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CAss PALmER President and CEO United Way of Southern Nevada

DON GIBE Volunteer Board Chairman United Way of Southern Nevada

ADVANCING THE COmmON GOOD BY DRIVING COLLECTIVE ImPACT

As we look back on FY 12-13, we consider the changing tide of optimism amidst continued hardship.

While our nation, our state and our community continues to rebound, we see bright spots. We are advancing the conversation around our community. We are collaborating like never before. We are working with esteemed partners like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are raising the bar on the non-profit landscape. The 77th Nevada Legislative session concluded with promise, and emphasis on accountability, protection, and raising standards. We are listening, supporting, and forging ahead with purpose.

United Way of Southern Nevada (UWSN) continues to grow and evolve with new talent and fresh thinking, yet we always remain true to the United Way legacy and history. We continue to embrace innovation, creativity and efficiency. We are seeing hard work paying off. We are seeing lives being changed. We are seeing healthier families, more financially secure families, and confident preschoolers ready to conquer Kindergarten.

Our affinity groups continue to amaze us with their passion and dedication, and this energy is bringing new members with new perspectives and experience. At the same time, we are engaging new workplace campaigns, and feeling energized by their enthusiasm to give back in their own unique ways. We are impacting the lives of volunteers by offering them life changing opportunities.

Collaboration and integrated thinking continues to buoy us forward. This year the Non Profit CEO Advisory group was founded, bringing together eight of our community’s non-profit CEO leaders, the Mayor and Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, to work collaboratively, eliminate duplication, and drive impact.

We see new faces and new input on our volunteer led Board of Directors. This year, Don Gibe steps down as Board Chair and is replaced by Emily Neilson. Don’s leadership, partnership and continuity over his two-year term as Board Chair has been truly invaluable. We forge forward with tenacity and a continued eagerness to raise the bar, to help more people, to transform more lives.

We are building a more solid future for all by bringing together the best and brightest to drive collective impact. On behalf of United Way staff, board, and community partners, thank you for your continued partnership. Person by person, we can make lasting change. Together, we are making lasting change. Together, we LIVE UNITED

Sincerely,

I CREATE CHANGE

United Way of Southern Nevada works to advance the common good through our focus on education,

health, and financial stability, the building blocks of a good life. We recruit people and organizations

from all around the community who bring the passion, expertise, and resources needed to get things done.

Together, person by person, we can make lasting change.

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OUR mIssION

OUR VIsION

We believe southern Nevada is a community where all people can

achieve their human potential through a solid educational foundation,

financial stability, and healthy lives.

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United Way of Southern Nevada is part of a worldwide movement to create communities where all individuals and families achieve their human potential.

United Way works to advance the common good through our focus on education, financial stability and health, the building blocks of a good life. We recruit people and organizations from around the community who bring passion, expertise, and resources needed to get things done. Together, person by person, we can make lasting change.

Education We help children enter school ready to learn and eventually graduate from high school by engaging families with support, resources, and quality educational programs to ensure a lifetime of success.

FinanciaL StaBiLitY We improve the financial capability of hardworking individuals and families by helping navigate the complicated waters of personal finance, get the most from their earnings, and save for the future so they can weather any storm.

HEaLtH We help underserved children and families gain access to healthcare for preventative care, a medical home, immunizations, and dental care so that they can live healthier lives.

VoLuntEERiSM & nationaL SERVicE With a near army of active volunteers through AmeriCorps and our Volunteer Center, we recruit and deploy thousands of individuals and organizations to achieve tangible results and address unmet community needs through volunteerism and national service.

DRIVING COmmUNITY ImPACT THROUGH THE BUILDING BLOCks Of A GOOD LIfE.

to find out how you can be part of creating a better community, contact united Way of Southern nevada at (702) 892-2300.

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PROGRAm sPECIfICs INCREAsING ACCEss TO QUALITY EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL sUPPORT fOR ALL United Way of Southern Nevada partners with 25 Child Development Centers (CDC) across the Valley, offering all children increased access to quality school readiness education fostering social, emotional and academic development.

We support 18 Success By 6 Family Engagement Resource Centers (FERCs) across the Valley, which are located within our partner Centers and are focused on establishing a strong home-school connection for children and their families. FERCs provide family engagement workshops and training, computers, technology and links to community resources. Childcare providers and families work together to ensure each child is prepared to enter school at grade level and is ready to learn.

We support five local high school FERCs (Eldorado, Clark, Sunrise Mountain, Western and Silverado) serving more than 35,000 students in grades students in grades 9th - 12th and their families. Teams of community volunteers, school staff and administration deliver services, support and guidance to students at risk of not graduating and their families to achieve greater engagement, support and resources in order to meet on-time graduation requirements and be prepared to enter career or college and succeed.

United Way offers scholarship tuition assistance for children ages birth to 5 years that reside with families working full-time and living within the Federal Poverty Guidelines. More than 350 children qualify each year to attend one of the United Way partner Child Development Centers. Each Center has trained and qualified staff to ensure young children enter K-12 ready to learn. The families pledge 100 hours for volunteerism and training to more effectively foster the adult-child connection that inspires children to achieve.

EDUCATING EDUCATORs WITH “BEsT IN BREED” CURRICULUm & TRAINING United Way provides professional development scholarships for staff at our partner Child Development Centers to increase their teaching skills and knowledge. The internationally recognized curriculum and methodology from HighScope Educational Research Foundation is provided to support childcare providers to earn their Child Development Associates. United Way is funding 135 curriculum-based training hours and providing quality learning materials for children at our partner Child Development Centers.

United Way funds the nationally recognized Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts programs to enhance young children’s learning by training childcare providers to use performing arts strategies that teach basic academic and life skills. The teaching artists work with families and community partners to enhance education through Art, Music and Movement.

United Way offers a myriad of professional development opportunities including incentives to pursue higher education degrees and certifications, workforce development training, and mentoring and support to increase the core skills and competency of our childcare providers.

United Way provides the training and tools neccessary to assess children, and support school readiness curriculum and instruction in active learning environments.

The assessments are used for lesson planning, communication with families and for a successful transition from Pre-K to kindergarten for all children.

Staff at the Centers receive mentoring and tools to ensure teaching strategies are developmentally appropriate.

PROPELLING CHILDREN fORWARD WITH ACADEmIC CERTAINTYIn our local community and in alignment with United Way’s national goals, United Way of Southern Nevada is committed to securing more academic opportunities for all children, engaging families in their children’s academic journey to ensure a lifetime of success, and increasing teachers’ skills and proficiencies for greater teacher-student engagement and learning.

OUR mIssIONTo help all children enter school ready to learn, to move through school with confidence, be career ready at graduation, so that they happily and positively contribute to the local workforce.

OUR VIsIONAll children enter school at grade level or above, consistently close the achievement gap and demonstrate proficiency in reading, math and literacy by third grade. 

HELPING CHILDREN ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL

EDUCATION

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DRIVING REsULTs THAT ALLOW CHILDREN TO THRIVE (2010-2013)  •  More than 35,000 high school students and their families have received information, support and resources to increase on-time graduation.

•  More than 64,000 hours of professional development have been deployed, strengthening the skill base and competency of early childhood educators.

• More than 1,000 children earned preschool scholarships, helping to get students off to a strong start with a solid academic foundation.

Enrollment in quality early childhood education programs improves student performance all the waythrough on-time high school graduation by building a solid foundation for a lifetime of learning. 

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sECURING fAmILIEs’ fINANCEs sO THEY CAN WEATHER ANY sTORmIn our local community and in alignment with United Way’s national goals, United Way of Southern Nevada is committed to helping families improve their financial situation through financial literacy programs, tax services, and long-term savings planning.

OUR mIssIONTo help all individuals and families work towards the goals of financial self-sufficiency through education, support and training.

OUR VIsIONCreate a cycle of financial success for individuals and families in order to build long-termeconomic independence.

PROGRAm sPECIfICs fINANCIAL sTABILITY Through financial literacy programs, children and adults are empowered with skills and education that enable them to make smart financial decisions, plan for near and long term goals, and build confidence and security.

Financial literacy curriculum has been implemented in 35 schools around the Las Vegas Valley, including: Kit Carson, Staton, Goolsby, Becker, Hollingsworth, Jeffers, Fay Herron, Matt Kelley, Roundy, Bracken, Wendell Williams schools, and the 100 Academy of Excellence.

During the 2012-2013 school year, a pilot savings and education initiative, “The Piggy Bank,” a collaborative program with the United Way Young Philanthropists Society in partnership with the Andson Foundation and Silver State Schools Credit Union, was implemented at Walter Bracken Elementary School, where all students, grades K-5 participated. Students learned to create a savings account, experienced how to make deposits, and interacted with an integrated curriculum in the classroom.

Parents of children attending United Way’s Success by 6 Family Engagement Resource Centers are provided with workshops in budgeting, credit counseling, and basics in saving. Over 145 parents at 10 centers were engaged in Financial Literacy education led by volunteers from Wells Fargo Bank, Financial Guidance Center, INTOUCH Credit Union and Silver State Schools Credit Union.

The United Way/Citibank “$MART Program” expanded from 12 to 26 high schools in the valley during the 2012-2013 school year. Through this web-based interactive program, over 3,000 students of the digital generation are both educated and entertained via video, animations, 3-D gaming, and avatars, all while being led through a series of financial modules. More than 600 financial topics are taught including credit scores, credit cards, student loans, mortgages, savings, and 401Ks. The program is showing promising results in driving fluency in a number of financial related topics, with 61% of students earning certificates in financial literacy.

sAVINGs AND INVEsTmENT Through our “Earn It Keep It Save It” program, families and individuals receive high quality free tax help and resources helping to increase savings and investment in one’s future.

“Earn It Keep It Save It,” a United Way of Southern Nevada Collaborative, is in its seventh year of success with key program highlights including free tax services being offered to the public. IRS certified volunteer tax preparers at more than 40 VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) sites throughout the valley offer quality preparation services to qualified individuals and families.

Depending on filing status and the number of qualifying children, taxpayers may qualify for the following refundable tax credits such as Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Education Credit.

Qualifying individuals/families earning less than $51,000 may receive a tax refund which can be used to open a savings account. Recipients are offered financial education, training on budgeting, banking services as well as resources for long term financial guidance.

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DRIVING REsULTs THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALs AND fAmILIEs TO PROsPER (2010-2013)

• More than 18,100 total tax returns have been filed, with $13.3M in tax credits returned and a total of $23.9M in tax refunds provided back into the community.

•  More than 17,000 elementary school children participated in financial literacy education, showing a 49% increase (in ‘11-’13) in financial fluency.

•  More than $18,500 was saved by the students of Walter Bracken Elementary School through the “Piggy Bank” program.

•  Nearly 3,100 high school students received financial literacy education in 26 high schools through the United Way/Citi “$MART” Program with 61% earning their certification in financial literacy (‘12-’13 school year).

Financially stable families are better prepared to learn, thrive and live healthier and happier lives.

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PROTECTING CHILDREN’s HEALTH THROUGH PREVENTION AND sUPPORTAlong with United Way’s national goal of increasing the number of youth and adults who are healthy, United Way of Southern Nevada is committed to ensuring that children in our community are healthy and have access to comprehensive health care.

OUR mIssIONTo help all children have a medical home, and consistent, high quality preventative health care so that they may grow and thrive.

OUR VIsIONChildren will have access to health care to successfully start and stay in school, creating a healthy cycle of life.

Since healthy children are better prepared to learn and succeed in life, United Way’s volunteers, partners, community leaders and staff are focused on the strategic alignment of our Health, Education and Financial Stability Councils.

ImPROVING THE HEALTH OfCHILDREN AND THEIR fAmILIEs

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PROGRAm sPECIfICs ImmUNIZATIONs AND mEDICAL HOmE: PRImARY PREVENTATIVE CARE AND sUB-sPECIALTY CARE fOR THE UNDERINsURED United Way of Southern Nevada creates opportunities for uninsured and underinsured children ages 0-10 to receive immunizations and information on healthy living through all 25 of United Way’s early Childhood Development Centers and other partner agencies.

In addition, United Way partners with two clinics in the Valley to provide basic preventative medical care including clinical health care services and age appropriate immunizations for children ages 0-5 living in Clark County as well as specialty care to individuals post diagnosis.

The first, The Helping Kids Clinic, provides health care for uninsured/underinsured children ages 0-18. Services include immunizations, well and sick visits and health education for these children.

Our second clinic, Kids Health Care, provides primary care and sub-specialty care for uninsured children. Along with health screenings, immunizations and vision care, the program offers access care including endocrinology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, behavioral and developmental, hematology, genetics and infectious diseases. The primary goal of the program is to increase access to health and wellness services, including immunizations for uninsured children.

DENTAL CARE United Way partners with Future Smiles, via school-based health clinics at Cunningham, Hollingsworth, Whitney elementary schools and Clark High School to deliver all aspects of dental hygiene services. Outreach identifies children with urgent dental needs, and the program implements a full-scope evaluation that provides a stronger foundation for oral health through case management focusing on referral to local dentists or the UNLV School of Dental Medicine (SDM) for restorative dental care.

Mobile units provide oral health screenings and education programs to many of United Way’s early Childhood Development Centers and visit an additional eight Clark County School District schools including: Fay Herron, Virgin Valley, Martinez, Culley and Bennett elementary schools, Laughlin Jr/Sr High School, Brinley Middle School, and Chaparral High School. The program also provides “Brush at Lunch” events to schools, turning children into instant oral health advocates.

DRIVING RESULTS THAT PROMISE HEALTHY OUTCOMES (2010-2013)

• More than 250,000 immunizations were given to children, birth to age 10, preparing them for school, improving attendance and increasing the chances for school success.

• More than 99,000 children, birth to age 10, received immunizations, protecting them from life-threatening diseases.

• More than 17,000 children received preventative medical care from a family doctor, providing them continuity of care and a medical home.

• More than 25,000 dental services were provided to families at no cost, contributing to overall health and wellness.

COmmUNITY CAmPAIGN CHAmPIONsUnited Way of Southern Nevada provides a unique opportunity for individuals, employees, organizations, and corporations to work in concert to build a healthy southern Nevada.

Through the support of hundreds of corporations and thousands of employees, United Way’s campaign continues to grow and is making a measurable difference in our community.

PACEsETTERsPacesetter companies step up and work towards the community campaign goal prior to the campaign season kickoff. The 2012-2013 Pacesetters helped set the pace of the campaign by raising more than $1 million of the 2012-2013 campaign goal.

2012-13 UNITED WAY Of sOUTHERN NEVADA PACEsETTER AWARDs

Arcata Associates

AT&T

Boyd Gaming

Century Link

Fennemore, Craig, Jones, Vargas

Goodwill of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas Clark County Library District

National Security Technologies, LLC

The Valley Health System

TLC Care Center

UPS

USAA Bank

US Bank

Wells Fargo Bank

2012-2013 CHAmPION AWARD WINNERs

sPIRIT Of sOUTHERN NEVADA Wells Fargo, Target TOCQUEVILLE sOCIETY AWARDSteve & Janet Linder

WOmEN’s LEADERsHIP COUNCIL AWARDNancy Reel

YOUNG PHILANTHROPIsTs sOCIETY AWARDMichael Santos

VOLUNTEER Of THE YEARLori Soren

EmPLOYEE CAmPAIGN COORDINATOR Of THE YEARCarolyn Wheeler

LOYAL LEADERsHIP CONTRIBUTOR Of THE YEAR Jennifer Fickel

LABOR PARTNERsHIP AWARDTeamster Local 631, Tommy Blitsch

Lori soren Regional President Nevada/Arizona/UtahUS Bank (Campaign Cabinet Chairperson)

Bruce SpotlesonDirector of Corporate PartnershipsVegas PBS

Danny ThompsonExecutive Secretary Treasurer Nevada State AFL-CIO

Dean Harrold Vice PresidentOlympia Gaming

Kathy SilverPresidentCulinary Health Fund

Larry CharltonSr. Vice President & Nevada Regional ExecutiveCity National Bank

Phil HorrellSenior Vice President & Regional ManagerNew Mexico & NevadaWells Fargo

Rick Mazer Regional PersidentCaesars Entertainment

Robert YoungChairmanAsian Chamber of Commerce

Sam PalmerExecutive Vice PresidentWestern Operating Group ManagerTerracon

2012-13 CAmPAIGN CABINET

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fINANCIAL sOURCEs Of UNITED WAY sUPPORT (sOURCEs)2012 - 2013 Campaign $10,867,991

Southern Nevada Childcare Program $16,480,100 Dream Fund $1,481,236 Windsong $401,197 AmeriCorps $831,547 VITA $81,046 AmeriCorps VISTA $233,279 Volunteer Center $130,620 Las Vegas Healthy Community $155,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $66,980 Downtown Ambassador Program $21,980

Total Grants $19,882,985

Interest & Other Income $580,309

Current Year Support for Community $31,331,285

Reserve Draw Down $633,533

Total Support for Community $31,964,818

Partner Agency Program Funding

Community-based Investment $2,569,301 Community Development $405,983 Designations to Agencies $4,727,106

Total Program Funding $7,702,390 Childcare Program & Other Grants $19,550,316 Community Initiatives $425,275Fundraising & Administration $3,803,487 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $370,311Affiliate Expenses $113,039

Total Impact to the Community $31,964,818

SoURCES oF REVENUE ($ MILLIoNS)

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Grant Income

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fINANCIAL OVERVIEWUnited Way of Southern Nevada maximizes contributions by combining financial gifts with others and invests in results-driven programs and initiatives that are identified and reviewed annually by local volunteers. Volunteers carefully monitor community needs and invest contributions in programs that focus on long-term solutions to our community’s most pressing needs.

fINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Fundraising & Administration

Grants & Initiatives

Designations

UWSN Programs

Uncollectible Pledges

$19.9Grant Income

$10.9Annual Campaign

$0.6Reserve Draw Down

$0.5OtherIncome

$22.1Grants & Initiatives

$4.7Designations

$3.8Fundraising &Administration

$0.4UncollectiblePledges

$0.8UWSNPrograms

Grants Under Management

AREAs Of UNITED WAY INVEsTmENTs (UsEs)

sTAff LEADERsHIP CURRENT BOARD Of DIRECTORs

TERRI JANIsON  Vice President, Community Development

DANYLLE HITCHENVice President, Major Gifts

VANEssA mANIAGOVice President, Branding and Marketing

CAss PALmERPresident and Chief Executive Officer

BOB WELLINGVice President, Resource Development

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JAmEs ARNOLD (YPS Chair)Investment Management ConsultantsIMC Investment Management Consultants

TOm AxTELL (Executive Committee, Marketing Committee Chair)General ManagerVegas PBS

DEBRA A. BERkO (Secretary-Treasurer)Southern Nevada Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

DR. WILLIAm G. BOLDTVice President, University AdvancementUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas

kIRk V. CLAUsEN (Trustee)Regional President/NevadaWells Fargo & Company

fRED COVER (Executive Committee, Human Resources Committee Chair, Selection Committee & Healthcare Committee)Retired (Southwest Gas Corporation)

BILL CURRAN, EsquireAttorney at LawBallard Spahr LLP

DEAN ELYACOUBI Financial AdvisorMerrill Lynch Wealth Management

JIm fUCHs (Public Policy Committee)Retired (Praxair, Inc.)

EDWARD GARCIA (Executive Committee, Public Policy Committee Chair)PartnerHolland & Hart LLP

DON GIBE (Immediate Past Chair, Executive Committee, Nominating Committee Chair, Vision Cabinet Chair)Retired (Citibank)

DEAN HARROLD (Campaign Cabinet) Vice ChairmanOlympia Gaming

DAVID HOENEmEYERRegional PresidentBally’s, Paris & Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino

LAURA HOENEmEYER (Tocqueville Chair)Vice President/Global SourcingCBC Insurance

m. CURT HOWELLMarket PresidentHumana Commercial Products

PAUL kALETA (Human Resources Committee, Nominating Committee)Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Shared ServicesNV Energy

ELLIOT kARP (Non-Profit CEO Advisory Council)President & CEOThe Jewish Federation of Las Vegas

GREG kORTE (Campaign Cabinet Chair)President, Las Vegas DivisionThe Korte Company

LARRY kRAUsE (Treasurer, Executive Committee, Finance Committee Chair)Retired (Deloitte & Touche LLP)

JIm kROPID (Executive Committee, Immediate Needs Impact Council Chair, Audit Committee Chair)Retired

kENT LARsONWealth AdvisorThrivent Investment Management

sTEVEN G. LARsONFinancial ConsultantThrivent Financial for Lutherans

ERIC LLOYD (Health Impact Council Chair)CEOAmerigroup Nevada, Inc.

PUNAm mATHUR (Trustee)Punam Mathur, LCC

DEB mELE-BLANCHARD (WLC Chair)Vice President & Senior DirectorBNY Mellon Wealth Management

JOE mICATROTTO, JR. President & CEO Micatrotto Restaurant GroupFort Apache Commons

EmILY NEILsON (Board Chair, Executive Committee, 2011 Campaign Chair)President & General Manager8 News Now

JOHN OsBORN (Accreditation Chair)Vice President, Marketing & EventsLas Vegas Chamber of Commerce

CAss PALmER(President & CEO)United Way of Southern Nevada

JERRY W. PENN (Executive Committee)Retired (U. S. Postal Service)

GINA POLOVINA (Trustee) Vice President of Government AffairsBoyd Gaming Corporation

HOWARD PUTERmAN (Executive Committee Member-at-Large)Vice President and General ManagerEnterprise Holdings

GAIL RAffEL (Executive Committee)Retired (ASBC Investment Corporation)

CHRIsTOPHER ROmANSenior Vice President, Integrated Marketing SolutionsEntravision Communications Corporation

CHERYL sAINT VINCENT Site President Payment & Check Operations DirectorCiti

GERRY sHEAR (Financial Stability Chair)PresidentGenco

PAT skORkOWskYSuperintendentClark County Schooll District

JOHN smIRk (Secretary, Executive Committee)Business Manager/Secretary-TreasurerInternational Union of Painters & Allied TradesDistrict Council 15

DON sNYDER (Trustee)UNLV Now

DAVID C. UTHOff (Nye County Management Committee Chair)Vice President/Market Development OfficerNevada State Bank

JOHN WILCOx Nevada Regional ExecutiveCity National Bank

ROBERT YOUNG ChairmanAsian Chamber of Commerce

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