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 middle 6th-10th grade student in rowan county is eligible to join our program. Students must fulfill a number of requirements each year in order to remain active in the crosby scholars program. All students must strive to maintain at least a 2.0 gpa, attend a crosby academy workshop, complete community service hours, and follow school policies (i.e., no suspensions). High school students also must agree to remain drug and alcohol free, by participating in a random drug screening program, and attend a college fair or visit four college campuses. Students have the option of participating in additional college preparation meetings which are led by staff. Students who complete all of the requirements each year automatically stay in the program as they progress through to high school graduation. Enrollment in 2019 totaled 3,020 students. Of those, 2,194 students received credit for attending one or more of our academy workshops. Community service hours were submitted by 2,085 of our students, who combined recorded over 11,292 hours of volunteer work. Our program provides college access training to parents, guardians, and volunteers so that each senior has 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. Over 40% of our graduates are first in their family to access college. To date, the rowan county crosby scholars program has graduated over 900 seniors.”

“Other contracted services: program service expenses 98,743. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 98,743.”

“The compensation and benefits reported in part ix represent amounts paid to employees of goodwill that work exclusively for 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.”