United Way of West Central Minnesota

“Auditor presents the financial statements to the full board of directors. After approval, the auditor prepares the 990 and the board officers review and approve it.”

“Annually, board members sign the policy and list potential conflicts. The first agenda item at all united way board meetings and committee meetings is "declaration of conflicts of interest."”

“All of the members of the executive board complete a review of the executive director and submit it to the board president. The president compiles the evaluations and presents a written review and merit rating of the executive director. The compensation package follows the external data provided by the merit rating and is approved by the executive committee. This process is completed annually.”

“Public may request to view documents during regular business hours at the organization's place of business.”

“Empower: women united is an initiative of the united way and unites women in our communities. The purpose is to educate women about our community's most pressing needs, engage women as philanthropic leaders and active community investors and empower women to be a part of positive change in our community. Their current focus is to address the issue of preparing area children for kindergarten. Empower began ten years ago in kandiyohi county to address the issue of only 50% of kindergarten-aged children being ready to start kindergarten. The litchfield branch of empower began eight years ago. The kandiyohi county empower group utilizes the dollars they raise in four different ways: 5% to support imagination library; 15% for getting educational materials into the hands of parents and funding preschool backpacks that have tools to help prepare preschoolers for kindergarten; 30% of the funds are used to provide early childhood grants addressing school readiness. The remaining 50% goes toward the "growmobile," which is a mobile program that provides onsite preschool in targeted regions in our communities year round. The litchfield empower group hosts events to raise money and awareness in litchfield and the surrounding communities. This group uses the funds raised to pay for transportation costs for area children whose families are unable to provide safe and reliable transportation to and from preschool.”