Wellness Works

Fiscal sponsorships: Wellness Works' mission statement is broad enough to sponsor and/or incubate projects or programs that align with our own mission. We believe in giving a hand up, not a handout, and we feel responsible for helping others get a start with their own projects or programs that have purposes or causes our board of directors deems worthy to sponsor and/or mentor. Some projects come to us needing a fiscal sponsor because they already have a grant award pending that they would otherwise be ineligible to receive because they do not have 501(c)(3) status. Most grantors require that the organization receiving their grant be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. We have minimal expenses for the projects that come to us as a model c, or on a 1099

Limited individual assistance with job & emergency related expenses: Wellness Works provided assistance to individuals and families on a case-by-case basis, mostly in emergency situations. We paid for travel, supplies, and job certification expenses for individuals needing job assistance so that they could find employment and/or continue to work. Wwi paid utilities on an emergency basis so heat and/or electric wouldn't be shut off in the wintertime, making the dwellings uninhabitable and risking excessive damage to clients housing in the form of frozen and broken plumbing pipes and/or water damage. We helped one senior citizen pay for a new furnace so that they could continue to heat their home while in financial distress. We also provided the cost of medicine for several people with chronic conditions who could not