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Name:	United Way of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Address:	910 North 11th Street
	St. Louis , MO 63101
Phone:	314-421-0700
Web Address:	www.stl.unitedway.org

United Way of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (UWSTL) does not meet the following Standard for Charity Accountability.

Standard 3: Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings - An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities. The average number of directors attending the United Way of Greater St Louis Board of Directors meetings was less than 50% of the total board.  According to the organization, it represents a large geographic region and maintains a large board to adequately represent its service area.  It reports that it is working toward meeting this standard.

United Way of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (UWSTL) meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Allocations/Grantmaking: Includes expenditures for ongoing operational funding and one-time grants to member agencies, administering the funding and providing oversight of other fund distribution programs such as Dollar More and 100 Neediest Cases. Community Initiatives: Includes expenditures relating to collaborations with organizations to develop specialized approaches to impacting community problems in the areas of quality early child care and education, financial stability and independence, and faith community mobilization. Community Services: Includes expenditures relating to programming that would be performed by funded agencies if not as part of the United Way including information/referral and staffing for the volunteer center, the Emergency Food and Shelter program, the Dollar More energy assistance program, and the 100 Neediest Cases holiday assistance program. 2-1-1: Includes expenditures during the latter half of the fiscal year related to establishing and operating a 24-hour health and human service information and referral hotline for 99 counties in Missouri and 9 counties in Illinois. In Missouri this line is accessed using a three-digit telephone number, 2-1-1.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, UWSTL's program expenses were:

Allocations/Grant-making	54,115,704
2-1-1	2,101,205
Community Services	1,059,853
Community Initiatives	756,214
Total Program Expenses:	$58,032,976

Chief Executive : Gary Dollar , President & CEO

Compensation*:

$425,680

Chair of the Board: Douglas Yaeger
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Chairman, President & CEO, The Laclede Group, Inc.

Board Size: 168

Paid Staff Size: 122

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, planned giving arrangements, workplace campaign materials

Fund raising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $66,707,646, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on UWSTL's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

Source of Funds
Annual Campaign	71,023,776
Estate, Trust and Other Contributions	3,291,324
Investment Income	519,424
Net Realized Gains on Investments	-83,186
Unrealized Loss on an Interest Rate Swap	-100,288
Change in Value of Split-Interest Agreements	-1,394,835
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments	-3,055,407
Provisions for Uncollectible Pledges	-3,786,036
Donor Designations	-3,821,418
Total Income	$62,593,354

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 90%  Fund Raising: 8%  Administrative: 2%

Total income				$62,593,354
	Program expenses			$58,032,976
	Fund raising expenses			4,892,195
	Administrative expenses			1,560,830
Total expenses				$64,486,001
Expenses in Excess of Income				(1,892,647)
Beginning net assets				31,084,842
Ending net assets				26,512,240
Total liabilities				35,768,484
Total assets				$62,280,724