EIN 48-0561978

United Way of Kaw Valley

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
38
City
State
Year formed
1958
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
United Way of Kaw Valley creates and cultivates an unbreakable network of support for a strong, healthy, and equitable community, until the fight is won. Through donations and grants, uwkv invests and manages millions of dollars annually to ensure that individuals have access to resources regardless of their background.
Also known as...
United Way of Greater Topeka
Total revenues
$5,575,436
2023
Total expenses
$5,541,906
2023
Total assets
$4,197,473
2023
Num. employees
38
2023

Program areas at United Way of Kaw Valley

United Way of Kaw Valley serves the people of shawnee, douglas, jackson and jefferson counties in northeast Kansas. We pair individual and corporate donations with state and national grant dollars to create and cultivate an unbreakable network of support for strong, healthy and equitable communities. Each year uwkv invests and manages millions of dollars to help ensure that regardless of their zip code every family and individual has access to the resources to live, learn and thrive. That can look like access to affordable: -high-quality childcare -high-quality preschool -parenting education and support -physical and mental health care -financial literacy education -job training -family supports/basic needs in times of instability we help families today while knowing that we must also change the systems that perpetuate inequity and generational disadvantage. We think and act strategically about volunteering to increase the capacity of the local nonprofit community to serve our neighbors in need. We convene conversations among donors, partners and stakeholders to create a common understanding of our greatest challenges and to generate better, more inclusive and achievable solutions. These conversations must include stakeholders who have used community services and understand the barriers because they have experienced them. That experience has value, and those stakeholders should be compensated for their contribution to the conversation. We invest locally in partners whose work supports our aspirations. Investments are community-specific, supporting strategies guided by local volunteers in each county. Dollars raised in a community/county remain in that community unless a donor designates otherwise. To best serve our community and effectively live United, uwkv commits to placing diversity, equity and inclusion at the forefront of our work, internally and externally. Uwkv adds value to the nonprofit community by leading and encouraging collaboration, by sharing resources and capacity and by focusing many partners on problems that would overwhelm any single agency. Uwkv forges connections between and among partners and donors. Uwkv shares its accumulated knowledge with its partners in the mutual pursuit of success of the whole family in all its forms. Succeeding in that pursuit also requires that uwkv listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of those who are most in need and those who have been traditionally underrepresented or even silenced. Uwkv recognizes that everyone in its United Way community brings value to its mission. It understands that each employee, donor, volunteer, partner and stakeholder brings different experiences perspectives and expectations on their United Way journey. Uwkv respects and encourages insight and participation from all community members. Uwkv also invests in direct service programs like -managing an online volunteer matching service and coordinating thousands of volunteer hours each year through ongoing board and committee opportunities, corporate volunteer engagement and special volunteer events. -supporting the vita program that helps people get their tax returns prepared for free. This program brings 10 million back into the community in the form of saved preparation fees tax refunds and earned income credits. -christmas bureau -dolly parton's imagination library -nancy perry day of caring, which annually supplies around 1,000 corporate and community volunteers for nonprofit projects. -the junior leader reader program, coordinated by uwkv's young leaders society, where every year volunteers read to thousands of preschool and kindergarten students, each of whom receive a free book. Uwkv takes pride in keeping internal costs as low as possible, so donor dollars are used efficiently and effectively to achieve its mission. In addition to direct service, donor dollars support grant management and fiscal oversight, strategic volunteer engagement and management, local and state advocacy, donor and partner communication, and continued community collaboration that leads us to new and better solutions.

Grants made by United Way of Kaw Valley

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Child Care Aware of Eastern KansasGeneral Support$784,917
Topeka Association for Retarded Citizens (TARC)General Support$539,659
Community ActionGeneral Support$366,100
...and 41 more grants made totalling $3,414,096

Who funds United Way of Kaw Valley

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Ethel & Raymond F Rice FoundationToward Support of Their Anti-Poverty and Family Stabilization Programs.$55,000
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas FoundationGift To Accompany Employee Contributions$50,000
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas FoundationGift To Accompany Employee Contributions$50,000
...and 22 more grants received totalling $336,059

Personnel at United Way of Kaw Valley

NameTitleCompensation
Jessica LehnherrPresident and Chief Executive Officer$97,053
Valerie ThiemeChief Financial Officer$68,621
Susan DuffyPast Chair$0
Matt AllChair$0
Stephanie FloodPast Treasurer$0
...and 7 more key personnel

Financials for United Way of Kaw Valley

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,542,178
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$28,191
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-36,471
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$41,538
Total revenues$5,575,436

Form 990s for United Way of Kaw Valley

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-02-27990View PDF
2022-062023-03-30990View PDF
2021-062022-03-29990View PDF
2020-062021-04-15990View PDF
2019-062020-08-14990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s

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Data update history
May 27, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 9 new personnel
May 19, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $32,450 from One Gas Foundation
December 28, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsFamily service centersCharities
Issues
Community improvement
Characteristics
Provides grantsLobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1527 SW Fairlawn Rd
Topeka, KS 66604
Metro area
Topeka, KS
County
Shawnee County, KS
Website URL
uwkawvalley.org/ 
Phone
(785) 273-4804
Facebook page
UnitedWayTopeka 
Twitter profile
@unitedwaytopeka 
IRS details
EIN
48-0561978
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1958
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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