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016-17 Heroes UN1TED ONE FOR ALL HEROES ® uwsn.org United Way of Southern Nevada UN1TED ONE FOR ALL Dear Friends, On behalf of United Way of Southern Nevada, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your support. This past year marked the 60th year we’ve steadfastly pursued our mission to unite our community to improve people’s lives. Among the numerous ways we created positive change in Southern Nevada last year, we created our Community-Based Agenda, a road- map to improving lives focusing on early education, high school achievement, post-secondary attainment, and workforce supports. We also launched Community Connect, an online hub for local information; and with the support of countless individuals and organizations throughout our community, we supported children and families as they worked to build pathways out of poverty. While we celebrate the successes of 2017, we must also recognize the challenges and opportunities it presented to our community. In the wake of October 1, we saw Southern Nevada come together like never before to help those affected, their families and the brave first responders. It has been truly inspiring to experience how our community has united in the months following, and we stand ready to assist with future needs. As we celebrate our 60 year anniversary, we remain focused on our vision of creating a better community for all. We are fortunate to partner with tens of thousands of stakeholders – including individual volunteers, donors, nonprofits and companies – to make our community stronger. We look forward to working with you in the year to come. Sincerely, Scott Emerson Edward Garcia President and CEO Board Chair United Way of Southern Nevada United Way of Southern Nevada United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES | 1 Thanks to our supporters across the community, we have created many incredible results in the past year. Together, we’ve helped people live better lives by supporting the children and families of Southern Nevada. Along with celebrating community success, we want to celebrate all who made it possible and the results they’ve achieved: the donors, advocates, volunteers, and companies that invest both their funds and energy into making our community a better place to live. INVEST IN THE FUTURE $7.1 Million Dollars Raised Donors contributed $7.1 million through workplace giving campaigns to help us reach and exceed our yearly campaign goal. 84 New Leaders 84 community members joined leader networks to make a bigger impact in Southern Nevada. $543,114 Invested by Women’s Leadership Council United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) invested a record-breaking $543,114 into the community to change lives and help families break the cycle of poverty. 2 | United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES TAKE ACTION 160 Community Volunteer Projects Over 1,600 volunteers came together to complete 160 projects at local nonprofit agencies and schools through the second annual Day of Caring. 4,680 Corporate Volunteers 4,680 corporate volunteers performed 58,220 hours of volunteer work to improve our community. 336 Nonprofit Agencies 336 nonprofit agencies benefited from the support of donors and volunteers. CREATE CHANGE 445 Scholarships 445 children received scholarships to attend a high-quality early education program. 26 Community Indicators 26 community indicators are updated in real-time on United Way’s recently- created online information hub, Community Connect. 5 Year Strategic Plan The 2016-2021 Strategic Plan introduced a new focus for United Way to improve the community. 4 Focus Areas The Community-Based Agenda creates measurable impact through early education, high school achievement, post-secondary attainment and workforce supports. United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES | 3 LEADER NETWORKS 4 | United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES THE FACES OF CHANGE United Way of Southern Nevada’s leader networks provide a means for passionate, determined and action-oriented leaders in Southern Nevada to use their collective strength and financial power to make a difference. Although our groups are diverse, they are truly United, one for all. United Way’s Tocqueville Society, Women’s Leadership Council, Young Philanthropists Society and Leadership Society provide opportunities for individuals to join together and inspire others to take action in meeting the most pressing needs of the community and creating lasting change to improve lives. Alexis de Tocqueville Society United Way’s powerful network of generous philanthropists is driving impact and creating lasting change. Members make an annual contribution of $10,000 or more to United Way. Women’s Leadership Council This dynamic, diverse group of powerful women leaders is energized and inspired to create a better community for all. Members are improving lives through their investment of $1,500 or more annually to United Way. Young Philanthropists Society This network of young professionals empowers the next generation of leaders to improve the lives of children and families in Southern Nevada. Members contribute $1,500 or more annually to United Way. Leadership Society LEADER Leadership Society members demonstrate their commitment to uniting our community to improve people’s lives by contributing $1,000 or more NETWORKS a year. Members of the Leadership Society leverage their contributions by combining them with others from our community to create the greatest impact. United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES | 5 TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY AMERICA’S LEADING PHILANTHROPISTS In a time when the need is so great, the leaders among us rise up with renewed willingness to tackle the biggest challenges—they are United Way’s Tocqueville Society To learn more about the Tocqueville Society, members, the cornerstone of United Way. Tocqueville contact Dr. Joseph Rhodes, Senior Director, Donor Relations & Tocqueville Society at Society members are philanthropists who demonstrate [email protected] or 702-892-2306. extraordinary generosity to our community by investing $10,000 or more annually in United Way’s work. They make an outstanding commitment to improving lives in our community and are recognized locally and nationally for inspiring others to greater philanthropy. United Way of Southern Nevada’s Tocqueville Society members have given over $150M to create lasting change in our community. CREATING CHANGE: TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY MEMBERS RAISED NEARLY $1 MILLION TO IMPROVE LIVES IN 2016-2017. 6 | United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY 2016-2017 Tocqueville Society LA SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE KENT AND MARSHA LARSON DAVID AND ERIN SUNSHINE AND JOSEPH P. $100,000 - $249,999 HOENEMEYER MICATROTTO JR. SANDRA ROCHE DAVE M. AND YENNY JAMES AND NANCY HOLT BOB AND STEPHANIE CARVER DON AND DEE SNYDER MORGAN MARK HOPKINS ABBIE G. FRIEDMAN, ESQ. CYRUS AND JOANNE JOHN AND COLLEEN PAGE THE JAMESON FAMILY SPURLINO SAMUEL S. AND LEXY GORDON PROUTY SHANE AND NICOLE LIONEL MEMBRES DE LA SOCIÉTÉ JARRELL $10,000 - $24,999 PHYLLIS RADACK AND JOHN HOWARD AND KATE FRIEDRICH SAM AND MARIANNE PUTERMAN SALIM AND TANYA ABI- JOHNSON ED RICKS KARAM ORDRE DE FRATERNITÉ CATHY JONES $75,000 - $99,999 BILL AND JUDY BOYD SANDY AND DEVIN STREATOR GREG AND NICOLE KORTE AND SUSAN AND WARREN BEST AND JOHN AND ROBYN CASPERSEN FAMILY CURTIS TERRY AND AMY FAMILY MEYER-TERRY JASON AND CLAIRE CHAN JIM AND JUDY KROPID ORDRE D’EGALITÉ JASON AND APRIL KIRK AND RHONDA $50,000 - $74,999 DAWN AND DILLON WEXELMAN CLAUSEN LABONTE MARK FRISSORA 2 ANONYMOUS RYDER AND JULIE CHRISTOPHER AND LAWREL K. DONOHUE ORDRE DÉ LIBERTÉ LARSEN $25,000 - $49,999 DAVID AND ELIZABETH RUTH LAUBER FERSDAHL DIANE M. CARLSON AND WILLIAM FREYD CHUCK AND LIZ LENZIE DAN AND EVA GERETY RACHELLE AND STEVE TAMMY GRABEL GREG AND SUSANA CRUPI MCCURDY STEVE AND GRACE FRED AND KRIS HIPWELL GREATHOUSE ROBERT AND JOSEPHINE MCPEAK TOM KOVACH AND MATHEW MCCARTHY TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY “By giving to United Way through the Tocqueville Society, we are able to invest in our community in an incredible way and develop innovative ways to make an impact in Southern Nevada.” Susan Best Controller | Enterprise Holdings United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES | 7 TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY IN A TIME WHEN THE NEED IS SO GREAT, THE LEADERS AMONG US RISE UP WITH RENEWED WILLINGNESS TO TACKLE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. 8 | United Way of Southern Nevada HEROES NAHLIYAH AND BRIANA’S STORY PROVIDING A SOLID EARLY EDUCATION FOUNDATION “I like to paint, and coloring and playing, and washing hands and toys,” says four-year old Nahliyah with a soft voice and a winning smile. Even as she speaks, she doesn’t stop playing with toys in her classroom. For children like Nahliyah, it’s about having fun. For United Way, it’s about creating possibilities for many of our community’s youngest people to attend prekindergarten. Nahliyah’s mother, Briana Williams, explains that prekindergarten would not have been a possibility for her daughter without United Way’s support. Williams went through a dark phase of “losing everything. My job. My apartment. It was very hard. Very rough…. I had to stop her (Nahliyah) from going to school because I couldn’t manage all of it at once.” She is now employed and Nahliyah is learning her numbers and alphabet in a high quality early education center. Williams can’t help shedding tears as she tells her story, but she also knows that life is improving for her daughter. She says that prekindergarten for Nahliyah was “everything I need. It was a blessing.” CREATING CHANGE: 445 CHILDREN RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND A HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM. TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY “I became involved with United Way of Southern Nevada, as a donor and a member of the Board, when I moved to Las Vegas with my family nearly 30 years ago. Having experienced the unprecedented growth and its impact on our social infrastructure in Southern Nevada, I cannot imagine how we, as a community, would have coped without United Way and the supporters who made it possible.
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