United Way of Central Florida Inc

“The organization's ceo reviews and approves compensation for the other officers. The ceo uses comparability data to ensure compensation is reasonable. This process is documented during the annual budget process. This was done by the ceo prior to the end of fye 6/30/2025.”

“The Executive Committee is composed of all officers of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee may act broadly on behalf of the full Board whenever the need arises or the full Board is not scheduled or cannot meet.”

“full electronic copy of the form 990 was e-mailed to the Board including the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee reviewed the Form 990 in more depth and reported at the subsequent Board meeting, prior to the 990's filing.”

“Each year Board members and staff are asked to review and become familiar, or refamiliarize themselves with the organization's conflict of interest policy and to state any existing conflicts as defined in the policy. Directors with conflicts abstain from voting on related issues as noted in the minutes of the meeting. Each fiscal year, a completed questionnaire is also sent to Directors to disclose family and business relationships and establish whether there might be any relationships or business transactions to report or disclose in the form 990 or that affect independence. The responses are reviewed, maintained, and summarized by the administrative assistant to the President.”

“UWCF adopted an executive compensation program policy guide in June 2009 for performance and compensation of the CEO, CFO and other members of the leadership team. UWCF will strive to provide executive salaries and total compensation levels that are competitive with the marketplace and that are internally equitable. UWCF will reward executive performance based on predetermined goals and objectives supportive of the mission and business objective. Finally, UWCF will strive to provide competitive, affordable, and fair executive perquisites and executive benefits. Enforcement and administrative responsibilities for the program involving the CEO and CFO rests with the executive committee. Those same responsibilities rest with the CEO for all other members of the leadership team. The Executive Committee also serves as the Compensation Committee that meets annually to review the President's performance and compensation. They analyze and compare salaries and benefits of similar size United Ways. Decisions made by the Executive Committee are documented in the employee's file. In the determination of compensation, comparability data provided by United Way Worldwide is used to ensure reasonableness. This process was last done for the CEO position prior to the end of FYE 6/30/2025.”

“The form 990 and audited financial statements are available on the organization's website at www.uwcf.org. These documents as well as the conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available upon request by phone, mail or in person.”

“(Expenses $ 1,267,255 including grants of $) OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: Success By 6: Success By 6 (SB6) mobilizes volunteers from local organizations, businesses, government, churches, civic groups, educators and human services to ensure that all children, by the age of six, have the physical, emotional, social and mental foundation to succeed in school and in life. Since 1995, UWCF's SB6 has focused on early literacy to help children enter school ready to succeed. In total Success By 6 programs placed over 54,000 books in the hands of children in FY 24/25. In addition: * 103 Parent Lending Libraries were in childcare centers serving low-income families; with 20,919 books checked out. * To increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education, Born Learning, a $90 million early childhood awareness campaign developed by the Ad Council, Civilian provided more than 300,000 messages to citizens of Central Florida. These included bus signs, billboards, newspaper advertisements and parent education materials placed in key locations throughout the area. Success By 6 events and staff provided 4,756 pieces of Born Learning and other literature to families in our community * Dolly Parton Imagination Library mails a book and parent guide each month to the homes of preschool children. 22,481 books were placed in the homes of 2,500 children ages 0-5. The Carol Jenkins Barnett United Way Children's Resource Center (CJBUWCRC), formerly Family Fundamentals, opened in November 2022 in our new location within the Florida Children's Museum at Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland. As a community and family outreach of Success By 6 the CJBUWCRC is a parent resource center which has formed partnerships with over 40 partner organizations providing parents and family members with support groups, classes, education, tutoring and other programs designed to strengthen the development of our children and family relationships. Master Teacher: This school readiness initiative targets neighborhoods where children considered at-risk for school failure reside. It provides an internship for childcare instructors using two Master Teachers along with parent education classes to help the instructors and parents to prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Readiness skills for children in classes with teachers trained by a Master Teacher improved an average of 3 months for every 1 month with the newly trained caregiver. 2-1-1: The 2-1-1 program provides information and referrals to families/individuals and community groups concerning local services and resources. 2-1-1 also identifies gaps in services; assists in creating remedies to meet local needs; connects individuals/families to resources; and advocates on behalf of individuals/families for access to resources. It also works to provide better service, accessibility and information to the Hispanic community. * From July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025, 211 received 59,297 contacts for services through calls, chats, texts, e-mail inquiries, and database searches. In addition, there were 103,236 webpage views for End Hunger, 211, CJBUWCRC, free tax prep, and other needed community resources Women United - ReadingPals: In Spring 2012, UWCF received a first-year grant to begin ReadingPals. Planning and implementation include collaborations with Polk and Highlands County Schools, the Early Learning Coalition of Polk and Learning Resource Center. From 2012-2020, Carol and Barney Barnett invested over $8,500,000 in 17 regions throughout the state of Florida to improve early literacy. ReadingPals focuses on engaging, training and deploying volunteer tutors to increase the number of students reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade. It is important to our community, to the Barnetts, to all businesses and families in Florida that we make a united effort to reduce the close to 45% of children who are not reading at grade level. In 2024 the program secured 181 volunteers and served 362 students at 14 schoo”

“CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ASSETS HELD BY OTHERS - 30243; Uncollectible Pledges - -383227; Total - -352984;”