2015-11-12T10:22:25-06:00 2014-12-31 BKD LLP 1201 Walnut Suite 1700 Kansas City MO 641062246 990 2014-01-01 454879810 URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC % ANGELA GUM URBA 8162310822 2700 E 18TH STREET STE 261 KANSAS CITY MO 64127 DIANNE CLEAVER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8162310822 2015-11-16 true Michael J Engle P00482834 8162216300 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z DIANNE CLEAVER 2700 E 18TH STREET STE 261 KANSAS CITY MO 641272653 503991 false X UNI-KC.ORG X 2012 MO TO BRING BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO INCREASE PROSPERITY AND IMPROVE HEALTH, SAFETY AND EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS OF KANSAS CITY'S URBAN CORE 22 22 3 30 0 0 603355 497941 3450 6050 0 0 0 0 606805 503991 0 37400 0 0 175548 201234 0 0 28712 32906 117816 208454 356450 398351 147541 552639 675754 19059 11193 533580 664561 X SEE SCHEDULE O true false 128321 0 SEE SCHEDULE O - PROSPERITY 44574 0 0 SEE SCHEDULE O - HEALTH AND SAFETY 83144 37400 6050 SEE SCHEDULE O - EDUCATION 256039 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 3 true false false false false false false false false false false X 22 22 true false false false true true true true true false false true true true true true true true false false MO X ANGELA GUM 8164724289 801 W 47TH STREET SUITE 500 KANSAS CITY MO 64112 CHARLIE SHIELDS BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 TERRY BASSHAM BOARD MEMBER\CHAIR 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 BOB GRANT BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARK LARABEE BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DAVID DISNEY BOARD MEMBER\TREASURER 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 TERRY DUNN BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ART CHAUDRY BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 GWEN GRANT BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RICK HALIL BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DR WALLACE HARTSFIELD BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JAMES HEETER BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DEPUTY CHIEF RANDY HOPKINS BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MAYOR SLY JAMES BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARK JORGENSON BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 BRIDGET MCCANDLESS BOARD MEMBER\SECRETARY 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 LEO E MORTON BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ROSHANN PARRIS BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RALPH REID BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 STEVE ROLING BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 BRENT STEWART BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 REV ERIC WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 VIRGINIA GROSS BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 FRANK ELLIS TREASURER 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 JOHN DERRY BOARD MEMBER 4.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DIANNE CLEAVER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 156000 0 0 156000 0 0 1 false true false 0 55000 442941 497941 HIRING FAIR 624100 6050 6050 6050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 503991 6050 37400 37400 0 0 0 156000 101400 31200 23400 0 32736 14335 14880 3521 0 0 12498 6749 4499 1250 0 130 65 65 9880 9880 0 0 0 4372 2110 2262 0 9094 6618 1977 499 440 396 22 22 0 0 0 0 5860 4750 1110 0 0 0 7632 1908 5724 BANCROFT PHASE 2 75000 75000 HIRING FAIR 4827 4827 _ _ 581 481 80 20 356450 256039 71699 28712 184712 606794 0 0 66155 67928 0 0 0 0 0 0 299301 0 0 0 2471 1032 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 552639 675754 19059 11193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19059 11193 X 217425 322019 316155 342542 0 0 533580 664561 552639 675754 147541 -16560 X false true X true false X 0 0 0 603355 497941 1101296 0 0 0 0 0 603355 497941 1101296 552715 548581 0 0 0 1101296 9500 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 684460 180469 180469 503991 503991 553479 197029 197029 356450 356450 SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. true KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1211 MCGEE KANSAS CITY MO 64106 446003108 GOVT 37400 SB6 RESOURCE CENTER 1 SCHEDULE I, PART 1, LINE 2 THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A REPORT ACCOUNITNG FOR FUNDS EXPENDED AT THE END OF EACH QUARTER. X X false false false false false false false false false DIANNE CLEAVER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 156000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156000 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 THE CORPORATION'S PURPOSES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, BUILDING STRONG COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN EAST KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AMONG NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, THE REGIONAL BUSINESS SECTOR, CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY WELL-BEING BY FOCUSING ON THE SAFETY, HEALTH, PROSPERITY, AND EDUCATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 FUNDING OF FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR BANCROFT 2 DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING SUPPORT FOR A SUCCESS BY6 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY FOR UNI CHILDREN; IDENTIFICATION OF AREA FOR MIXED INCOME MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND DRAFT OF A CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION AS PART OF A PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITY PLAN; INSTALLATION OF LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES IN THE TARGET AREA; SPONSORSHIP OF A HIRING FAIR; SAFE COMMUNITIES PILOT KICK OFF; WIRELESS INTERNET PILOT IN TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTNERING WITH TURN THE PAGE KC TO PLACE VISTAS IN UNI SCHOOLS; FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A PROSPERITY BANCROFT PHASE 2 FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN-THE MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION (MIR) FACILITATED A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MIXED INCOME, LEED PLATINUM, STRATEGIC INFILL HOUSING PROJECT IN DIRECT COLLABORATION WITH THE HISTORIC MANHEIM PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. UNI FINANCED THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT THAT INCLUDED; A FEASIBILITY STUDY; A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS; DEVELOPMENT OF SIX PROTOTYPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS; AND A PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. CONNECTING NEIGHBORS PILOT-THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE (UNI) IS PARTNERING WITH THE CENTER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, CONNECTING FOR GOOD (CFG), KC DIGITAL DRIVE AND RECONCILIATION SERVICES (RS) TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY-OWNED, LOW COST WIRELESS NETWORK AND ENHANCE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY ACCESS SITES. A KEY PART OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE RECRUITING AND TRAINING YOUNG RESIDENTS TO HELP BUILD AND MAINTAIN THIS NETWORK IN CENTER CITY AND PROVIDING INCREASED DIGITAL EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. HIRING FAIR-UNI PARTNERS WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ON ANNUAL HIRING FAIR TARGET RESIDENTS OF THE UNI AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE URBAN CORE. THE FAIRS BRINGS TOGETHER CAREER SEEKERS FROM THIS AREA WITH EMPLOYERS WHO ARE HIRING AND PROVIDES COMPUTERS AND INTERNET ACCESS ON SITE TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS WITH SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS ON SITE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B HEALTH AND SAFETY SAFE COMMUNITIES-UNI IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT (KCPD) AND THE MANHEIM NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPLEMENTING A SAFE COMMUNITIES PILOT INITIATIVE IN THE MANHEIM NEIGHBORHOOD. THE KCPD IS DEDICATING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN MANHEIM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO ACHIEVE CRIME REDUCTION GOALS. UNI IS WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CRITICAL TO INCREASING NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY. UNI IS WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPORT AND BUILD ON THEIR EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY RESOURCES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK. VACANT HOUSING COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE-UNI HAS SECURED A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY AND IS DEDICATING SOME OF ITS OPERATING FUNDS TO UNDERTAKE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THE LARGE NUMBER OF VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE UNI. COLLECTIVE IMPACT IS THE COMMITMENT OF A GROUP OF IMPORTANT ACTORS FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS TO A COMMON AGENDA FOR SOLVING A SPECIFIC SOCIAL PROBLEM; IN THIS CASE VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES. IT IS A STRUCTURED APPROACH THAT INVOLVES: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMON AGENDA; SHARED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; MUTUALLY REINFORCING ACTIVITIES, CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION; AND A BACKBONE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. UNI SERVES AS THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT PROCESS WHICH HAS AS ITS MISSION TO TRANSFORM AT LEAST 1000 UNI PROPERTIES INTO PRODUCTIVE USE IN 10 YEARS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4C EDUCATION DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL) AND SUCCESS BY 6 CENTER-SUBSEQUENT TO A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY UNI, OUR ORGANIZATION RECEIVED A GRANT TO EXPAND THESE TWO UNITED WAY PROGRAMS INTO THE UNI. DPIL MAILS CAREFULLY-SELECTED, AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS TO ENROLLED CHILDREN'S HOMES EVERY MONTH FROM BIRTH UNTIL THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY. THE FUNDS SECURED BY UNI WILL ENABLE ENROLLMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL 700 CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE UNI AREA. THE SUCCESS BY 6 (PARENT RESOURCE) CENTER IS LOCATED AT FAXON SCHOOL (IN THE UNI) AND STAFFED BY A 30-HOUR A WEEK PARENTS AS TEACHER STAFF MEMBER. THE CENTER PROVIDES A RESOURCE LENDING LIBRARY FILLED WITH EDUCATIONAL TOYS, GAMES AND BOOKS APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN BIRTH TO AGE 8. ALL MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT FREE OF CHARGE TO AREA FAMILIES. PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITIES- UNI IS ALSO WORKING WITH KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TOWARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHARTER SCHOOL WITH THE DISTRICT AS THE SPONSOR. THE SCHOOL WILL BE PART OF A HOLISTIC NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT THAT WILL INCLUDE HIGH QUALITY MIXED INCOME HOUSING AND OTHER NEEDED COMMUNITY RESOURCES. LITTLE FREE LIBRARY-UNI BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO THE UNI AND HAS BUILT AND INSTALLED 22 LIBRARIES IN OUR AREA WITH THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITYY AND WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS SERVING AS STEWARDS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 DAVID DISNEY AND TERRY DUNN HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE CORPORATION INITIALLY HAD ELEVEN FOUNDING MEMBERS. THE INITIAL FOUNDING MEMBERS WERE UNITED WAY, THE CHAMBER, CIVIC COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY, CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT, METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY, SWOPE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES, TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTERS, AND UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY. THE CORPORATION MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL FOUNDING MEMBERS UPON THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE CURRENT FOUNDING MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 7A FOUNDING MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE EACH, AND IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY AND THE GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TWO REPRESENTATIVES EACH, TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 7B ACTIONS SUBJECT TO THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE THE DISSOLUTION AND/OR LIQUIDATION OF THE CORPORATION, THE SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE CORPORATION'S ASSETS, ANY MERGER TRANSACTION IN WHICH THE CORPORATION WOULD NOT BE THE SURVIVING ENTITY, OR ANY MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES AND REVIEWS THE 990. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEES. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THESE COMMITTEES HAVE ARE ADDRESSED, AND ANY CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE. THE 990 IS THEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING THE 990. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CONCERNS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE. THE FINAL FORM 990 WITH ALL REQUIRED SCHEDULES IS THEN PROVIDED TO ALL VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE POLICY COVERS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE OVER THE DECISIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE ORGANIZATION. IT IS REVIEWED AT THE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LEVEL. INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM ANNUALLY. AT THE TIME ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT ARISES, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE IT AND SUBSEQUENTLY ONLY "DISINTERESTED" BOARD MEMBERS MAY VOTE ON THE MATTER. THOSE WITH A CONFLICT CANNOT VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE ORGANIZATION CONSULTED AN INDEPENDENT FIRM TO PREPARE A COMPENSATION DATA STUDY. THE STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO USED IT TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR 2013. THAT COMPENSATION REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR 2014. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.