United Way Of Southern Maine
United Way Of Southern Maine
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About this organization
Mission
To improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community
About
Goal 1: Give kids a strong start.Children will lead our communities tomorrow and we need them healthy, educated, and resilient. It takes all of us working to ensure that even the youngest children in Greater Portland have a strong start so they read at grade level in third grade. We know that until third grade, children are learning to read. After third grade, they are reading to learn. It is critical to their lifelong success.Success Measurement: By 2027, 70% of children read proficiently at the end of third grade.UWGP funding that supports Goal 1 enabled, among other things:1. 293 children in high-quality early childhood programs to make progress on developmental milestones and be better prepared for kindergarten. 2. 46 elementary school children from Portland's East Bayside neighborhood to strengthen their reading skills while engaging in the arts.3. 80 childcare providers to participate in trainings to enhance the quality of their services.Additionally, United Way of Greater Portland invests in or supports the following collaborative efforts toward this goal such as:United Way of Greater Portland helps convene South Portland Partners for Student Success (SPPSS), a collaboration of the South Portland School District and community-based organizations, to provide integrated support for children who are at-risk of getting off track and their families. This includes increased collaboration and integration with partners to build systems and learn strategies to maintain and improve daily attendance of students in preschool-5th grade. Partners meet to understand and optimize on the intersection of their work to benefit children and families served. Brick & Beam Society, an Individual Giving Group of United Way of Greater Portland, is a collaboration of young adult professionals investing their time, skills, and finances to impact the Thrive2027 goal around early childhood education. They focus their funding around STEM and literacy programming for under-served kids in Cumberland County. Funding supports LearningWorks' afterschool collaboration with SidexSide to pilot an innovative STEAM program for 350 students. Created to boost academic outcomes for elementary students, the collaboration also trains 30 afterschool teachers on a new, arts integrated method of teaching STEM curriculum. They also fund the Intercultural Community Center in developing a new computer lab which enables increased STEM engagement for 77 students attending summer programs. Count ME In is an innovative partnership of schools, parents, youth, and community organizations working to improve elementary school attendance. They work with 12 schools from four school districts to increase their capacity to achieve and maintain high-fidelity implementation, which includes generating annual attendance data reports to inform their efforts. Coordinating with local and State agencies, they impact policies and practices that reduce chronic absenteeism.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “For 90 years, united way of greater portland has served and strengthened greater portland by mobilizing the caring power of our community. today, we, as a backbone organization, are uniting individuals and organizations around our community's shared vision, thrive2027, three 10-year goals to improve education, financial stability, and health for every person in greater portland.with community partners, we build on strategies that are known to achieve the best results, and we rigorously evaluate our progress. and, because we believe everyone has a role to play in building a thriving community, we actively seek to engage donors, advocates, and volunteers to create measurable, long-lasting community change.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “Improving lives by focusing on the building blocks of a strong community: education, financial stability, and health.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of ME.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2020 is listed as One Canal Plaza No 300, Portland, ME, 04101 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2020 reports 46 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$654,186.
- The organization has 29 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1929.
- The organization pays $2,731,010 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,354,338 in fundraising expenses.
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