enough to make ends meet.
“In Olmsted County, 37 percent of workers work only part-time or part of the year, or both,” according to Phil Wheeler, director of the Rochester/Olmsted Planning department, “Many of these workers work multiple jobs, and more than 12,000 jobs in Olmsted County pay less than $10 per hour. A majority of the people in the labor force who are in poverty are employed.”
Achieving greater financial stability allows lower income working families to move toward financial independence. The cornerstone of financial stability is family- sustaining
employment which is why increasing income assets and providing job training for improved employability are cornerstone strategies for United Way of Olmsted County.
In the first three years of our six-year effort, 238 families achieved stabilization and are building assets.
At our half-way mark we are at 75% of our goal to provide financial literacy skills to 790 people by 2015.
The Financial Stability Partnership helps eligible Olmsted County wage earners to receive quality tax preparation and income-building
opportunities to start them on the road to financial stability and to strengthen the economy of our Olmsted County community.
In the past three years, 2,780 working families have received $4,426,568 in Earned Income Tax Credits through a United Way-AARP partnership providing tax preparation services.
161 persons have completed job training and gained employment at greater than $10 per hour at a company that also provides health insurance. By 2015, our goal is to take this number to 400.
* numbers above may include duplication of service recipients
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People achieve optimal health through promoting wellness and health care access.
Leveraging technology and collaboration to promote healthy behaviors.United Way 2-1-1 is a free and confidential community helpline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It helps people access information they need to navigate the ever increasing and complex array of health, human, and community services.
Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) helps Minnesotans lead longer, healthier lives by preventing the chronic disease risk factors associated with tobacco use and exposure, poor nutrition and physical inactivity. SHIP is a collaborative process of community partners working across school, worksite, community, and healthcare settings.
The SHIP Healthy Behavior Initiative works to improve systems support and resources for healthcare professionals to improve referrals to lifestyle change resources for healthy eating, physical activity and tobacco cessation.
After exploring various other database options, Mayo Clinic and other Olmsted County SHIP partners decided to work with United Way of Olmsted County to develop a healthy behavior referral database.
Leveraging existing 2-1-1 resources and infrastructure, United Way 2-1-1 added a “Wellness Line” (healthy behavior resources) to the service. Then, partnering with the Community Healthcare Access Collaborative, United Way of Olmsted County helped develop a plan to increase awareness and use of the 2-1-1 line.
9,467Since 2010, the number of uninsured people receiving early interventions for mental illness in a community setting.Good health is
fundamental topeople’s capacity to enjoy their lives, to provide for their families, to realize their dreams and tocontribute to society.
The solution goes well beyond medical care and the health care system. Good health dependson personal choice and responsibility.
People’s health behaviors are also shaped by conditions over which they as individuals havelittle or no control.
The impact of ill health goes far beyond the individual. With medical insurance costs growingfaster than our GDP, preventing disease is one of the best ways to improve the health of theAmerican economy and our people.
Both public and private sectors are recognizing major underlyingfactors that affect health and the roles they can play to contribute to the solution. United Way of Olmsted County donors, advocates, and volunteers are making a difference in health.
With funding awards to partners that support programs and initiatives that mobilize resources and volunteers, we are contributing to a supportive and healthy community.
The quality of life for all of us is connected in important ways to the health and health care available to all of us.
Healthy children miss fewer days of school and are better prepared to learn.
Adults find it difficult to hold a job when they are not healthy.
The uninsured are less likely to access preventive care or seek early treatment of an illness and therefore may miss more time at work or school.
Using health care appropriately, instead of the ER in non-emergencies, lowers the cost of health care for everyone.
Untreated mental health issues interfere with academic achievement, employment, and housing.
In the past three years:
Our partners have helped 6,276 people obtain or retain health insurance.
6,233 uninsured 3-14 year olds received preventive dental care and education.
10,307 uninsured residents received basic health care.
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Coming in 2013: continued healthy collaborations.In 2012, United Way of Olmsted County was asked to participate in drafting a set of potential indicators for a community health needs assessment and improvement plan (CHNA) initiated by Olmsted County Public Health Services, Olmsted Medical Center, and the Mayo Clinic.
As the CHNA project enters its next phase of assessing and prioritizing these indicators, United Way of Olmsted County will continue to play a role in this planning process. When the CHNA results become known in late 2013, we will begin to align our health efforts to this countywide strategy.
* numbers above may include duplication of service recipients
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Helping meet basic needs of people and stabilizing lives with a “safety net”.
Being “smarter” about advancing the common good helps advance the common good.
IBM is working with United Way of Olmsted County and its partners to create the Community Information Sharing System (CISS); a “smarter” solution producing better data analytics that makes smarter decision-making possible in the social service sector.
CISS makes it possible for clients receiving goods or services from partnering agencies to have their basic information collected only once. This one-time intake provides clients with greater ease of access and reduces wait times for the services they receive.
CISS allows participating agencies to serve clients more effectively while at the same time collecting data useful for measuring progress toward community goals, quantifying local needs, evaluating community-wide initiatives and allocating community resources.
Currently, more than 16,000 Olmsted County households are part of the CISS project. The more than 20 participating agencies include Channel One Food Shelf, Salvation Army and Family Service Rochester.
CISS results to date are impressive. For example, Channel One Food Shelf has reduced their client intake time from waiting in line from up to 1 ½ hours to just minutes! The time savings enables Channel One to reallocate staff to work deeper with about 20% of their most dependent clients.
Throughout the system, partners replace redundant client intake with better client support and referrals. Agency information technology expenses are reduced as well. Time for direct delivery of services is increased. Even more importantly, clients access services with efficiency and greater dignity.
In the past 3 years, 868 homeless or near homeless people were
provided with immediate shelter.
Andrew Carnegie observed that “the best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.”
Education, Income, and Health - at United Way of Olmsted County, we think of these as our “ladder” strategies.
However, meeting basic needs is a first and necessary step. When basics needs are being met the next step can be a step up.
So, in addition to the “ladders”, communities need to maintain a “safety net” of support for individuals and families in times of economic dislocation from job loss, health challenges, family strife, or any number of other challenges that life can place before us.
Most of those who use these services are working. In some cases, these services help them continue to work.
Additionally, these supports allow people with disabilities to attain a larger measure of independent living and participate in the working life of the community.
United Way of Olmsted County also supports programs that enable seniors to remain in their homes longer, continuing to live relatively independent lives.
Over the past three years, in a economy that has challenged all of us, we have supported the
work of providing literally millions of nutritous meals.
In the past three years, 868 people accessed immediate shelter.
Though the situation is closely tied to the economy, over the past three years 1,427 people with disabilities have been integrated into our community through employment and other life skills support. That’s about half the annual rate we would like to see - but the trend is improving.
Where seniors are concerned, our 2015 goal is to reduce the costs of services that allow them to remain living independently by providing 50% of the service hours required with volunteers. Our three-year average is just below 30%.
As with all of our work, our own volunteers are continually assessing our efforts and looking to improve them when necessary.
At the halfway mark in community basics, in those areas where we are tracking behind where we aspire to be, our partners and solution teams are working on the innovations and enhanced collaborations “getting it done” will require.
* numbers above may include duplication of service recipients
EDUCATION: supporting learning and development of children and youth so they become responsible, contributing citizens.
By 2015, 75% of Olmsted County children achieve development milestones and pass kindergarten assessment.
54% of Olmsted County achieved development mile-stones and passed kindergarten as-sessment.
54% CCRR, Justice & Opportunity for Youth, Migrant Head Start, Sports Mentorship Academy,Byron Schools, Civic League Day Nursery, Boys and Girls Club, Good News Children’s CenterGirl Scouts, Bridge Builders for Kids, Quarry Hill Nature Center Workforce Development Inc, Reading Center, Rochester Family Y,Family and Children’s Center
82.7% children who are part of the partner programs achieved de-velopment milestones and passed kindergarten assessment.
By 2015 3,330 low-Income youth con-nect to caring adult & community.
2,356.All youth served.
826 Volunteer mentors needed to ad-dress waiting list of youth.
By 2015 3,330 low-Income youth demonstrate leadership in the com-munity.
660 low-Income youth demonstrat-ed leadership in the community.
581(some duplication)
INCOME: increasing income assets and providing job training for improved employability.
By 2015 400 people complete job training and gain employment at >$10/hr.
83 at $11.14/hr69 w/insurance.(cumulative)
161 at $10.99/hr114 w/insurance.(cumulative)
Catholic Charities, IHN, Hawthorne Education Center, Workforce Center, RCTC , Workforce Development Inc, Center City Housing, IMAA, ABC—SWATC, AARP, Salvation Army
Fast TRAC training providing a wider range of occupations includ-ing, welding, CNA, call center, hospital CNA, child development, and clinical assistant.
To date, $5,314, 221 in refunds returned to to working families.
In this year, 65 Families achieve stabilization and build assets.(annual)
87 families achieved stabili-zation and build assets.
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In this year, EITC refunds of $1,547,745 to working individuals.
$1,415,975 refunded through EITC.
$1,341,401refunded through EITC.
By 2015, 790 people gain financial literacy skills.
366 people gained financial literacy skills.
590(cumulative)
HEALTH: people achieve optimal health through promoting wellness and health care access.
By 2012, 3,520 uninsured 3-14 year olds receive preventive dental care and education. (annual)
2,219 received pre-ventive dental care and education.
1,670 Salvation Army, Children’s Dental Health Center, Family Service Rochester, Zumbro Valley Mental Health, Olmsted County Social Services, IMAA, NAMI, Silver Creek Corner
No longer includes Fillmore County.
Annually 3,700 uninsured residents receive basic health care.(annual)
3,905 uninsured residents received basic health care.
2,484All those seeking care receive care.
Uninsured people receive early interventions for mental illness in a community setting.(annual)
4,281 uninsured people received early interventions for mental illness in a community setting.
2,713 Family group, individual services, suicide prevention in schools.
People obtain or retain health insur-ance through partner interventions.(annual)
1,796 people ob-tained or retained health insurance through partner interventions.
880 Changing government regula-tions have complicated retention efforts.
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All job training stabilization clients complete financial literacy seminar.
2011 Community Impact Recognition Awards
2011 Exceptional Partnering in EducationQuarry Hill Nature Center
2011 Exceptional Results in HealthChildren’s Dental Services
2011 Exceptional Results in Community Basics Project Restore/Family Access Center
2010 Exceptional Partnering in Financial StabilityJob Training Collaborative: Hawthorne Education Center, IMAA, Catholic Charities, and RCTC
COMMUNITY BASICS: helping meet the basic needs of people and stabilizing lives with a “safety net”.
People access nutritious meals. 150,847 nutri-tious meals pro-vided to those in need.
2,437,462* Channel One, Family Service Rochester, Salvation Army
*Change in metric accounts for significant difference.
Children experience safe interactions with caregivers.
This year 662 children expe-rienced safe interactions with caregivers.
636 CCRR Crisis Nursery, Family Service Rochester
Due to these prevention efforts, no maltreatment or violence toward youth occurring; new partnership with law library means increased services.
890 low income residents have access to basic legal representation and education.
1,999 low income residents ac-cessed basic legal represen-tation and educa-tion.
1,245 Legal Assistance of Olmsted County New law library parternership creating additional access.
By 2015, 50% of service hours helping seniors remain in their homes and living independently are provided by volunteers.
This year 31% of service hours helping seniors remain in their homes and living independently are provided by volunteers.
30% Elder Network, Family Service Rochester, Salvation Army
8,306 volunteer hours or 30% of services.
Annually 1,068 people with disabili-ties integrate through employment & life skills.
This year 451 people with disabilities in-tegrate through employment & life skills.
573 Ability Building Center, PossAbilities Employment opportunities improving with the economy.
Annually 315 homeless or near homeless people access immediate shelter.
278 homeless or near homeless people access immediate shelter.
304 Salvation Army, Center City Housing In the past 3 years, 868 people sheltered.
People in the safety net access ad-ditional public benefits*.
3,063 people in the safety net access additional public benefits.
2,475 [all of the above] *Partners agree to assist to the ex-tent opportunities to do so arise.
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COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: distributions of essential resources (books, school supplies, winter coats and other outerwear) provided through partnerships and donations.
By 2015, Imagination Library books are delivered to 75% of eligible children.
This year: Imagination Library books are delivered to 54% of eligible children.
Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Women’s Leadership Council, U.S. Postal Service, Olmsted County.
This initiative contributes to kinder-garten readiness. Eligible population increased with 2010 Census.
2,408 Free or Reduced Lunch stu-dents pick up school supplies.*
2,631 Free or Reduced Lunch stu-dents picked up school supplies.*
70 business and other organizations throughout Olmsted County. Dona-tions from community. Media part-ners: Cumulus Media, ABC News 6.
This initiative contributes to youth success in school. *This report is for the August 2011 distribution.
2,565 individuals come to winter outerwear distribution, and received a coat.*
2,561 individuals came to winter outerwear distribution and received a coat.*
46 business and other organiza-tions throughout Olmsted County. Donations from community. Media partner: Cumulus Media.
This initiative contributes to meeting basic needs. *This report is for the October 2011 distribution.
Multifaceted response ofprevention, intervention and sup-pression programs to reduce youth violence and youth gang involvement
444 high-risk and gang-involved youth connect with pro-social activi-ties and community supports.
25 non-profit, business, and govern-ment partners serve as governing body of the Community Gang Initia-tive. CDBG grant supports case man-agement, pro-social youth activities, mentoring, and internships.
This initiative contributes to youth success in schools and connecting youth to caring adults and the com-munity.
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Every six months United Way of Olmsted County issues an update on our 2015 goals. Available online or at our office.
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Total Administrative and Resource Development
ExpensesTotal Grants and Program Awards
16.07% 83.93%
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Access to health care helps strengthen the entire community.
Salvation Army, Children’s Dental Health Center, Family Service Rochester, Zumbro Valley Mental Health Center, Olmsted County Social Services, NAMI, Silver Creek Corner
Education$1,113,911
Health$400,000
Income$225,500
Ensuring children are ready to learn and motivated to stay in school until graduation means contributing citizens for tomorrow.
Child Care Resource and Referral, Justice & Opportunity for Youth, Migrant Head Start, Sports Mentorship Academy, Byron Schools, Civic League Day Nursery, Boys and Girls Club, Good News Children’s Center, Girl Scouts, Bridge Builders for Kids, Quarry Hill Nature Center, Workforce Development Inc, Reading Center, Rochester Family Y, Family and Children’s Center
Many hardworking families are walking a financial tightrope. As a community we can broaden the tightrope into a path, making it less likely people will fall.
Catholic Charities, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Hawthorne Education Center, Workforce Center, RCTC , Workforce Development Inc, Center City Housing, ABC—PACTT, AARP
Community Basics$729,394
Meeting basic needs stabilizes lives and provides the foundation upon which a better life is restored.
Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf, Family Service Rochester, Salvation Army, Child Care Resource and Crisis Nursery, Legal Assistance of Olmsted County, Elder Network, Ability Building Center, PossAbilities
United Way of Olmsted County recruits people and organizations who bring the passion, expertise, and resources we need to get things done.
According to the recent study , “Where Did My Money Go?”*, “the average American adult believes it is reasonable for non-profit organizations to spend 23 cents out of every dollar on overhead expenses such as fundraising and administration...[T]hat same average adult believes non-profits actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar on overhead....”
United Way of Olmsted County, spends 16 cents of out every dollar on over-head.
* released August 14, 2012 by Grey Matter Research
2012-2013 Impact Area Funding and
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UNITED WAY OF OLMSTED COUNTY, INC.STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITIONDECEMBER 31, 2011 and 2010
ASSETS 2011 2010
Current Assets
Cash & cash equivalents $563,830 $868,931
Investments 1,873,237 1,815,316
Pledges receivable, net 3,039,822 2,903,733
Prepaid expenses and other assets 32,941 91,565
Total Current Assets 5,509,830 5,679,545
Property and Equipment-Net 778,839 834,380
Total Assets $6,288,669 $6,513,925
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable & other $72,154 $129,063
Current maturities / long-term debt 26,218 24,639
Community grants 863,437 39,590
Donor designations payable 529,449 540,245
Total Current Liabilities 1,491,258 1,633,537
Long Term Debt 179,432 256,009
Total Liabilities 1,670,690 1,889,546
Net Assets
Unrestricted Fund 1,505,095 1,536,964
Temporarily restricted fund 3,112,884 3,087,415
Total Net Assets 4,617,979 4,624,379
UNITED WAY OF OLMSTED COUNTY, INC.STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETSFOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 and 2010
2011 2010
Public Support and Revenue
Public Support $4,043,955 $3,646,638
Less: Designations (465,630) (449,203)
Program Income 228,621 381,244
Other Income 100,077 75,228
Investment Return (16,315) 157,509
Total Public Support and Revenue 3,890,708 3,811,416
Distributions and Expenses
Functional Expenses:
Community Grants 1,745,112 1,837,119
Internal initiatives 706,747 659,814
Advocacy, grant making and result tracking 421,891 295,165
Fundraising, Resource Development 436,862 440,413
Administrative 300,331 266,223
United Way Dues 36,165 37,225
Transfer to Endowment 250,000 25,000
Total Distributions and Expenses 3,897,108 3,560,959
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (6,400) 250,457
Net Assets- January 1 4,624,379 4,373,922
Net Assets-December 31 $4,617,979 $4,624,379
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At United Way of Olmsted County, we focus on providing the building blocks for a good life: Education, Income, Health, and Community Basics.
With one gift, you help the whole community. And you can expect that your contribution will yield results you can see.
You can give to United Way of Olmsted County’s LIVE UNITED Community Fund to advance the common good; a specific impact area such as education, income, health, or community basics; or an initiative like the Imagination Library.
If you work in Olmsted County but live elsewhere, you can support your local United Way.
You can also give to any nonprofit organization of your choice.
United Way of Olmsted County makes available for general
review our annual audit and IRS 990. In addition to meeting the standards of United Way Worldwide, we also meet standards set by the Charities Review Council.
With a commitment to transparency, accountability, and results, United Way of Olmsted County enables you to make a difference right where you live and know the difference you are making.
Our IRS 990 forms and other financial information as well as third-party ratings are available on our website (www.uwolmsted.org) or at our offices (903 West Center Street, Suite 100, Rochester, MN ).
When you give to United Way, you help change lives.
Since 1992, United Way of Olmsted County has made it possible for thousands of employees to pledge millions of dollars to the non-profits of their choice.
Every year, hundreds of people use the LIVE UNITED Campaign to pledge thousands of dollars to over 200 organizations in dozens of states and two countries.
LGB Research Institute - a nonprofit organization conducting research in the area of community investment - describes our type
of campaign as “a truly ‘open’ campaign, in which any 501(c)(3) is eligible….”
While other “expanded” or “employee choice” campaigns restrict your donation to a handful of member charities, the United Way of Olmsted County workplace campaign does not.
All donations are processed locally. Fees support the work of local nonprofit organizations.
A complete list of current recipient organizations is available at www.uwolmsted.org/givingunited.
For 20 years, one
campaign for all.
Open choice and
community-based.
A gift of a lifetime gives birth to an endowment.In 2012, United Way of Olmsted County was entrusted with a legacy gift from the estate of Martha Frey. With this generous gift, the seeds were sown for lasting giving to United Way and our community.
Martha came to our community for medical treatment and then gave back with a lifetime gift given to use as best seen fit. As a tribute to Martha’s generosity, her gift was placed into a permanent endowment for today and tomorrow. Earnings from the United Way Endowment Fund will generously help to change lives and provide a better quality of life for everyone.
Martha’s decision to share her gift of a lifetime with our community will reach far and wide as United Way advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.
Throughout the year, the work of advancing the common good in Olmsted County is generously supported by public and private grants, donations, in-kind services, and other considerations. This support is vital to programs in education, income, health, and community basics.
2011 Campaign Awards
2011 LIVE UNITED Award Rochester Public Schools
2011 Employee Campaign Coordinator of the Year Marlene Jehnke, Child Care Resource and Referral
2011 Exceptional Increase AwardMayo Clinic
2011 Best New Campaign AwardGeotek, LLC
2011 Excellence Award First Alliance Credit UnionTexas InstrumentsUnited Way of Olmsted County
2011 Distinction Award ATA, Inc.CRW Architecture + Design GroupElder NetworkMinnesota Public Radio KLSEMinnwest Bank
2011 Achievement Award Channel One, Inc.Child Care Resource & ReferralCustom Alarm/Custom Communications, Inc.Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Inc. McGladreySmith Schafer & AssociatesSoutheast Service CooperativeSouthern MN Municipal Power AgencyUS BankWeis Builders
2011 Appreciation Award A Taste of Rochester, LLCCarl & Verna Schmidt FoundationDomaille Engineering, LLCFamily Service Rochester, Inc.Geotek, LLCHerberger’s
Jim & Judy Sloan FoundationKane & Johnson ArchitectsKTTC Television, Inc.Legal Assistance of Olmsted CountyMerchants BankNAMI SE MinnesotaOscar J Boldt ConstructionPremier BankRBC Wealth ManagementRicoh-USAThe Reading CenterUniversity of Minnesota Rochester
2011 Leader Award Alan C Anderson Chartered CPAAuto Owners InsuranceByron School DistrictCharter CommunicationsChild Care Resource & ReferralCivic League Day NurseryColdwell Banker/Burnet RealtyCub FoodsDr Pepper/Snapple GroupEdina RealtyFriends of Quarry Hill Nature CenterGauthier Industries IncInterfaith Hospitality NetworkjcpenneyJohnson Printing
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Participating in and convening public discussions on the challenges facing our community is fundamental to United Way of Olmsted County’s ability to achieve community impact.
We are most effective when we bring together the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to identify new and innovative solutions to ensure that the needs of all community members are adequately considered and addressed.
In the realm of public policy, we stay current on legislation, regulatory standards, and other government policies and programs:
• that help us achieve our goals;• that address issues in education, income, health, and community basics;• that affect giving, advocacy, or volunteering.
In doing so, we are committed to non-partisan, outcome-based policies that further the goals established by our volunteers.
(We do not endorse candidates for office.)
Whether we are meeting with State Senator Carla Nelson on early childhood literacy, briefing State Representative Tina Liebling about our work, or speaking with U.S. Senator Al Franken as he
visits a Running Start for School distribution site, our goal is to educate and seek support for those issues our community tells us are important.
In recent years these issues have included: maintaining the tax exempt status of nonprofit organizations; protecting the charitable tax deduction; ending the Minnesota state government shutdown; extending 2-1-1 services; and, securing disaster relief and recovery support.
An important part of advocacy is providing access to sources of information on issues, conditions, and trends related to advancing the common good in Olmsted County.
With a commitment to advocacy, United Way of Olmsted County enables you to make a difference right where you live - in Olmsted County, in Minnesota, in the United States of America, and increasingly, in the World.
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Information you can use available on our website.The Common Good Forecaster, created by United Way World Wide and the American Human Development Project, forecasts how things might change in our communities if educational outcomes were better.
Minnesota Compass measures progress in our state, tracking trends in topic areas such as education, economy and workforce, health, housing, public safety, and a host of others.
The Opportunity Index is a guide for measuring and improving opportunity. Economy, Education and Community Health and Civic Life are used to calculate the overall Opportunity Score.
Speaking out
Speaking up
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United Way of Olmsted CountyGIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER.
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For over 85 years, the civic philanthropy and community engagement of United Way of Olmsted County has been accomplished by dedicated volunteers.
At United Way of Olmsted County volunteers raise the money. Volunteers assess needs, set priorities, establish goals, discuss strategies, review funding requests, award funds, monitor results, and govern the organization.
Volunteers collect, sort, and distribute school supplies and winter outer wear.
Volunteers assist in free tax preparation.
A volunteer manages the day-to-day operations of the Imagination Library.
And, of course, a volunteer helps operate the Volunteer Center.
As a result of our contributions to the August 2007 flood response, United Way of Olmsted County is now part of the Olmsted County Disaster Response and Volunteer Coordination.
We coordinated volunteer flood response in 2010 and provided technical assistance to the United Way of Greater Duluth as it responded to the flooding of 2012.
We partnered with IBM as part of their Centennial Day of Service.
With a commitment to volunteerism, United Way of Olmsted County enables you to make a difference right where you live with opportunities for service that are appropriate, meaningful, and rewarding.
In 2010, our 300 Volunteers Campaign recruited volunteers to work with students and seniors, and to train for disaster response.
Early in 2012, we launched the Readers, Tutors, Mentors campaign to recruit voluteers to work with Olmsted County youth-serving organizations and school districts.
This fall we are partnering with the Rochester School District for the first We Want You Back Day by recruiting volunteers to call on high school students who did not return for the 2012 - 2013 school year. Community and staff members will be encouraging them to re-enroll.
Our community’s work, and the work of United Way of Olmsted County, is accomplished in large part by volunteers.
Our Volunteer Center supports the work of nonprofit organizations throughout southeast Minnesota.
People with the passion
and the expertise to
get things done.
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United Way of Olmsted County’s Volunteer Center provides easy access to a wide range of volunteer opportunities in Southeastern Minnesota. There’s easy online access to hundreds of ways to make a difference right where we live at www.uwolmsted.org/volunteer.Turn the page and find two great opportunities to volunteer to be the caring connection youth need to succeed. With you change can happen. You can change the world. You can start right here. Turn the page and the opportunities to do so will be staring right at you.
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If your name should be on this list but does not appear; or, if we have you listed incorrectly please let us know so we can correct our records and acknowledge your service.
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Staff
Karen R. Mathison, CFRE President
Anne Berberich, CFRE Senior Vice-President, Resource Development
April Sutor Senior Vice-President, Community Impact
Dave Beal Vice-President, Communication and Advocacy
Dale O'Groske Chief Financial Officer
Kris Brewer Relationship Services Coordinator
Dorothy Dallmann Finance Assistant
Neal Engelman Business Relations and Development Manager
Deneene McDonald Project Manager Gang Initiative and Community Impact Support Specialist
Becky Nahvi, CVA Volunteer Center and Community Impact Specialist
Renee Schaefer Community Impact Project Specialist
Bonnie Schultz, CFRE Leadership and Planned Giving Associate
Alyssa Surges Community Initiatives Coordinator [ AmeriCorps/Vista ]