Communities Unlimited Inc.

“A copy of the 990 was reviewed by the CFO with all of the Board Members at the Board of Directors Meeting on April 9, 2021.”

“Upon hire all employees are required to review the policy and sign a conflict of interest policy form. Annually all employees and board members are required to review the policy and update their signed conflict of interest form.”

“The Board of Directors review the CEO salary and makes recommendations for revisions. For all other staff salaries, comparable data is obtained from a third party consulting agency. The consultant meets with top management to review information and make necessary adjustments.”

“Upon written request, documents are available for review at our corporate offices or we will copy and mail any requested documents.”

“combining their ingenuity with technology, expertise and capital to unwind generations of inequity and ensure healthy water, healthy food, healthy business, healthy communities and healthy lives. Our Promise To partner with people working for a better life in their hometown and connect them to solutions for achieving sustainable prosperity. Our Purpose Talent is distributed equally across the United States. Opportunity is not. Access to opportunities should not depend on where you live, how much you have in the bank or what you look like. We work to create more access to opportunities for individuals living in places of persistent poverty. Our Place We serve communities in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. This service area includes 45 percent of our nation's persistent poverty counties, where more than 20 percent of the population has lived in poverty for over 30 years. Of the 55.3 million people who live in our service area, 24.9 percent are African American, Native American, or Latino. And, this area is home to rural innovators, small town entrepreneurs and people with a history of working hard sunrise to sunset to provide for their families. Here people seek opportunities to break through generations of inequity and disinvestment in order to reach prosperity. Our Organization We are a 501c3 nonprofit corporation founded in 1976, with staff in seven states and over 19.6 million in assets. We were certified by the US Department of Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution CDFI in 2001. As a CDFI, we expand economic opportunity for small business owners and communities by providing access to capital when traditional financing options are not available. We work collaboratively to build partnerships that complement our services in order to maximize the benefits to our clients. CU is a founding partner of three national collaboratives, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership RCAP founded in the 1970s. WealthWorks launched in 2011 and the Partners for Rural Transformation established in 2018. RCAP is the oldest national nonprofit serving the nation's small communities with environmental services that support access to safe clean drinking water and other critical cornerstones of healthy communities. As on of six regional RCAP partners, we work in over 600 rural communities each year, and leverage millions of dollars in funding for essential community facilities and infrastructure. Though WealthWorks we provide solutions that include a 21st century approach to economic development that builds from local assets, connects to regional markets, and creates wealth that stays local. The Partners for Rural Transformation works to eliminate persistent poverty through capital investments and capacity building.”