UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1444 NW 28TH ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73106-3430

In care of

% CHRISTOPHER BELL

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

RACHEL C HOLT, 1444 NW 28TH Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106

Signed the 990

Christopher Bell, CFO

Phone

(405) 523-3518

Website

WWW.UNITEDWAYOKC.ORG

Return prepared by

Forvis Mazars LLP

Mission

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS COMMITTED TO CONNECTING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE WELL BEING OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Program accomplishments

• THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WITH A VISION TO BUILD A STRONGER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY VETTING CONVENING AND FUNDING QUALIFIED HEALTH, YOUTH, AND HUMAN SERVICE NONPROFIT AGENCIES WHO SERVE THE LOCAL NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES WITHIN SEVEN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA COUNTIES AND BY OFFERING LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES. SINCE 1923, UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HAS PARTNERED WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE, SUPPORT, AND SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL CITIZENS. WE FUND PROGRAMS OF PARTNER AGENCIES WITH DONATIONS COLLECTED FROM THE PUBLIC IN AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN HELD IN THE FALL. THE DONATED FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO PARTNER AGENCIES THROUGH AN ALLOCATION PROCESS CALLED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. TO SUPPORT OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, ALLOCATION DECISIONS ARE MADE BY MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR DONOR BASE WHO INVEST OVER 4,000 HOURS EACH YEAR IN THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS DONOR-DETERMINED DESIGNATIONS, WHICH ARE APPROVED BY UNITED WAY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN MANY COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND MATCHING BOARD MEMBERS WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES; OFFERING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORPORATIONS TO SUPPORT SERVICE AGENCIES; AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH TO PROVIDE CIVIC LEADERS AND CITIZENS INFORMATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CURRENT COMMUNITY NEEDS AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN INITIATIVE. UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ALSO MANAGES STATE AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGNS. AS SINGLE MEMBER LLCS, UNITED WAY OF LOGAN COUNTY, LLC AND UNITED WAY OF CANADIAN COUNTY, LLC, COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN HELD IN THE FALL AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO PARTNER AGENCIES THAT SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN LOGAN AND CANADIAN COUNTY, RESPECTIVELY. THE GRANT ALLOCATIONS ARE APPROVED BY THE UNITED WAY OF LOGAN COUNTY, LLC'S AND UNITED WAY OF CANADIAN COUNTY, LLC'S ADVISORY BOARDS AND THEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. WAYFINDER INNOVATION GRANTS THE WAYFINDER INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM IS A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING OUR COMMUNITY'S TOUGHEST CHALLENGES. LOCAL NONPROFITS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT INNOVATIVE AND NEW CREATIVE IDEAS THAT ADDRESS PROBLEMS WITHIN UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA'S FIVE FOCUS AREAS: STRONG FAMILIES, SUCCESSFUL KIDS, HEALTHY CITIZENS, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS; THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. FINALISTS ARE INVITED TO PITCH THE IDEA IN A SHARK TANK APPROACH TO A PANEL OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHO SELECT THE MOST PROMISING AND VIABLE IDEAS TO RECEIVE ONE-TIME FUNDING. EMBRACEOKC UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WORKS TO ADDRESS VARIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR RESEARCH BY CONVENING STAKEHOLDERS AND COLLABORATING ON SOLUTIONS. AS TRENDS EMERGE, NEW COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ARE CREATED TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. CURRENTLY, UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS ACTIVE IN NEARLY 30 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, AND IN 2022, WE PARTNERED WITH THE OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPACT ON ITS COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, EMBRACEOKC. EMBRACEOKC IS A DISTRICT-WIDE INITIATIVE TO EMBRACE MENTAL HEALTH AS PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE, TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH FOR LIFE, TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO HOLD THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY AS A PLACE OF SAFETY AND SUPPORT. THE INITIATIVE IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING AWARENESS, PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA'S ROLE IS TO ASSIST IN RAISING FUNDS, OVERSEE THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND REPORT BACK TO STAKEHOLDERS ON THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM. BOARD SERVE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IMPROVES NONPROFIT BOARDS BY RECRUITING AND TRAINING PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE THEN PAIRED WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AREA TO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMEBER. THE BOARD SERVE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2013 FOR BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES TO ATTEND SEVEN MONTHLY EXPERT-LED SESSIONS COVERING NONPROFIT BOARD GOVERANCE, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, NONPROFIT LAW, FUNDRAISING AND OTHER SKILLS REQUIRED TO SERVE ON A NONPROFIT BOARD. CANDIDATES SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE PROGRAM AND UPON ACCEPTANCE, EACH CANDIDATE PAYS A FEE TO ATTEND THE BOARD SERVE PROGRAM SESSIONS. A FORMAL GRADUATION AND AGENCY BOARD PLACEMENT CEREMONY IS CONDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER. PLACEMENTS ARE BASED ON BOARD NEEDS AND THE SPECIFIC TALENTS AND INTERESTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS. IN 2017, IT WAS DETERMINED TO CONDUCT THE BOARD SERVE PROGRAM SESSIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR. TO DATE, THE BOARD SERVE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PROGRAM HAS GRADUATED 183 CANDIDATES AND FACILITATED OVER 200 PLACEMENTS TO AREA NONPROFIT BOARDS.
  Expenses $16,404,566 · grants $14,209,713 · revenue $324,317

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

73-0589829

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1952

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T70Z)

Assets (IRS master file)

$32,028,776

Income (IRS master file)

$19,436,689

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 73-0589829).

Questions about UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

What is the EIN of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA is 73-0589829.

Is UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1952.

Are donations to UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names RACHEL C HOLT.

Who are the officers and directors of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 88 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $203,716 (RACHEL C HOLT, PRESIDENT & CEO).

How much revenue does UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $19,427,469, expenses of $19,021,304 and total assets of $32,028,776 at year end.

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