Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership

“Accounting functions are performed by the accounting staff of goodwill industries of northwest north carolina, inc.”

“Goodwill industries of northwest north carolina is the sole member of the organization and has all the rights and privileges provided to a voting member under the north carolina nonprofit corporation act.”

“Goodwill industries of northwest north carolina, as the sole member of the organization, has the right to approve persons selected for the board of directors.”

“Goodwill industries of northwest north carolina, as the sole member of the organization, has the right to approve decisions made by the board of directors.”

“The organization's 990 is prepared and reviewed with the board prior to the filing of the document. Board members have the opportunity to make changes to the document prior to its filing.”

“Annually, each board member is required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire. The results of the questionnaires are compiled and maintained by the executive secretary of goodwill industries of northwest north carolina (sole member of the organization). The goodwill ceo and executive secretary are responsible for ensuring compliance during votes.”

“The executive director of the organization is an employee of goodwill industries of northwest north carolina, inc. The initial salary was determined based on salaries of similar organizations. The executive director salary will be included as part of goodwill's executive compensation survey which is completed every three years.”

“The governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The crosby scholars program: this is a college access program through which public school students begin to prepare academically, financially, and personally for successful college admission as early as middle school. We are partnered with goodwill of northwest north carolina and modeled after the successful crosby scholars community partnership in forsyth county, which graduates 100% of its seniors and sends 98% of its graduates on to access post-secondary education. Every public 6th-10th grade student in rowan county is eligible to apply to our program. Once admitted, students must fulfill a number of requirements each year in order to remain in the crosby scholars program. Middle school students must strive to maintain at least a 2.0 gpa, attend a crosby academy, complete community service hours, and follow school policies (i.e., no suspensions). High school students have the same requirements, and also must agree to remain drug and alcohol free, by participating in a random drug screening program. Sophomores, juniors and seniors must attend a college fair and college preparation meetings led by volunteer advisors or staff. Sophomores who complete all of the requirements automatically stay in the program as they progress through to high school graduation. Student enrollment in fall 2015 totaled 2,132 students. Of those, 1,565 students received credit for attending our academy workshops. 1,392 of our students completed their community service requirement and together have provided over 12,000 volunteer work hours. 50% of those students were middle schoolers, and we continued to cater our program to emphasize choices and consequences and career and college exposure. Our "game of life" was taken into each middle school and presented to every 6th grade student, whether a crosby scholar or not. College weeks and career exploration trips to local businesses were also offered to our 6th-8th graders this year. In our third year, our student pool included our first class of seniors. Our program provided college accesss training to parents, guardians and volunteers so that each senior had a 1:1 advisor to meet with throughout the school year for assistance with the college process. In addition to the individual meetings, senior academy workshops were held to help with essay writing, college applications, standardized test taking, understanding financial aid, and general preparation for the freshman year of college. Of the seniors in the program, 35% will be first in their families to access college.”

“The compensation and benefits reported in part ix represent amounts paid to employees of goodwill that provide services to the community partnership. These amounts were paid by goodwill on behalf of the community partnership and have been reported as a contribution from goodwill accordingly.”