United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule ocommunity funding: through a multi-step process, a diverse group, which includes volunteers and board members, evaluates applications from local nonprofit agencies and makes funding decisions that help achieve community-determined priorities. Uwnwvt awarded approximately 1,500,000 in agency allocations for 2023 and 2022 - funded through the undesignated portion of the organization's annual community campaign as well as restricted state and federal grants. Uwnwvt also distributes donor- designated funds to other non-profit organizations based on amounts actually collected. Working bridges: united way working bridges is an innovative program designed to improve job retention, productivity, and advancement by supporting employees with community resources. The concept is simple: employers work together to effectively develop and test innovative hr practices using the workplace as a platform for services designed to help workers get, keep and grow stable employment. By sharing resources, employers are minimizing the barrier to employment and supporting employees' need to be successful and improve their lives. Common good vt: as of january 2021, common good Vermont is a program of united way of northwest Vermont. Common good Vermont serves as the "go-to" resource for all of Vermont's mission-driven organizations to share resources, gain skills, and build partnerships. Common good Vermont's programs include: - nonprofit certificate programs - Vermont nonprofit summer camp - the nonprofit new england wage and benefits report (Vermont edition)- Vermont nonprofit advocacy & legislative day - Vermont nonprofit news - job postings for Vermont mission-driven organizations - other nonprofit professional training community impact and volunteer mobilization: community impact convenes and backbones various initiatives throughout the region. Currently uwnwvt is directing two efforts. Northwest Vermont regional prevention network: in december of 2021, united way of northwest Vermont launched the northwest Vermont regional prevention network as part of a 5-year strategic plan to unify the region around a holistic and comprehensive approach to preventing substance misuse among youth and young adults. This work is funded by prevention center of excellence (pce) grant awarded to united way through the Vermont division of substance use programs. Mental health initiative: united way of northwest Vermont's mental health initiative is elevating the voices of direct providers of mental health services, vermonters with lived experience, and organizations and alliances focused on mental health and substance misuse. Together we will work to align existing mental health resources, identify gaps in the system of care, and create a shared agenda and action items for our next steps. Through extensive conversations with community partners, we have identified three initial priorities for the mental health initiative to focus on: addressing Vermont's critical labor shortage of mental health providers; strengthening and aligning resources for suicide prevention; and responding to the acute rise in youth mental health needs. Our role is to work alongside our service partners on the ground, those with lived experience navigating mental health services, and policymakers to break down barriers to the systems change we need to promote better mental health and ensure community members who want it have timely access to effective mental health services. Community partners who will help guide the mental health initiative's work include howard center, northwestern counseling & support services (ncss), Vermont care partners, spectrum youth & family services, Vermont suicide prevention center, and nami Vermont. The mental health initiative is made possible thanks to funding from the uvm health network, ibm and generous individual donors. Volunteer mobilization activities promote and support volunteering throughout the region through general volunteer postings onl

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 60.5%; rating input score 60; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings