2019/2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Thank you for your leadership and your investment in United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley (UWCV). For more than 70 years, UWCV has brought our community together to create positive change in the lives of our neighbors.

In 2019, you helped us set our all-time high for campaign fundraising, enabling us to have an extraordinary impact in our community.

Though times are difficult and uncertain right now, we know that our community is resilient and strong, and we have seen countless examples of unity in the face of these unprecedented challenges.

Since mid-March the Coronavirus Response Fund, a partnership between The Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley and UWCV has raised more than $1.7 million and granted back more than $1 million to the community. These funds have been granted to fill gaps in critical need services for vulnerable populations.

In recent months, UWCV’s focus has also been drawn to issues of structural racism and injustice in our society. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to publicly declare that the staff and board of UWCV are United Against Racism and United for Equity.

UWCV is grateful for your amazing generosity, and we look forward to the year ahead of continuing to Live United in This Together.

Ray Smith Ben Moser 2020 Board Chair President & CEO

Terry BargyVice President, CIOW.C. Bradley CompanyKevin BlairChief Operating OfficerSynovus Catherine Budzynski CounselAflac Corporate Ventures Cheryl BurnsChief School Financial OfficerPhenix City Board of EducationRandy BurtDistrict ManagerPublix SupermarketsBrenda ColeySuperintendentRussell County School DistrictRon DanielPresidentDaniel Appliance Company Steve DavisPresidentColumbus Water WorksSebastian DixonDistribution Manager IIAlabama Power Melissa GaunttExecutive Director, OperationsCTV BEAMHamish GuthrieGeneral Manager, Columbus Engine CenterPratt & WhitneyLorette HooverCommunity Volunteer, Retired PresidentColumbus Technical CollegeIsaiah HugleyCity ManagerColumbus Consolidated GovernmentJensen M. MeltonCommunity VolunteerAttorney

David MitchellDirector, Enterprise DevelopmentColumbus State UniversityKeith PierceExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating OfficerTSYS Issuer SolutionsGwenDolyn Ruff, SPHR SVP, Strategic Planning and Employee ServicesColumbus Water WorksJackie ScrewsPresidentChattahoochee Valley Community College Len SextonExecutive Vice PresidentSynovus Securities, Inc.Lisa SmithVice President, Southwest RegionGeorgia Power CompanyRaymond SmithChief of PolicePhenix City, ALAshley Steele-HawthorneVice President, West Georgia DistrictWells FargoClark TurnerPresidentW.C. Turner InvestmentsJack TurnerW.C. Bradley CompanyErica WalkerSenior Web Product AnalystTSYS/Global PaymentsRob WardSr. Vice President, Corporate Communications & Community AffairsTSYS/Global PaymentsLen WilliamsChief Executive OfficerHousing Authority of Columbus Georgia

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thank you to our photographers Marc Spano and Mike Culpepper.

CHANGE DOESN’T HAPPEN ALONE! We could not be more grateful to all of our donors and volunteers who make the Chattahoochee Valley an incredible community. We have come a long way since our first campaign in 1951, but the compassion our community holds for caring about its neighbor has always stayed true. We are proud that our community Lives United and knows that together we win.

Tocqueville Society Members invest $10,000 or more annually to the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley. Last year, these individuals invested $1.7 million with United Way, demonstrating their commitment to making our community a better place for us all to live. Thank you to our 800+ Leadership Level Donors, for giving $1,000 or more. Your generosity truly reflects how large our philanthropic base is in our community. We could not do this without each one of you who donates to United Way. Your dollars are helping change lives.

Thank you to our incredible Campaign Volunteers that get out in the community, donate their valuable time and help raise money for our community. With the support of our 31 Cabinet Members, 128 Employee Campaign Coordinators and 13 Loaned Executives, we were able to exceed our goal and have a record campaign. We are so grateful for you all and the invaluable work you do for the Chattahoochee Valley.

Check out our website for a list of donors at unitedwayofthecv.org

Thank you for your generous support of United Way. The 2019 campaign was a huge success, with a record level of support to

invest back into our community. To reach our goal working alongside our community partners, volunteers and donors was an incredibly rewarding experience. The Chattahoochee Valley is truly a great place to live, work and serve. This year’s campaign theme “Change Doesn’t Happen Alone” could not have been more appropriate. It takes all of us working together to improve the lives of the people we serve. Thank you again for your generous and heartfelt support. We couldn’t do it without each and every one of you.”

-Kevin Blair 2019 United Way Campaign Chair

President & COO, Synovus

2019 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN$7,241,800

DOLLARS RAISED

Clark TurnerW.C. Turner Investments

Roy SharpeTSYS/Global

Payments

Alison DoweSynovus

Savonne MonellColumbus Water

Works

Ron Daniel Daniel Appliance

Company

Janeen Tucker Pratt and Whitney

On March 16, 2020, United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley and Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley partnered to launch the Coronavirus Response Fund to provide flexible resources to organizations in the Columbus area working with our most vulnerable citizens. These populations include members of communities who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and the economic consequences of this outbreak. This philanthropic response works closely with government, business partners and other philanthropic resources to help the Response Fund rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations (CBOs) at the front lines of our area’s current Coronavirus pandemic.

United Way and the Community Foundation host weekly Coronavirus Community Calls. From this call, we have addressed issues and identified new needs and gaps in

services, helped agencies fill critical need for volunteers, develop solutions to provide meals to students during school breaks, quickly open an emergency shelter to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and increase collaborations to serve more people in new, creative, and effective ways.

In the first four months, the Fund has made grants totaling $1,021,782! Of the grant total, we’ve made 61 grants to 44 different organizations, ranging from Feeding the Valley to the Lee-Russell Aging Foundation and from St. Anne Community Outreach to the YMCA. We’re rebuilding for better, more equitable and more resilient communities. Thank you to all of those that gave to the Coronavirus Response Fund! It is critical that we prepare for, respond to, and ultimately help our communities emerge stronger from this.

COVID-19 RESPONSE

FINANCIAL STABILITY 9%• Bethany Christian Services• Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal

Ministry, Inc.• Easterseals• Fellowship of Christians

United for Service • Home For Good• Homeless Resource Network• Lee-Russell Aging Foundation• Operation Homefront, Inc.• St. Anne Community Outreach• Salvation Army• West Central Georgia Cancer

Coalition

HOUSING/SHELTER 6%• American Red Cross• Giving Kitchen• Home For Good• Hope Harbour• The House of T.I.M.E.

CHILDCARE/ YOUTH SERVICES 2%

• Boys And Girls Clubs • Girls, Inc. of Columbus

and Phenix-Russell• Summer Camp Waters• YMCA

HEALTHCARE 63%• Boys And Girls Clubs • Columbus Hospice of

Georgia and Alabama• Easterseals• Girls, Inc. of Columbus

and Phenix-Russell• Hope Harbour• MercyMed of Columbus• New Horizons Behavioral

Health• Piedmont Columbus

Regional (Columbus Regional Medical Foundation)

• SafeHouse Ministries• Sexual Assault Support

Center (The Center at 909)• Stewart Community Home• St. Francis • The Family Center of

Columbus, Inc.• The House of T.I.M.E., Inc.• The Methodist Home for

Children and Youth• Twin Cedars Youth and

Family Services, Inc

FOOD 20%• Beth Salem Presbyterian Church

(PCUSA) - 2 Fish 5 Loaves Pantry• Boys & Girls Clubs of the

Chattahoochee Valley• Cathedral of Prayer Inc. dba

Gwendolyn Wilkes Rainbow Center• Columbus Dream Center• Columbus State University

Foundation, Inc.

• Feeding the Valley, Inc.• Fellowship of Christians

United for Service • Hope Harbour• Open Door Community House, Inc.• SafeHouse Ministries• Salvation Army• St. Anne Community Outreach• St. Nicholas Church

• Stewart Community Home• Take the City• The House of T.I.M.E., Inc.• The Life Church of Columbus• The Methodist Home for

Children and Youth• Truth Spring, Inc.• Village Table

$1,021,782DOLLARS GRANTED

While this year is challenging for everyone, it has also been an

opportunity for our community to come together in an amazing way. I am excited to be part of the positive change happening right now in our community through United Way. It will take all of us—families, neighbors, and colleagues—working together, to build a thriving and equitable Chattahoochee Valley. Join me in this exciting journey and let’s be United In This Together! ”

-Gwen Ruff 2020 Campaign Chair

Strategic Planning and Employee Services Columbus Water Works

We are excited to announce our 2020/2021 Campaign United In This Together. 2020 has thrown a lot of obstacles our way, but has also shown us that the Chattahoochee Valley comes together during challenging times.

YOU allowed us to serve those most vulnerable through the Global Pandemic. The Coronavirus Response Fund, held in partnership with The Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, helped our community with response and relief. Now we are looking ahead to recovery, and the way our community will do that is with our network of partners and generous donors through the upcoming campaign. Our focus has shifted with the community need, but that need is still great and we need your support more than ever. Visit our website to find out how to get more involved today.

The United Way Legacy Society honors those who commit to a planned gift—building a stronger community now and in the future. Legacy Leaders partner with United Way to solve problems we cannot imagine today.

Gifts to the Legacy Society provide a stable stream of funding, allowing us to continue the work that is already started and expand to new and emerging areas of need. With your help, we will continue to create change for future generations. Leave a legacy and invest in the future.

For more information on planned giving, contact Chandra Wright, 706.327.3255 ext 1009 or cwright@unitedwayofthecv.org.

LEGACY SOCIETY

Catherine BudzynskiAflac Randy BurtPublixSebastian DixonAlabama PowerMelissa GaunttCTV BeamBob KiddHecht Burdeshaw Architects

Jensen MeltonCommunity Volunteer, AttorneyDavid MitchellColumbus State UniversityPhilip TisdaleAflac Jack TurnerW.C. Bradley Co.Erica WalkerTSYS/Global Payments

Jerry ColemanSunTrust BankElizabeth CookTSYS/Global PaymentsJason CooperGeotechnical & Environmental Consultants, Inc.Sonja EsterasFlournoy Development

Chelsea PowellColumbus State UniversityChris SchoonoverSynovusAngelia SharpeTSYS/Global PaymentsMary StewartCommunity VolunteerKatie WhiteJP Thayer

TEAM LEADERSBOARD MEMBERS

United Way is focused on four priority areas that we believe are essential building blocks for a great life: Basic Needs, Income, Health and Education. Our approach is unique because we invest in programs that meet a need, achieve results and are good stewards of resources. Volunteers, who are donors and leaders, review and assess programs to determine funding. Each year, people across our community benefit from programs and initiatives made possible through generous contributions. This year, United Way funding ensured help was available to meet the growing needs across our community.

UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY’S

FOUR CORE PRIORITY AREAS

HEALTH EDUCATION

BASIC NEEDS INCOME

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

Melissa Gauntt CTV Beam

Sebastian Dixon Alabama Power

Chris Schoonover Synovus

Angelia Sharpe TSYS/Global Payments

UNITED WAY INITIATIVES

Women United is a network of dynamic women leaders committed to the idea of Women Helping Women through United Way. Last year, Women United programs collected 2,798 undergarment items for women in need, funded 135 undergarment vouchers and three scholarships for non-traditional female students.

United Way’s Volunteer Center offers volunteer opportunities across the Chattahoochee Valley. If you are interested in developing a corporate volunteer program or coordinating group projects, visit our website or contact Rachel Chambless: rchambless@unitedwayofthecv.org. In 2019, Corporate Volunteer groups donated 1,731 hours of service to the community with a value of $44,019.33.

VOLUNTEER UNITED

Emerging Leaders United (ELU) recognizes young leaders who value philanthropy and support United Way. ELU members have the opportunity to complete hands-on volunteer projects and network with peers and community leaders. ELU currently has 292 members.

United Way believes that every person is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect – this includes equal treatment and access to justice. All people of all backgrounds and identities must call out discrimination and demand its removal from our society. This is why United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley is United Against Racism, United For Equity and United In This Together.

UNITED AGAINST RACISM

Rubria HintzTSYS/Global Payments

Rachel ObermeyerAflac

W.C. Bradley Co. volunteers

Ray Smith Gwen Ruff Ben Moser

UNITED WAY INITIATIVES

Each summer, United Way partners with local companies and the community at large to donate, collect, sort and distribute school supplies to thousands of children in need. In 2019, 7,452 backpacks were collected, stuffed with school supplies and distributed to 43 schools in Muscogee, Russell, Harris, Chattahoochee, Talbot, Marion and Taylor counties and Phenix City schools, to help children start the year with the supplies they need.

2-1-1 is an information and referral service connecting people with the resources they need as they face everyday challenges and emergencies. 2-1-1 is a free and confidential service available to everyone in our community. In 2019: Calls 9,769 | Texts 1,276 | Referrals 24,096

Home for Good functions as the bridge between service providers, as well as services providers and clients. Home for Good assures the efficient and effective use of a collaborative system to move individuals or families from homelessness to permanent, stable housing. Because of the collaborative work between Home for Good and our partner agencies, as of March 2020, the average number of people experiencing homelessness on the By Name List is down 15% from the previous 12 month period.

Read United matches volunteers with third graders to help develop language and literacy skills. Since the launch of the program in 2017, all participating students improved their grade level in reading.

Cheryl TateVolunteer

Youth United and United Way Youth Camp are two initiatives that help students learn about the needs in our community, understand the importance of volunteering and grow as leaders. The juniors and seniors of Youth United positively impacted the community by donating funds they raised over the year to feed students during Spring Break. United Way Youth Camp hosts 21 seventh graders for a three-day event that includes volunteer projects, agency tours and leadership development.

YOUTH INITIATIVES

The Community School Strategy is a partnership between United Way and local school districts to transform schools into a place where students, families, staff and the surrounding community work together to ensure all students thrive. Our strategy focuses on the whole child by providing academic support, social emotional learning, health and wellness, family and community engagement and a safe and supportive climate. This strategy is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2020, with Dorothy Height Elementary selected as the first school for full-service implementation.

COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

The first three years of life can have the greatest impact on a child’s learning, with 80% of brain growth occurring during this time. The Basics are five fun, simple and effective principles that every parent and caregiver can use to help children have a great start in life. The Basics is working with community stakeholders and partners to implement this initiative. Become involved and discover more at cv.thebasics.org. The Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley is using its unrestricted Community Endowment Funds to underwrite the first three years of the operating budget of The Basics, until 2023, in a belief that early investment in our youngest citizens offers our community the best chance to reduce poverty and maximize success.The Nguyen Family

American Red Cross East Alabama & West Central Georgia• Community Services • Emergency Services

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley• Character & Leadership Development • Education & Career Development • Healthy Lifestyles

B.R.I.D.G.E. of Columbus• B.R.I.D.G.E., GED Program

Chattahoochee Council, Boy Scouts of America• Cub Scouting & Scouts BSA

Columbus Hospice of Georgia & Alabama Easterseals West Georgia• Family Support Programs• Therapeutic Care & Education

Enrichment Services ProgramThe Family Center of Columbus• Big Brothers Big Sisters• Families And Schools• Family Counseling of Columbus

Feeding The Valley Food Bank• Food Distribution• Kids Café

Ferst Readers• Growing Early Childhood Literacy

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia• Leadership Experience

Girls Inc. of Columbus & Phenix-Russell• Education• Health

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers Homeless Resource Network• Homeless Services• Housing Opportunities for Persons with

AIDS (HOPWA)Hope Harbour• Community Outreach• Shelter & Services

The House of T.I.M.E.• Homeless to a Home Family

Matters• House of T.I.M.E. Transitional Program

MercyMed of Columbus• MercyMed Primary Care

Open Door Community House• Circles in Columbus• Mathews Promise Academy• Showering Program for the

Homeless• Virginia D. Jackson Home For

WomenRussell County Child Advocacy Center• Child Advocacy Program• KEEP (Kids Engaged in Education &

Prevention) Program• STARS (Specialized Treatment for

Adolescents without Residential Services) Program

SafeHouse Ministries• Emergency Shelters, Trinity House

and Grace House• MCJ Education• The SafeHouse

The Salvation Army of Columbus, Georgia• Community Meal Program • Home Sweet Home Program• Social Services • After School Program / Summer Day

Camp St. Anne Community Outreach• Rental Assistance Clinic

Stewart Community Home• Stewart Community Home

TEARS• TEARS Student Assistance Program

(TSAP)Teen Advisors• Teen Advisors

Twin Cedars Youth & Family Services• Chattahoochee Court Appointed

Special Advocates (CASA)• Children’s Tree House Child

Advocacy CenterYMCA of Metropolitan Columbus, Georgia• Rearing Children & Youth at Risk• Youth Sports & Aquatics

2020 FUNDED PARTNER AGENCIES & PROGRAMS

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYASSETS 2019Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,119,732 Pledges receivable, less allowance for incollectible $ 2,986,549 Accounts receivable $ 57,393 Other assets $ 47,745 Investments $ 1,366,629 Split interest agreement $ 808,110 Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation $ 299,988 Total Assets $ 8,686,146

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2019LIABILITIESAllocations payable $ 4,937,589 Donor designations payable $ 98,412 Accounts payable $ 13,151 Accrued expenses $ 40,035 Total Liabilities $ 5,089,187

NET ASSETS Without donor restrictions $ 2,686,559 With donor restrictions $ 910,400 Total Net Assets $ 3,596,959 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 8,686,146

PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total

Gross Campaign results (18-19 Campaign) $ 6,901,867 $ - $ 6,901,867 Release of 18-19 Campaign from restriction $ 68,478 $ (68,478) $ - Less donor designations $ (77,309) $ - $ (77,309) Less provision for uncollectible $ (601,006) $ - $ (601,006)Net Campaign Results (18-19 Campaign) $ 6,292,030 $ (68,478) $ 6,223,552 Gross Campaign results (19-20 Campaign) $ - $ 22,189 $ 22,189 Special events $ 34,388 $ - $ 34,388 Administrative fees received $ 3,635 $ - $ 3,635 In-kind gifts revenue $ 115,230 $ - $ 115,230 Contributions $ 2,500 $ 9,790 $ 12,290 Net investment income $ 103,960 $ - $ 103,960 Women's Initiative income $ - $ 48,666 $ 48,666 Stuff the Bus $ - $ 11,549 $ 11,549 Homeless grant $ - $ 269,987 $ 269,987 Other grant income $ - $ 2,064 $ 2,064 Change in value of split-interest agreement $ - $ 105,502 $ 105,502 Other income $ 3,662 $ - $ 3,662 Net assets released from restrictions $ 341,247 $ (341,247) $ - Other public support and revenue $ 604,622 $ 106,311 $ 710,933 Total Public Support and Revenue $ 6,896,652 $ 60,022 $ 6,956,674

EXPENSESProgram services Gross funds awarded/distributed $ 5,061,104 $ - $ 5,061,104 Less donor designations $ (77,309) $ - $ (77,309) Net funds distributed $ 4,983,795 $ - $ 4,983,795 Other program services United Way programs $ 675,551 $ - $ 675,551 Total Program Services $ 5,659,346 $ - $ 5,659,346 Supporting services $ 1,030,107 $ - $ 1,030,107 Total expenses $ 6,689,453 $ - $ 6,689,453 Change in net assets $ 207,199 $ 60,022 $ 267,221 Net assets, beginning $ 2,479,360 $ 850,378 $ 3,329,738 Net assets, ending $ 2,686,559 $ 910,400 $ 3,596,959

Ben Moser Shay Batton Lindsey Braxton Rachel Chambless

Becky Fletcher Pat Frey Terry Gallops Edith Giles

Denise Guthrie John Greenhaw Candace Muncy Grace Nagel

Physical Address1100 5th AvenueColumbus, GA 31901

Mailing AddressPO Box 1157Columbus, GA 31902

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