Pikes Peak United Way

“A copy of the 990 is provided to the organization's CFO for review before filing. The CFO reviews the 990, makes any recommendations, and then presents the 990 to the Board of directors and Finance Committee for further review and approval.”

“All staff, board members, interns, and key volunteers are covered by the conflict of interest statement and it is signed every July, In regards to the Board of Directors, if a potential conflict arises, the CEO alerts other board members at that time, the conflict is reviewed and a decision is made within the Board. In regards to staff and interns, the CP of HR (or equivalent position) reviews the conflict and makes the decision with the supervisor. In regards to key volunteers, the VP of HR (or equivalent position) and the Director of Volunteer Resources review the conflict and make that decision.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the organization's officers and senior management team includes a review and approval by the Board of Directors during the annual budgeting cycle. Compensation is compared with similar personnel for other similar non-profit and for-profit organizations. Finally, a performance factor is incorporated into the data. Specifically, Pikes Peak United Way's senior management team reviewed three different salary surveys from ADP, Colorado Nonprofit Association, and United Way Worldwide. The Organization considered the following when comparing each employee: the actual salary of each employee vs. the salary shown within the survey, the total amount of time the staff person has been on staff, and then the overall performance and impact of the employee.”

“The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public through the organization's website and on www.guidestar.org. Any documents that are not on these sources are available upon request.”

“life resources and real job opportunities. Our signature programs and partner agencies intently focus on connecting youth and their families to resources at the beginning of their life journey to ensure access to fundamental needs of food, shelter and learning resources for all. #strongertogether”

“(CON'T)partner agencies intently focus on connecting youth and their families to resources at the beginning of their life journey to ensure access to fundamental needs of food, shelter and learning resources for all. #strongertogether”

“(CON'T) We have a separate fund that also provides grants to local non-profits that have experienced some form of unanticipated emergency that will have a significant impact on their ability to serve the public if they do not receive some form of relief. As part of our funds distribution processes, we also use information from our 211 service to help inform our decisions on what programs are most needed in the community. In addition to awarding local grants we also disburse donor contributions to non-profits that have been selected specifically by donors for support. For the year ended June 2024, donors contributed over $730,000 to other non profits through our United Way Campaign, with most of those contributions staying in the local community.”

“(CON'T) Our 2-1-1 team also answered almost half of the state's total VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) calls, ensuring that most families were able to file their taxes for free in order to get their qualified refund for some much-needed financial relief. 2-1-1 helps residents from the 12 counties not only to access lifesaving resources, but also serves as the extended arm of Colorado Springs and El Paso County during a disaster response, coordinating with the Pikes Peak Region Office of Emergency Management to provide information and referral resources to local individuals in the event of emergencies.”

“(CON'T) We also run a VITA program (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) that provides free federal and state tax income preparation for individuals earning less than $64,000 annually. Last year we prepared almost 2,500 income tax returns, both State and Federal, saving clients approximately $200,000 dollars in tax preparation fees and generating over $2.0 million of federal refunds (including Earned Income Tax Credits for low income working individuals) and $3.0 million of state refunds. We also administer the El Paso and Teller County FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) programs that distribute funds to local non-profits in support of basic needs for low-income individuals and families. We also manage a volunteer program that aligns volunteers with local opportunities, including our food distribution, community investment process, VITA programs, and much more. Last year we matched over 2,200 local volunteers with over 10,000 hours of volunteer opportunities, mainly with local partner non-profits and our own programs.”

“Family Success Center: The mission of the Pikes Peak United Way Family Success Center is to serve the entire family and empower community members to become financially stable, grow, and accomplish their goals. The Family Success Center is a new initiative, partnering with Harrison School District 2 in southeast Colorado Springs, and using the former Pikes Peak Elementary School to provide a common space that brings together families looking to improve their lives with local non-profits and services that can provide them the support and training they need to accomplish that goal. The programs that will be established include job readiness and training programs, GED/ESL adult education classes, financial readiness for children and adults, a health clinic and benefits enrollment services, parenting classes, summer camp programming for children, career navigation, a child care center for drop in child care, entrepreneur mentorship, life coaching to increase family stability, utilities, rent and mortgage assistance and eviction prevention, free after school sports, and a free grocery store. For the year ended June 2024, over 13,000 individuals received services at the Family Success Center. In addition to these services, we administered the local Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI), a State funded initiative that provides scholarships and financial assistance to individuals that are trying to improve their earning power through college or university graduation or professional certifications. In the last year we were able to provide financial assistance and scholarship support to over 60 active students in El Paso and Teller Counties. In the last year, we've provided approximately $120,000 of direct support in the form of tuition and expense reimbursement to students trying to improve their job prospects with degrees and certifications from local colleges and universities.”

“Column (a) beginning year balance: line 1, cash, was adjusted to reclassify investment accounts and/or interest bearing bank accounts to line 2, savings and temporary cash investments, and /or line 4 investments - publicly traded securities.”

“Other changes in net assets: $30,536 change in value of beneficial interest in perpetual trust asset.”

“The process for overseeing the audit and selecting the audit firm has not changed from prior year.”