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- EIN 05-0276059
- (401) 444-0600
- 50 Valley St Providence RI 02909-2406 USA
- www.liveunitedri.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Federated Giving Programs, Philanthropy
Mission: We help people. Because everyone needs help sometimes, we help people. United way helps children fall in love with learning, and we help families with the essentials. We support programs that offer training and education that lead to better jobs and careers. And, we provide everyone with one number to call, 2-1-1. Whether the need is childcare, health insurance or tax preparation, help starts with a human connection at united way 2-1-1 in rhode island.
Programs: -$1,054,345 in donor investments for the 2016-2017 annual united way campaign where the donors recommended that their gifts be disbursed through united way to specific 501(c)(3) agencies -$4,405,335 in donor investments for 700 leadership donors (gifts of $1,000 or more) who choose to direct their gifts to their united way of rhode island (uwri) philanthropy account (donor advised account). These leadership donors then made recommendations to uwri during the 2016-2017 fiscal year requesting gifts to be directed (in increments of $25. 00 or greater) to 501(c)(3) agencies -$396,588 in donor investments to the ri state employees charitable appeal (seca) during the 2016-2017 year.
-$4,302,020 in donor contributions to uwri's community impact fund were granted to 106 agencies in the year ended 6/30/17 to address rhode island's most pressing education, jobs and income, housing and basic needs issues. - $650,673 in donor, corporate and government contributions to the uwri community impact fund were granted to 22 agencies to support the hasbro summer learning initiative. -$62,593 in donor contributions to the uwri community impact fund were granted to 7 agencies in the year ended 6/30/17 to support the olneyville section of providence ri and their missions assisting ri citizens in olneyville. -$161,974 in donor contributions to the ri good neighbor energy fund were granted to 8 agencies in the year ended 6/30/17 to provide energy assistance to those in need. Details on our community impact work can be viewed in the uwri 2016-2017 community impact reports located on our website at www. Liveunitedri. Org
-$1,859,735 to operate the united way 2-1-1 in rhode island which is the information and referral center that connects people with critical human services. And, it's available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, online and offline. -$401,193 to operate the "point call center" which is a resource network for long-term care options and support for seniors, adults with disabilities and their caregivers. United way of rhode island operates this service on behalf of the rhode island department of elderly affairs. The "point" took 42,000 calls last year and helps people enroll in medicare and medicaid. -$362,986 to support the rhode island after school plus alliance (riaspa) program which engaged 1,131 students in high quality summer learning initiatives.
below is a list of other significant projects supported (other program services) by united way during fiscal year ending 6/30/2017: -$950,823 to support the public policy and labor relations work, and support the community investment work provided by uwri staff in administrating and monitoring the community investment outcomes from the grants awarded from uwri community impact fund. -$209,054 to support the advocacy and volunteer work of uwri. Our volunteer work and opportunities can be found at www. Uwri. Org/volunteer.