United Way of Southwest Virginia

“A copy of form 990 is provided to all board members at a regularly scheduled board meeting for review and approval prior to filing the tax return.”

“Uwswva board members, staff members, volunteers or representatives sign a conflict of interest statement annually and disclose any potential conflict of interest such as financial relationship, agency board member, etc. The signed document will be maintained in the individual's uwswva file. Any possible conflict of interest on the part of a board member, staff, volunteer or representative shall be disclosed to the chief executive officer or board leadership who will take the matter to the executive committee or full board. Both the minutes of the executive committee and the board shall reflect such disclosure. Any board member, staff member, volunteer or representative having such a possible conflict of interest shall not act, make recommendations or use his or her influence on the matter in question. The foregoing shall not be construed to prevent a board member, staff member, volunteer or representative from briefly stating his or her position on the matter or from answering pertinent questions.”

“In order to recruit and retain qualified and exceptional staff, uwswva deploys and adheres to a compensation percentage procedure based on competitive standards and benchmarks which ensure competitive pay for all staff. This procedure takes the form of periodic (normally annual) performance based salary increases. An overall percent of salary budget is approved by the board of directors, which must be approved by the board prior to implementation, for salary/pay ranges for all positions using the most current united way worldwide (uww) standard salary survey guide to provide the framework for salary/pay ranges. The executive committee also ensures that staff positions are properly aligned with uww position codes and assess whether the salary structure for each position is appropriate based on the duties of the position and comparable ranges with data from salary/benefit surveys of other local united ways and comparable size businesses. Ranges are reviewed by the executive committee on an annual basis and updated as needed. Recommendations for changes in salary ranges are made by the executive committee and presented to the board of directors for approval. The ceo conducts annual performance reviews of staff members other than him/herself. The volunteer president and vice president of the board of directors conduct the annual performance review of the ceo. Salary increases are based on performance and cost of living and have historically been effective july 1st of each year.”

“SAME AS 15A”

“Copies of financial statements and forms 990 are posted on organization's website: unitedwayswva.org. Forms are also available to the public upon request.”

“United way of southwest virginia is a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization working to advance the common good by improving the education, financial stability and health of our most vulnerable residents in southwest virginia. Each year, we create new partnerships mobilizing thousands of people to give, advocate, and volunteer to improve these conditions across southwest virginia. Today, united way of southwest virginia serves more than 350,000 residents and covers 5,860 square miles, approximately 15% of the state, which includes the counties of bland, buchanan, carroll, dickenson, giles, grayson, lee, russell, scott, smyth, tazewell, washington, wise, and the cities of galax and norton. To get involved and learn more on how you can make a difference please visit unitedwayswva.org.”

“United way of southwest virginia invests in over 50 different programs and services across southwest virginia through our community impact fund, which is comprised of gifts from donors who designate their contributions to solving critical community issues. Through this fund, united way combines the contributions of thousands of individuals and invests those donations where they will have the greatest impact in solving community issues. Our volunteers examine evidence-based interventions and prioritize community grants based on the best available data. These grants are awarded to programs and organizations that can demonstrate measurable results around goals to improve the regions educational outcomes, financial stability and health of our most vulnerable community residents.”

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