United Way of the Plains Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community impact and grants administered: united way's lead role in community grants resulted in grant revenues in excess of $4.8 million for the local community, of which $2.0 million was directly administered by united way of the plains. Grants awarded were primarily in the areas of education, financial stability, health, and homelessness. Education initiatives: continued the read-to-succeed program which partnered with area elementary schools, by providing reading coaches dedicated to reading with children. Reading coaches devoted 30 minutes once a week with a student to help develop reading skills. As a result, 437 second & third grade children enrolled in this program benefited from this mentoring program. Health initiatives: prescription medicines: through a partnership with singlecare - provided a discounted prescription drug plan, saving area residents over $180,000 on prescripton costs. Dental care: through a partnership with delta dental of Kansas, provided dental insurance coverage througout the state of Kansas for working individuals that are not able to afford traditional dental insurance. Through this program, 416 clients received over $430,000 in dental care benefits during 2024. Financial stability initiatives: through our volunteer income tax assistance program, over 120 volunteers were recruited, trained and provided assistance in filing over 11,000 tax returns for the elderly and low-income residents resulting in over $7.3 million dollars being returned to these individuals. Basic needs initiatives: homeless initiatives: united way serves as the lead agency for the coalition to end homelessness in wichita/sedgwick county, which is comprised of over 600 individuals and organizations from nonprofit, faith-based, government, and business organizations, and individual community advocates. This coalition colloaborates on the planning of the services needed for homeless individuals and families in our community. During 2024, this committee served over 3,200 individuals by providing assistance with emergency shelter, transitional housing, and street outreach and housing services. With over 1,400 individuals being housed or kept in housing during the year. Disaster response and assistance: during 2024, united way continued its role in providing assistance to victims of an april 2022 tornado. Through the relief fund established to assist victims of this disaster, united way distributed over $500,000 in relief funds to residents impacted by this disaster. The individual applications for assistance are reviewed by a long-term recovery committee, established by the city of andover, with united way having a seat on the committee

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 26th 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; 66th 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: 11%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings