United Way of Kenosha County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community impact - at united way of kenosha county (henceforth known as uwkc), we believe in the power of maximizing community impact by mobilizing the caring power of individuals and working in collaboration with local agency partners to make a critical difference in our community. We envision a kenosha county where all individuals are healthy, educated, and economically stable.uwkc impacts individuals and families in our local community by investing in a variety of local, state, and national united way initiatives, as well as various programs at our partner provider agencies. These combined efforts provide community solutions and deliver measurable results. Uwkc is guided by groups of volunteers who are responsible for governance, overseeing operations and the annual community investment process. The key focus areas for uwkc, both locally and nationally, are education, financial stability, and health. Uwkc addresses these areas in the following ways: educationhelping children and youth achieve their potentialgoals: children/youth improve academic achievement. Children/youth demonstrate positive engagement at school and in their community.education is the cornerstone of individual and community success. Strong, productive communities are dependent upon a skilled workforce that can compete in a global economy. According to the national center for education statistics, there were 2 million school dropouts between the ages of 16-24 nationwide in 2020. America, and kenosha county, face an education crisis. In kenosha county, two out of three third graders cannot read proficiently, which is an early indicator of ability to succeed in school. What is the cost of this alarming trend? The answer, more than $544 billion in lost wages, taxes and productivity over their lifetimes. These trends are reversible, but only when communities and public, private, and nonprofit sectors work together.uwkc works to achieve education goals by leading the following community initiatives: kenosha county youth as resources (yar)kenosha county youth as resources (yar) is a grant-giving program that funds youth-designed, youth-led community service projects. Youth, with guidance from adults, determine and prioritize the projects they believe will address a need in their community. Youth groups may apply to yar for small grants of up to $500, which may be used to purchase supplies for a project. The yar board invites youth groups to present their service project proposals directly to the board at three time per year for review meetings and then allocates funding after reviewing all applications.yar was developed out of a need - a need to make the youth of kenosha county feel more connected to their community. According to results from a 2010 search institute survey of kenosha county youth, only 27% feel that they are given useful roles in the community. An even lower 25% of youth feel that adults value them. Yar is a program of uwkc in partnership with university of Wisconsin madison extension kenosha county.during the 2024-2025 program year, youth as resource, consisting of 8 high school members and three adult members, awarded $3,500 across 7 service projects read across kenosha: a community literacy eventread across kenosha: a community literacy event took place on thursday, march 6, 2025, in partnership with kenosha unified school district, bristol school district, riverview elementary, and salem school district, and in conjunction with the national "read across america" event. This year, 192 volunteers read with k-3rd grade classrooms. Books featured various authors and titles, guided by the national education association and kusd. Sponsorships and community donations helped provide children's books to each of the 200+ classrooms.readers are leaders tutoring programthe readers are leaders tutoring program is an early grade reading initiative that helps children build the critical reading skills needed to succeed in school and life. Through this tuto

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 70.7%; rating input score 71; 32nd 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: 5.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings