COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization
COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED INC (EIN 71-0464321)
Tax period
2021-10-01 to 2022-09-30
Filed
2023-02-15
IRS object ID
202310469349302246
Schema version
2021v4.0
Source
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Gross Receipts$10,075,733GrossReceiptsAmt
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Activity Or MissionCommunities Unlimited, Inc. CU connects people and rural communities to solutions. Please see schedule O for our Promise, Our Purpose, Our ApproachActivityOrMissionDesc
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DescCU's Environmental Services Program works with small population community environmental management systems: community drinking water systems; wastewater systems; and solid waste management systems through on-site technical assistance, training, publications, and financing. With a current staff of over 47 highly trained professional technical assistance providers, CU Environmental Services supports efforts to provide access to safe drinking water for everyone and environmentally-responsible waste disposal within an ever-changing regulatory environment in the communities that are provided technical assistance and training. Our technical assistance focuses on building local capacity of governing board members, environmental operators, and other system staff so that they will develop and maintain the capability to adequately manage and operate their environmental management systems. All of CU Environmental Services' technical assistance and training is focused on achieving national environmental system outcomes. As a regional partner of the national Rural Community Assistance Partnership, (RCAP), CU serves as the Southern RCAP partner in providing environmental technical assistance and training throughout a seven-state region of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. Additionally, CU Environmental Services supports other RCAP regional partners in other regions of the country with access to their CDFI community environmental lending. During fiscal year 2022, CU Environmental Services provided onsite assistance to 620 small communities and rural environmental systems. CU's environmental staff leveraged over $169 million in construction financing to improve community water and wastewater systems. CU Environmental Services staff completed 83 training workshops attended by 885 community officials, board members, certified operators, and other environmental management system staff members. In addition, through the Agua4All program and its funders, we were able to provide 15 filling stations to three school districts in Texas and Alabama. This provided assistance benefited approximately 6 distinct school buildings, 206 faculty members and 1,223 students. CU Environmental Services achieved the following National Environmental Outcomes last year for the following number of communities: 52 Communities: Improved Coordination between Communities (Regionalization Strategies); 94 Communities: Improved Public Health by achieving compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act rules and regulations; 80 Communities: Improved Environmental Health by achieving compliance with Clean Water Act and Pollution Control Act rules and regulations; 51 Communities: Improved Capacity of Community Facilities; 183 Communities: Achieved Financial Sustainability; 149 Communities: Increased Managerial Capacity; 18 Communities: Improved Self-Defined Prosperity; 32 Communities: Achieved Global Information System Mapping Capabilities.Desc

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Expense$1,076,699ExpenseAmt
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DescIn 1992, CU started making loans to water and wastewater systems in rural areas to ensure that residents had clean, healthy drinking water and safe wastewater treatment systems. In 2001 CU was certified as a CDFI. Loans made to Community Environmental Management Systems are used for improvement projects, pre-development financing, purchase of equipment and emergency financing needs. In 2022, CU loaned $8,263,709 to 20 water and wastewater systems to improve their water and wastewater systems. These loans included $3,938,390 (48%) loaned in Persistent Poverty Counties. Loans ranged from the small loan needed to meet compliance to larger loans for pre-development work that helped these communities access larger loans and grants. Small business lending was added in 2010 as small businesses were struggling to recover from the 2008 recession and bank lending tightened. Again, CU works to fill the gap in financing with loans from $1,000 to $100,000 to small businesses that do not qualify for traditional financing. Small business loans can be used for working capital, which is one of the biggest gaps in small business financing. Other uses include purchase or repair of equipment and real estate purchase or improvements. CU offers a variety of small business loan products that are designed to grow as the business grows. CU's small business lending is focused on filling gaps in rural places and minority populations. In 2022, CU increased loan production by 41%. Thirty-six small businesses received $985,660 in loans, averaging $27,380. This includes 69% to minority owned businesses, 25% in Persistent Poverty Counties, 43% in rural areas, and 58% to women-owned businesses. CU revived the Nuestra Casa loan program that was hugely successful in the early 2000s in the South Texas Colonias, re-launching the home improvement program using the Small Dollar Loan Grant in May 2022 with the hiring of a key local Hispanic lender for the Brownsville office, provided 69 new loans in the first two months. Small but impactful loans to not only improve and increase often the largest asset of low-income borrowers, the program offers credit counseling and financial incentives to pay on time and improve individual credit scores allowing for improved access to traditional financial products.Desc

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DescHousing, Entrepreneurship, and Community Sustainability: During fiscal year 2022, CU launched its housing program. CU housing initiatives were in the earliest planning and launch stages throughout most of the fiscal year. CU did increase staff capacity for the housing program through the hiring of an Area Director for Rural Housing. Filling this role allowed the organization to start the process of identifying housing needs within the communities they serve, plan for impactful programs and resources unique to the needs of rural communities, and determine the best way for Communities Unlimited to meet the housing needs in their service area. In addition to increased staff capacity, the CU housing program engaged partners in the expansion of a volumetric modular housing manufacturing system and initiatives to increase homeownership for black, indigenous, and other communities of color. The Entrepreneurship Division began restructuring its programming in response to the rapid growth in demand for its services that has been continuing since the onset of the COVID19 pandemic. We launched a new Client Relations Management tool to capture and manage client referrals that are coming from all across its 7-state service area. During fiscal year 2022 CU's Entrepreneurship team launched three new program initiatives: 1. CU e-Center; 2. E-Wealth Health; and 3. Arkansas MBDA Business Center. In January 2022, the CU e-Center was launched offering self-paced on-demand small business courses with over 20 different topics so far such as Understanding Financial Statements, Calculating Break-Even, Accounting vs Bookkeeping, Digital Marketing for Small Business, Preparing for a Small Business Loan, and Ideation to Startup. So far over 125 courses have been taken by 41 individuals. We began using the CU 3-Center as resources to supplement our one-on-one management consulting services as the demand for our one-on-one management consulting services continues to grow. In this next fiscal year there will be many new topics including courses to help small business learn How to Avoid a Predatory Loan and more in-depth course content such as a Capital Readiness course that will be combined with our one-on-one management consulting assistance in helping small businesses secure capital. In August 2022, the Entrepreneurship Division launched its new E-Wealth Health Program E=Entrepreneur that is focused on closing the wealth gap through entrepreneurship by taking multiple cohorts of committed small business owners, mostly minority owners, through a 12 month intensive programming. The E-Wealth Health Program consists of required monthly webinars and one--on-one management consulting sessions. The business owners are taught how to manage their business to profitability and how to grow business retained earnings that are then used strategically toward securing capital and/or wealth creation. These initial cohorts of business owners are offered Wealth Accelerator payments as an incentive to establishing and contributing to a retirement account. CU's CEO, Ines Polonius and the Director of Entrepreneurship co-authored a white paper title, Wealth Building for Business Owners of Color: A whole-Person Approach which addresses CU's approach to creating racial equity through entrepreneurship. In September 2022, CU was selected as the home of the first Arkansas MBD Business Center. The MBDA is the Minority Business Development Agency, a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is the only federal agency solely dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises. The Arkansas MBDA Business Center is being led by CU's Entrepreneurship Division and its focus is on helping minority small business owners secure contracts, new markets, and capital. This new initiative will require connection to the larger minority revenue generating businesses and CU will be expanding its contract financing loan product introduced by CU's Lending Division this same year. The Entrepreneurship Division assisted 343 clients with 165 of these opting for one-on-one management consulting engagements. This is a 35% increase from the 254 clients assisted in 2021. Additionally, the program training events includes 41 clients completing LMS courses and 251 attendees to live webinars. CU's Community Sustainability team's network of partner communities grew to a cumulative 52 communities who have worked toward developing more vibrant, sustainable economies by leveraging local assets for long-term growth. CU recognizes that for communities to achieve real sustainability the approach must be radically resident driven. Residents drive the process; creating the plans, filling gaps and connecting to existing resources to activate the community's power for change. CU's staff facilitates this process and assists with infrastructure management and improvement, community facility development, small business development and access to financing. They believe that people should have the opportunity to thrive where they live, work, play and worship regardless of the location or population of their community. One of the goals of the CS team is to build a diverse leadership team who are open minded and motivated to initiate change. They provide training to build personal and community capacity that will enable residents to be the problem solvers. As a regional hub they provide WealthWorks training and value chain facilitation. Assets are recognized through the engagement of Community leaders and utilized to build a strategy for economic growth. This strategy directs the long-term execution of work by CS staff side by side in relationship with community. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the team worked alongside senior leadership to create opportunities to pivot the work into a virtual connectivity platform. They believe in the communities they serve and investing in creating learning opportunities during a time when they were often most impacted was crucial. Monthly Zoom community leadership meetings along with educational opportunities rounded out a robust engagement strategy to keep their communities moving toward their goals in spite of obstacles. By deploying their E.D.G.E. Capacity Building model, which involves Enlightening - training, Delivering - technical assistance, Guiding - as community conducts tasks, and Empowering - monitoring the community's continued success in their execution of tasks, Community Facilitators purposefully and intentionally go into every community with an exit strategy in mind, realizing that the true benefit of their efforts is building or strengthening the capacity of local governments and non-profits so that when they do complete a project they are no longer needed to ensure that community facilities, local housing, and/or community and economic development will continue to be sustainable. CU leverages each of its programs and identifies partners to bring the resources needed for implementation of the strategies to create lasting change. Community Sustainability helps communities: Evaluate ordinances and policies that are friendly to small businesses. Increase the number of local businesses. Support growth of existing local businesses. Deliver resources and convene partners who have new resources to deploy. Provide access to financing. Evaluate existing community development plans. Work with GIS mapping program to create sustainable resource maps. And, develop broadband strategies and connect to resources for deployment. They accomplish this through: Collaboration with local leadership to provide an assessment of the community's economic opportunities. Environmental technical assistance resources. Small business management consulting. Community facilities resources. Home improvement lending. Local, regional, state and federal convening of stakeholders.Desc

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DescHealthy Foods and various other small programs: Access to adequate quantities of food, especially healthy food, is a significant determinant of an individual's ability to learn, transfer knowledge to academic/job performance and long-term physical health. Within CU's service area, there are about half of the nation's persistent poverty counties, and six states in the top 10 of states with the highest percentage of food insecurity. We serve where economic discrimination and disparities in access to resources challenge the sustainability of small towns, small businesses, small farms and families in persistently poor rural places. Healthy Foods collaborates in the space of the regional food system, with intentional focus on the most marginalized communities, producers and small businesses. Our Healthy Foods success is based on collaboration and a community-centered approach that respects the needs and voices of all members of a community. CU has been able to provide technical assistance and access to resources that empowered: connections to new market opportunities for farmers; completion of GAP/GHP certification by small-scale underserved farmers; development and/or expansion of local markets; connections between local medical providers and schools to local producers resulting in increased access to fresh produce; and expanded access to resources to meet transportation, aggregation and storage needs in rural high poverty areas and with small-scale underserved farmers. Collaborations with farmers, community leaders, University staff, food pantries and others working to increase available healthy foods remain central to our success. We deeply value and appreciate the commitment of our partners and the dependability of our supporters. The Cargill Black Farmers Initiative is helping CU address the barrier to adequate transportation and on-farm cold storage for many small-scale Black farmers in the Delta. The ability to access new markets will increase financial sustainability of the farm as well as increase access to local sources of produce for buyers like schools participating in Farm to School programs. USDA's Farm to School program allows CU to empower schools in communities challenged by poverty and racism to access resources and increase the healthy meals served to K-12 children. Local small-scale minority farmers also benefit from this initiative as they are connected with schools that desire to make local purchases and provided the technical assistance to navigate the timing of school meal planning, contracting, etc. The Arkansas Community Foundation maintains the operation of CU's Farm to Pantry Initiative, started during COVID as a means to ensure produce for which producers lost restraint/school contracts could be purchased at wholesale prices and donated to a regional food pantry distributer, continues. This program is meeting the food insecurity needs in many rural Delta communities and providing fresh produce for those dependent upon food pantries to have enough to eat. Share Our Strength is supporting CU's efforts to test multiple pilot programs related to the No Kid Hungry healthy food prescription initiative. With their flexible support, CU is able to partner with multiple types of community organizations and determine the most effective strategy for influencing sustainable observable change in eating habits that has a positive impact on health metrics for children and their caretakers. We know that food insecurity impacts a child's physical and mental development, impacting their future ability to learn and transfer knowledge into work performance that earn a livable wage and builds wealth for them. Food insecurity, compounded by the lack of access to healthy food, is an equity issue in this nation as the impacts of structural racism and persistent poverty are clearly evident. Rural households are significantly more likely to be food insecure than urban households (12.1% vs. 8.3%). (USDA ERS) Households with incomes below the poverty line (27.6%) are significantly more likely to be food insecure than the average U.S. household (10.5%). Household with children headed by single women were significantly more at risk for very high food insecurity (9.6%) as compared to the U.S. average (4.1%). (USDA ERS) The impacts of structural racism and discrimination, especially in the persistent poverty counties in CU's service area are evident. (Data from Feeding America.) 1 in 12 white, non-Hispanic, individuals were food insecure; 1 in 4 Native American individuals were food insecure; 1 in 5 Black individuals were food insecure; 1 in 6 Latino individuals were food insecure; Healthy Foods continues to work for the day that small-scale farmers are part of securing the produce supply chain and ensuring the nation has fresh food in the event of natural disasters and that everyone has access to enough healthy food.Desc
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Deborah Warren
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Donna Kay Yeargan
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Salomon Torres
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Maximillan Sprinkle
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
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Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$14,213OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$9,936,122TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$18,260ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$17,875TotalAmt
Program Services$17,875ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$124,250TotalAmt
Program Services$124,250ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
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Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$232,271TotalAmt
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Management And General$176,734ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$4,850,383TotalAmt
Program Services$4,279,970ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$570,413ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$268,897TotalAmt
Program Services$222,226ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$46,671ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$609,911TotalAmt
Program Services$535,965ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$73,946ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$401,870TotalAmt
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Management And General$58,857ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$127,550TotalAmt
Program Services$90ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$127,460ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$2,364ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,806ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$759,430TotalAmt
Program Services$583,653ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$175,777ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$205,726TotalAmt
Program Services$79,061ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$126,665ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$324,078TotalAmt
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Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$66,964ProgramServicesAmt
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Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$32,093TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$32,093ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$81,280TotalAmt
Program Services$47,490ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$33,790ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
Organizational Dues$9,163$7,547$1,616$0
Bad Debts$180,135$180,135$0$0
Loan Fees$146,689$146,189$500$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$17,755TotalAmt
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Management And General$5,505ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$8,978,642TotalAmt
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Management And General$1,672,238ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$13,875,570BOYAmt
EOY$12,948,241EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$953,018BOYAmt
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Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
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Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,009,446BOYAmt
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Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$20,369BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$1,949,873LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$887,898LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,132,043BOYAmt
EOY$1,061,975EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
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Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$90,580BOYAmt
EOY$90,717EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
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Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$25,081,026BOYAmt
EOY$26,843,803EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$545,737BOYAmt
EOY$401,565EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,525,835BOYAmt
EOY$3,103,115EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
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Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-$10,566BOYAmt
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Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,110,924BOYAmt
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Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,490,000BOYAmt
EOY$4,115,000EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,661,930BOYAmt
EOY$9,467,227EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$16,419,096BOYAmt
EOY$17,376,576EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$16,419,096BOYAmt
EOY$17,376,576EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$25,081,026BOYAmt
EOY$26,843,803EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$957,480ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$0NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,662,296CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,392,855CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,429,214CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,530,532CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,180,615CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$39,195,512TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,662,296CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,392,855CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,429,214CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,530,532CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,180,615CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$39,195,512TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$0SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$39,195,512PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$19,164CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$38,000CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$21,760CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$10,949CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$18,260CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$108,133TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$22,196CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years-$16,422CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years-$24,137CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year-$37,095CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year-$23,589CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total-$79,047TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$39,224,598TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$7,245,555GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.99926PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.99841PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests PY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsPY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part II, Line 10FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationSchedule A, Part II Line 10 - Loss on Rental Property of $37,802 plus miscellaneous income of $14,213.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteers0VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or ManagementYes (1)PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements0MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members0MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast0PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations0GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact LegislatorsYes (1)DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators$7,984DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations0RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other ActivitiesYes (1)OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities$52,122OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures$60,106TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c30NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule C, Part II-B, Line 1FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationGeneral meetings with elected representatives to discuss water and wastewater needs in our seven state region.ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc0AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct LiabYes (1)InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation ProvidedYes (X)ExplanationProvidedInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$546,000OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$546,000BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,270,347OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$754,372DepreciationAmt
Book Value$515,975BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$133,526OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$133,526DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$1,061,975TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$10,075,733TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$0NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants$0RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue$0OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$10,075,733RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included-$139,611OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt-$139,611RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$9,936,122TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$9,118,253TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments$0PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported$0LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included$139,611OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$139,611ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$8,978,642ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$0OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$8,978,642TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part IV, Line 2bEscrow funds held to pay insurance and taxes on homes financed
Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4bExpenses associated with rental income
Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2dExpenses related to rental income

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Urgent & Primary Care of ClarksdaleBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1125 Highway 322AddressLine1Txt
CityClarksdaleCityNm
State AbbreviationMSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP38614ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN821075385RecipientEIN
Cash Grant$13,875CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantWork completed in relation to our collaboration focusing on increasing consumption of healthy foods in families with children with health conditions that could be improved by changes in diet. Urgent & Primary Care of Clarksdale provides their clients with the opportunity to receive Food RX boxes that contain healthy food. Payments made to Urgent & Primary Care of Clarksdale were for the time and direct support provided to this project during FY 2022PurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org0Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org1TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
Scholarships for citizenships or DACA Applications18$12,250$0
Delta Owned grants for Small Businesses68$112,000$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationGrant funds were monitored through online meetings. Invoices were reviewed for accuracy and validity prior to payment.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

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Form 990, Part I, Line 1We work with people combining their ingenuity with technology, expertise and capital to unwind generations of inequity and ensure healthy water, healthy food, healthy businesses, healthy communities and healthy lives. Our Promise To partner with people working for a better life in their home town and connect them to solutions for achieving sustainable prosperity. Our Purpose Talent is distributed equally across the United States. Opportunity clearly is not. Access to opportunities should not depend on where you live, how much money you have in the bank or what you look like. CU works to create greater access to opportunities for individuals living in places of persistent poverty. Our Approach We take a holistic approach to community development by combining human connection and ingenuity with technology, expertise and capital to solve problems. Our staff work to blend our services across program areas to meet communities where they are and sustain healthy businesses, healthy communities and healthy lives. Our Place We serve communities in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. This service area includes 45% of our nation's persistent poverty counties, where more than 20% of the population has lived in poverty for over 30 years. 47% of people living in persistently poor rural counties are people of color. And, this area is home to rural innovators, small town entrepreneurs and people with a history of working hard from sunrise to sunset to provide for their families. Here people seek opportunities to break through generations of inequity and disinvestment in order to reach prosperity. Our Organization We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation founded in 1976, with over 90 staff in seven states and over $26 million in assets. We were certified by the U.S. Department of Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 2001. As a CDFI, we expand economic opportunity for small business owners and communities by providing access to capital when traditional financing options are not available. We work collaboratively to build partnerships that complement our services in order to maximize the benefits to our clients. We are a founding partner of three national collaboratives. In the 1970s, we helped found the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), the oldest national nonprofit serving the nation's small communities with environmental services that support access to safe clean drinking water and other critical cornerstones of healthy communities. As one of six regional RCAP partners, CU works in over 600 rural communities each year, and leverages millions of dollars in funding for essential community facilities and infrastructure. In 2011, CU founded the national WealthWorks network, providing solutions that include a 21st-century approach to economic development that builds from local assets, connects to regional markets, and creates wealth that stays local. In 2018, CU co-founded the Partners for Rural transformation which works to eliminate persistent poverty through capital investments and capacity building in rural communities across the country. While CU is focused on capacity building and lending in places where both are needed the most, it also leverages this field experience to inform national research, policy and advocacy work. In 2021 CU launched its own research work which utilizes its program metrics to generate thought leadership in the community economic development field.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bA copy of the 990 was provided to the Board members on 2/13/2023 and reviewed by the CFO with the Board Members in attendance at the 2/15/2023 Board Meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAnnually all employees and Board members must review and sign the Conflict of Interest Policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15The Board of Directors review the CEO salary and make recommendations for revisions. For all other staff salaries, comparable data is obtained from a third party consulting agency. The consultant meets with top management to review information and make necessary adjustments.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Upon written request, documents are available for review at our corporate offices or we will copy and mail any requested documents.
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