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Tulsa and our six-county service area is 76th in the size of cities who raise money for United Way nationally, but we are 12th in the amount raised.
We annually raise millions of dollars through a diversified donor base of individuals, businesses, and foundations throughout our six-county region.
800 donors made financial contributions. raised and distributed in partnership with Tulsa Community Foundation to 19 nonprofits via the Wind Storm Relief Fund.
companies and organizations participated in our annual fall fundraising drive.
Thousands of people helped every day through TAUW’s investment streams:
Sustainability
Funding through nonprofit partners providing 160 programs serving education, financial stability and health and safety.
Collaboration
Grants through partnerships across nonprofits and municipalities to address entrenched social problems.
Innovation
Grants that test creative new approaches to make a significant difference.
Direct Services that strengthen our partners’ ability to operate efficiently.
We are stewards of a trusted, robust volunteer-led process to assess and invest in community needs for equitable and accountable distribution of funds.
180+ Community Investments
Volunteers spend 5,000 hours each year analyzing nonprofit partners’ finances and operations, deciding how to best allocate funding for programs.
Total Community Investment:
board members serve as oversight
40
50 and governance for the Tulsa Area United Way. campaign leaders connect with businesses and meet with company executives to determine feasibility and work to raise funds for the fall fundraising drive.
raised through the annual fundraising drive. in kind donations amounts. raised in contributions outside the campaign to support community projects. $850,000 $25,800,721 $117,000
2023 Days of Caring resulted in:
volunteers performed 275 community service projects. 5,000 pounds of food collected. 25,000 4,026
20,507 $1.2 MILLION of Eastern Oklahoma
number of backpacks distributed to school children (in partnership with Coalition of Hispanic Organizations).
We leverage an expansive network to bring people together and solve complex problems grounded in innovation and hope.
8,000 59,000
volunteers helped improve lives in the six-county region.
volunteer hours giving back so others can get ahead in our communities.
total community impact for 2023, including value of volunteer hours. $28,665,024
211 Eastern Oklahoma (211EOK) operations transitioned to Tulsa Area United Way on June 1, 2023 just in time to answer 12,000 calls related to the Father’s Day windstorm. In 2023, 211EOK received 68,486 calls, texts and chats and 97,775 searches of 211EOK’s online database that connected Oklahomans seeking help to critical services throughout its 37-county service area.
FUNDING FROM INVESTED IN
2022 REVENUES
Campaign and other contributions
Collection Loss Provision
Net investment Return
In-Kind Contributions
Grant Income
Other
Total Revenues
2023
$25,407,841 (624,066) 648,660 117,320 14,391 726,401 $26,290,547 1 $25,077,940 (720,260) (261,280) 136,698 168,055
2022 EXPENSES
Program services Education
Health/Safety
Financial Stability
Collaborative Grant Funding
Innovative Grant Funding
Other Special Funding
Community Impact
Total Program Services
Management and General Expense
Fundraising Costs
Total Expenses
Change in Net Assets Change in Restricted Net Assets
Unrestricted Change in Net Assets
Unrestricted Net assets, Beginning of Year
2023
Unrestricted Net Assets, End of Year $5,522,834 7,916,063 4,970,551 825,000 200,000 784,224 1,470,632 $21,689,304 1,440,929 2,251,982 $25,382,215 908,332 859,289 49,043 11,883,801 $11,932,844 $5,624,293 8,061,487 5,061,864 825,000 301,000 1,174,151 441,501 $21,489,296 1,381,689 2,347,562 $25,218,547 (229,382) 639,215 (868,597) 12,752,398 $11,883,801