United Way Of Lee County Inc
United Way Of Lee County Inc
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About this organization
Mission
The United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades, and Okeechobee is a volunteer driven organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people in our community. This is accomplished through fundraising, fund distribution, community building, volunteer advancement and information and referrals.
About
Community Impact Fund:The United Way supports 96 local human service agencies and over 260 programs and initiatives in our community. The United Way Community Impact Fund targets and addresses the underlying causes of problems in four key impact areas: 1) Strengthening Families - By moving families and individuals beyond poverty, facilitating support groups to empower victims to regain control of their lives, and providing assistance to victims of domestic violence. 2) Nurturing Youth - By ensuring a quality early childhood education opportunity for all children, supporting mentoring programs, and providing at-risk youth with programs to build and strengthen their character and life skills. 3) Meeting Critical Needs - By helping the elderly and people with disabilities live independently, with dignity and respect, responding to people in crisis, and connecting people in need of help through United Way 211 Information and Referral Line; 4) Empowering Communities - By organizing and mobilizing communities, bringing health and human services to neighborhoods, and connecting providers and residents through partnerships.The United Way Gifts in Kind Program solicits and collects donated merchandise, materials, equipment, fixtures, furniture, etc. for redistribution to local nonprofit agencies.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “The united way of lee, hendry, glades, and okeechobee is a volunteer driven organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people in our community. our united way supports and helps coordinate the human service network in our community so that the network can provide high quality social service programs that make a difference in people's lives.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “We are the united way agency for lee, hendry, glades, and okeechobee counties.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is FL.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2019 is 7273 Concourse Drive, Fort Myers, FL, 33908.
- The non-profit has reported 47 employees on their form for the year 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$306,525.
- The organization has 65 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1957.
- The organization pays $2,307,329 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $666,761 in fundraising expenses.
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