EIN 41-0695594

United Way of Olmsted County

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
35
Year formed
1925
Most recent tax filings
2023-03-01
Description
United Way of Olmsted County unites people and resources to improve lives in the community with a focus on education, income, health, and basic needs – the building blocks for a good quality of life. We do this by convening the community to address key issues, collaborating to achieve a measurable impact, and connecting human and financial resources to achieve our mission. To be an agent of community change that inspires hope, creates opportunity, and champions people in need. Uniting people and resources to improve people’s lives in our community.
Total revenues
$3,451,495
2023
Total expenses
$3,930,338
2023
Total assets
$4,601,041
2023
Num. employees
35
2023

Program areas at United Way of Olmsted County

Grants: United Way of Olmsted County is focused on these building blocks of a good quality of life. We fight for every individual in our community by focusing on: financial stability - moving individuals and families toward financial independence and ensuring basic needs are met. Education - preparing children and youth to succeed in school and in the community. Health - promoting physical and mental well being. Our goal is to create lasting change by addressing the underlying causes of social problems. We are mobilizing the community and building collaborations that produce results. Together, we are changing Olmsted County for the better for all of us.
Donor designations: as a service to our donors, local agencies, and companies that run campaigns, we will process contributions designated by the donor to a specific agency. We will raise, collect and forward donor contributions to the donor's chosen nonprofit organization. Expenses only include designated dollars to be distributed, and do not include any expenses for fundraising or processing of the designated donations.
Partnerships and initiatives: (1) running start for school mobilizes the community to collect backpacks and school supplies through the summer months and then distributes the donated supplies to local schools for children who are eligible for free or reduced lunch. (2) 211 is a free, confidential, and multilingual human service information and referral resource available by phone, text, onlinechat, and online self-search. Information is available 24 hours a day on a variety of topics including childcare, counseling, food, health services, housing, legal assistance, transportation, volunteering, andmore. (3) get connected, United Way's online tool to connect volunteers to opportunities and events, allows people to volunteer with local organizations that fit the volunteer's schedule and interests. (4) imagination library provides children living in Olmsted County the opportunity to receive a free, age-appropriate book in the mail each month from birth to their fifth birthday. Each book is selected for the developmental benefits it brings. (5) the vita free tax preparation initiative connects low-to moderate-income families to opportunities to file their taxes for free. (6) a community school is both a place and set of collective partnerships between rochester public schools, United Way of Olmsted County, the individual school site, and other community resources. United Way of Olmsted County serves as a lead partner with rochester public schools to facilitate the partnership and organize community resources to support student success at seven sites. Each site has goals established in the areas of attendance, behavior and curriculum improvements and utilizes results based accountability to track growth. (7) cradle 2career is a community wide initiative that utilizes the nationally recognized strive together model to implement a multiyear, multiphase program to improve educational outcomes in our community and ensure every child and young adult succeeds cradle to career, through shared purpose, alignment and accountability among community partners. United Way of Olmsted County is one of several partner organizations and serves a variety of roles within the community wide initiative, including administrative support, data support and leadership.
Community impact, advocacy, grant making, capacity building and result tracking: expenses incurred by the organization to assess community needs, provide outcome measurement training to various entities in the community; provide program assessment, review and selection; administer grants; provide financial and stewardship oversight of grant recipients; provide capacity building for agencies; advocate for causes; and participate in community partnerships to advance common goals in the four focused areas.

Grants made by United Way of Olmsted County

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Family Service RochesterProgram Award and Designations$246,694
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association of Southeastern MinnesotaProgram Award and Designations$127,854
Families First of MinnesotaProgram Award and Designations$102,275
...and 31 more grants made totalling $1,283,810

Who funds United Way of Olmsted County

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Mayo ClinicSupport Charitable Programs$425,000
Otto Bremer Trust (OBT)General Operations$60,000
Rochester Area FoundationProgram Support$58,500
...and 12 more grants received

Personnel at United Way of Olmsted County

NameTitleCompensation
Dale O'GroskeChief Financial Officer$84,895
Emily Johnston PhD.Vice President of Community Impact$60,175
Jerome FersonPresident$149,574
Mark HettingerSecond Vice Chair$0
Piper Nieters SuVice Chair$0
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for United Way of Olmsted County

RevenuesFYE 03/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,733,410
Program services$655,158
Investment income and dividends$71,205
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$-23,797
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-38,294
Net income from fundraising events$20,332
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$33,481
Total revenues$3,451,495

Form 990s for United Way of Olmsted County

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-032023-10-10990View PDF
2022-032022-11-11990View PDF
2021-032021-09-30990View PDF
2020-032021-02-22990View PDF
2019-032019-10-04990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
December 2, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
December 1, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
October 21, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $60,000 from Otto Bremer Trust (OBT)
July 28, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 6, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsFamily service centersCharities
Issues
Community improvement
Characteristics
Provides grantsFundraising eventsState / local levelEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
903 W St No 100
Rochester, MN 55902
Metro area
Rochester, MN
Website URL
uwolmsted.org/ 
Phone
(507) 287-2000
Facebook page
uwolmsted 
Twitter profile
@uwolmsted 
IRS details
EIN
41-0695594
Fiscal year end
March
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1925
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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