Orange County'S United Way

“Policies - monitor and compliance enforcement: officers, directors, trustees and key employees are required to disclose annually interests that would give rise to conflicts. Conflict statements are reviewed annually and any stated conflict is reviewed by the board development committee and by the board of directors.”

“Policies - compensation: the executive compensation committee ("the committee") of the board of directors is comprised of independent directors responsible for review and approval of compensation for the chief executive officer and other key employees. Orange county's united way's executive compensation program is designed to encourage retention of high caliber executives. The committee considers numerous factors including ocuw's mission and goals, comparable compensation offered in comparable markets and overall performance of the ceo and key employees. As part of the process the committee reviews a summary of salary data published in compensation surveys from independent sources including united way worldwide and regional data from other non-profits in southern california. The committee also reviewed the performance incentive program. This plan is designed to reward performance based on both quantifiable and non-quantifiable specific organizational drivers. Finally, the committee reviewed and determined other compensation which includes health and welfare benefits and contributions to a qualified retirement plan. The committee believes the compensation program and information described above is in line with orange county united way's mission and goals and accurately reflects a competitive program to attract and retain high level executives.”

“Disclosure - governing docs, conflict of interest policy & financials: the financial statements and tax return are available on the organization's website. Any other governing documents are available upon request.”

“Governing body & mgmt - review of form 990: the cfo worked closely with the independent tax preparer in the preparation of the organization's tax return. The final product was reviewed by the board of directors prior to filing.”

“Voting members of the governing body: the discrepancy between the number of voting members of the governing body and the total members listed on part vii is due to some directors becoming inactive before the end of the year.”

“Exempt purpose achievements of 3 largest program services: 4a. Community impact allocation pool our mission: to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of orange county to strengthen our community. Our vision: we envision a community, where, in the next 10 years: every orange county youth will receive a high-quality and relevant education, families will have the capability to become financially stable, the next generation in orange county will be the healthiest in the nation and homelessness for children and their families has come to an end. Ocuw is building the capacity of the nonprofit sector and directly meeting the needs of our community through a number of investment strategies targeting specified objectives in the areas of education, income, health and housing, including: 1) competitive grant funding - ocuw directly funds and partners with 68 leading nonprofit agencies through our competitive grant program. The rigorous application and review process requires agencies to meet the highest of financial, leadership and program standards. In addition to grant funding, our partner agencies are provided with training and resources designed to enhance their program capacity, outcomes, financial sustainability and community collaborations; 2) strategic initiatives - ocuw is proud to lead a number of county wide initiatives, implementing and funding innovative service models addressing unmet education needs of our youth, financial stability services for low-income working families, and health access for all. These initiatives are staffed and funded through ocuw and create new opportunities to leverage existing resources, develop strategic collaborations and create powerful partnerships to address community needs. Ocuw's initiatives include: destination graduation - supporting critical education strategies in targeted middle and high schools; the earned income tax credit campaign - providing free tax services and access to earned tax credits; sparkpoint oc - an innovative bundled service model helping families to reach financial stability; and participation in the covered oc collaborative to expand the infrastructure providing health access for all orange county residents.”

“Exempt purpose achievements of 3 largest program services: 4b. Program service expense program service expense allocations are comprised of community impact grant program and initiatives that fulfill orange county united way's mission. They include $1.6 million towards the administration, evaluation and monitoring of all grant partnerships, supporting critical community partnerships, coalitions and committees, community outreach and education efforts, capacity trainings for funded partners, volunteer engagement efforts, and strategic partnerships with local funder collaboratives in the areas of education, income, health and housing.”

“Exempt purpose achievements of 3 largest program services: 4c. Donor designated funding through ocuws donor designated giving program, donors have the option to designate their gift to their charity(ies) of choice, helping to facilitate philanthropy to meet local community needs. Ocuw stewards these investments by ensuring donor designations are allocated to organizations that qualify as 501(c)(3) tax deductible and patriot act compliant organizations under current irs tax code law.”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balances prior-year pledge loss adjustment: 81,720”