United Way Of Greater Nashua Inc

Programs: In 2017 united way of greater nashua has continued to expand it's role in the community as a fiscal agent sponsor. Through this work, we are sponsoring organizations such as sinfonietta strings, the nashua prevention coalition, the one greater nashua coalition, and lhifa sc. As their fiscal sponsor, united way unburdens these groups of the responsibility to form their own 501c3 organizations, file their own 990's, manage payroll, and attain insurance. This gives the groups a greatly enhanced ability to do more work in the community without the need for overhead and administrative expenses. The united way of greater nashua sees this type of fiscal agency work as a key initiative to get more mission-centric work done in the community on a cost effective basis by leveraging the skills and capacity of united way.

the nashua prevention coalition is supported by a grant from samhsa called drug free communities. The purpose of this coalition is to prevent substance abuse with a focus on education and prevention, primarily at the youth level. United way matches this grant funding through in-kind contributions, including space, apportioned wages, and volunteer hours. The volunteer hours brought to the community through this process in 2017 were 1,250 with an estimated community benefit value of $70,680. With the growing crisis in substance misuse disorders, we feel strongly about this investment in our community, even thought the true value isn't reflected in our financial statements.

united way of greater nashua utilizes a unique community assessment and investment cycle in order to maximize the impact of investments in the community. This process includes conducting a thorough assessment of community greatest needs in the areas of health, education, and economic mobility / financial stability. Through this process, critical needs are brought to light and then presented to the non-profit partner community for programmatic grant proposals. Thus, the investments made by uwgn in the community are guaranteed to responsibly steward donor dollars toward the greatest needs and impact areas.

united way of greater nashua is the community convener of the one greater nashua coalition. The objective of this coalition is to focus on health outcomes, 40% of which are determined by social factors. In our community, there is growing diversity, and social inclusion is a major issue with diverse communities, especially immigrants and refugees. The coalition is funded 2/3 by grants from the new hampshire charitable foundation and the endowment for health and 1/3 by united way of greater nashua, through a combination of hard dollar commitments and in kind matching. Each year, the coalition engages numerous volunteers in this community wide effort, resulting in an estimated 5,677 volunteer hours with an estimated community benefit value of $130,457. The results of these efforts are improved healthy outcomes, workplace productivity, entrepreneurship, and social engagement. While it is difficult to see this value reflected directly in our financial statements, the value is nevertheless tangible and worthy of mention.