United Way of Brevard County Inc

“Every contributor of cash donations, or cash equivalent, thereby becomes a member of the corporation and is entitled to vote at all meeting of the members during the annual year of the corporation following the contribution.”

“Members are allowed to vote at the annual meeting. The annual meeting of the united way of brevard, inc. Is held for the transaction of business and the election of members to its board of directors. It is held at such time as may be fixed by the executive committee, upon the call of the chair of the board, or in his/her absence, by the chair-elect of the selected vice chair.”

“The primary governance decision reserved to members is to elect board members at the annual meeting. Once seated, the board elects its ouwn officers.”

“A completed draft of the irs form 990 is emailed to the board members before submission to the irs. Board members are given one week to review the 990 and to submit comments and questions before it is submitted to the irs.”

“Each year the ethics policy (which contains the conflict of interest policy) is reviewed with the board of directors and the entire staff by the ethics officer. Each year the board of directors and the entire staff are required to review the policy, disclose any conflicts of interest and sign a statement that they have reviewed the policy.”

“None of the officers of the organization's board receive compensation. The organization's director receives a performance review each february by the executive committee. Based upon the performance review, the executive committee determines any increases or benefits to be awarded. The board chair then forwards a signed memo to the executive assistant informing her of the approved annual salary and benefits so that any changes can be made in the organization's payroll reporting systems.”

“The board approves the annual budget each year that includes a budget for salaries. The president then reviews each individual employee's salary and signs an approval for any salary increases.”

“If a request is made, united way of brevard, inc. Makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available for review at its office located at 1100 rockledge blvd, suite 300.”

“Everyone deserves a chance for a change. That's why our work focuses on equity, addressing educational gaps and increasing care for our veterans. We'll also continue to provide relief to the nearly 90,000 households in our community struggling to make ends meet by funding our network of 43 partner agencies. 2020 challenged us and 2021 wasn't any easier in the fundraising world. But each new challenge has taught us a powerful lesson of where we need to shift our attention to ensure we are changing lives and strengthening our community. When you make the decision to give to united way, you are giving someone a chance to change their life. Key highlights: our community campaign raised 5,535,000 for local health and human service partners. Lynda weatherman, economic development commission served as the 2020 united way campaign chair. Although down 4.96% (289,000), united way is proud of the effort and result during this global pandemic year. It was an incredibly disruptive year, especially with united way's workforce campaign model. L3harris and its employees were the largest contributors, raising 1,477,500. Publix super markets and its associates again joined l3harris in the million dollar circle this year by raising 1,100,000 make it the second largest campaign. Grants secured ovolunteer income tax assistance program - vita (30,000) obank of america (10,000) for financial literacy olockheed martin (6,000) support for veterans assistance ohousing opportunities for persons with aids (hopwa) 430,272 gifts in kind distributed 6,373,191 worth of items such as diapers, car seats, hygiene products, disaster items and other goods. Finances - we received an unmodified audit for 2020-21 from whittaker cooper financial group. The community care fund/allocations process was modified again due to covid-19. This past year the programs were presented virtually to the volunteers. No physical site visits were made in 2021. Volunteers (85) reviewed agency financials and performance to determine how to best allocate funds. Results were presented to the board. Locally, approximately 500 volunteers donated approximately 23,000 hours to united way last year, which translated to a value of 170,640 according to the points of light foundation. Healthy families ensuring children live in a safe, healthy environment is essential. That's why we offer a direct proven program to prevent child abuse and neglect. Healthy families helped 288 parents of newborns learn how to be the best they can be at their most important job--raising and nurturing their children. This program is funded by two grants totaling 1,352,289. Tax preparation creating empowered, more financially stable citizens is the goal behind the free tax prep service by united way. Tax program volunteers prepared 1,336 tax returns for low to moderate income workers, saving taxpayers an average of 250 per tax return and creating an estimated community impact of 1.2m. Our targeted care options include the following areas which allow a gift to be restricted to a specific area of our impact work with volunteer oversight and input. Targeted impact areas include the following: early grade reading early brain development is vital for kids to thrive by the age of five. That's why united way invests in these strategies for educational success. Obright by text united way of brevard has teamed up with a national texting program, to deliver expert tips, games and child development information to parents and guardians. Osummer feed and read this past summer we served 4,000 children, distributed more than 30,000 brand-new, free books and 15,000 take-home food packs. Orun united this program with brevard public schools works to increase both physical and brain activity with a 30 minute before-school walking/running program. Osummer slide united way leads an initiative with brevard public schools to promote the importance of reading over the summer to 35,000 local elementary students. Studies show students can los”

“United way of brevard partner agencies are a diverse group of health and human service providers who provide critical services to our community and meet comprehensive funding standards and bi-annual performance reviews for efficient, high-quality programs serving brevard county residents. Agencies must demonstrate accountability and complete all reporting requirements in addition to maintaining established standards of performance. During the covid-19 pandemic, the strategic fund distribution committee, finance & governance, and staff spent many hours reviewing funding applications, fiscal performance and outcomes in order to recommend funding levels to the united way board of directors. 64 partner agency and united way internal programs will serve more than 200,000 people throughout the brevard community. In addition to dollars donated through the community care fund, donors also can support as virtual volunteers and provide in-kind items needed to meet the needs of our community agencies. United way of brevard has 9 volunteers in service to america (vista) members serving the capacity needs of brevard county. One vista member serves as a vista leader. Three vista members build capacity in education. One vista each serve in the areas of health, military and veteran support, volunteerism, equity in brevard, and gifts in kind. In march of 2021, we will recruit a grant writing vista member. United way was been approved for 10 americorps vista summer associates for 2020.”

“Donor designations received -1,017,339 donor designations paid 829,577 total -187,762”