Universalgiving

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside tax professional. The form is then reviewed by the organization's management. After a full review, the final version of the tax return is provided to all members of the organization's voting body. A representative of management authorizes the final form 990 which is then e-filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Members of the board, officers, and key employees must disclose ethical,legal, financial or other conflicts of interest involving universalgiving,and remove themselves from a position of decision-making authority withrespect to any conflict situation involving the organization. If the boardof directors determines that an actual or potential conflict of interestdoes exist, the board shall also determine an appropriate remedy. Suchremedy may include, for example, the recusal of the conflicted individualfrom participating in certain matters pending before the board or other ugbody or the removal from the organization or the board”

“Compensation is based on comparable data for nonprofit organizations fromthe council of foundations report, grantmakers salary and benefits report,and also cross referenced with small and mid-size companies in siliconvalley. In our efforts to be fair and competitive it is preparedconsistently by our coo and is reviewed and approved by the executiveofficers and the board of directors. Universalgiving is providedcompensation that is on par or a bit below the average compensation for thesize of our organization in california.”

“Compensation of other personnel and highly compensated employees is reviewed periodically by members of management. Efforts are made to secure compensation data from industry sources in order to determine competitiveness and appropriateness of salaries and all related benefits. All decisions are then documented in personnel files.”

“Tax returns are available by request from the organization's office in Menlo Park, California.”

“All of the organization's governing documents, financial statements, and other legal filings are maintained in a secure environment and held available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public. Tax returns are posted annually to our website and to www.guidestar.org (where they are available for viewing as electronic copies) and are also available by request from the organization's office.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: CORPORATE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING UNIVERSALGIVING REGULARLY PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDING OUR SERVICES TO HELP THEM GIVE AND VOLUNTEER WITH TOP-PERFORMING NONPROFITS. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE DO THIS IS HELP COMPANIES, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOUNDATIONS KNOW WHICH NGOS TO GIVE TO. UNIVERSALGIVING LEVERAGES ITS EXPERTISE AND CORE COMPETENCY OF VETTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS TO RECOMMEND NGOS FOR FUNDING TO CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND TO DONORS. THEREFORE, WE PROVIDE MORE VALUE TO CORPORATIONS, EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS AS THEY CAN BE ENSURED THEIR FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE BEST NGOS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HELPED A COMPANY DONATE BACKPACKS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AMIDST A CIVIL WAR IN GUINEA. NO OTHER FOUNDATION OR DONOR ADVISED FUND WOULD TAKE ON THE PROJECT AND WE FOUND A (continued on Schedule O) OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS (continued from Form 990 Page 2) SALESFORCE THAT PROVIDES US $550,000 WORTH IN SALESFORCE USER ACCESS PRO BONO. NEW PARTNERSHIPS AS OF 2022 INCLUDE MICROSOFT THAT PROVIDES US $100,000 WORTH OF MICROSOFT 365 SERVICES PRO BONO; SLACK THAT PROVIDES US $200,000 WORTH IN SLACK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; OKTA THAT PROVIDES US $60,000 WORTH OKTA FOR SINGLE SIGN ON TECH FOR GOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; ALTERYX THAT PROVIDES US $100,000 WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; DROPBOX THAT PROVIDES US $100,000 DROPBOX BUSINESS CLOUD SERVICES PRO BONO; BUFFER THAT PROVIDES US $4,000 WORTH SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRO BONO; WEWORK THAT PROVIDES $4,000 WORTH SHARED WORKSPACES SERVICES PRO BONO.OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI THAT PROVIDES ALL OF LEGAL SERVICES PRO BONO, MORE THAN $2+ MILLION IN SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE MORE THAN 30 UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS, SUCH AS USC, USC BUSINESS SCHOOL, DUKE UNIVERSITY STANFORD, HARVARD, TULANE, UC BERKELEY, UC DAVIS, HULT BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT PROVIDE LINKS TO OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR WEBSITE, AND OUR INTERNSHIP AND RETURNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING THEM PROMOTE AND FACILITATE GIVING THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS. OUR FOUNDER AND CEO PAMELA HAWLEY, SPEAKS ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT MANY EVENTS AND VENUES INCLUDING USC, USC BUSINESS SCHOOL, STANFORD AND DUKE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE DISCUSSED ENTREPRENEURSHIP, QUALITY PHILANTHROPY, AND UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION. OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE HARVARD WOMEN IN BUSINESS, STANFORD WOMEN IN BUSINESS, PEPPERDINE BUSINESS SCHOOL, USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HULT BUSINESS SCHOOL, STANFORD LEADERS SERIES, SOCAP, WOMEN 2.0, SCHWAB PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES, AND AMAZON SMILE. ALL OF THE THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BRINGING NEW DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO HUNDREDS OF OUR NGO PARTNERS.LAST YEAR SUBSCRIBERSHIP TO UNIVERSALGIVING NEWSLETTER TOOK OFF AT AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL IN OUR HISTORY: WE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS. THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO USE UNIVERSALGIVING AS AN EXPERT IN GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING WORLDWIDE. UNIVERSALGIVING HAS A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CONTACTS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS INCREASE EVERY DAY. THESE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY NEARLY 30% THIS YEAR - WE NOW HAVE 152,000 CONTACTS OF VENTURE CAPITALISTS IN SILICON VALLEY; VPS IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE POTENTIAL DONORS TO UNIVERSALGIVING; SILICON VALLEY TECH COMPANIES; AND FAMILY OFFICES WORLDWIDE. NEWSLETTER CONTENT IS DEVOTED TO CRISES, SYRIA, UKRAINE, YOUTH SUPPORT, GLOBAL CAUSES AND FEATURES OUR NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR INITIATIVES. THE CEO ALSO HAS A DAILY BLOG CALLED LIVING AND GIVING (HTTP://LIVINGANDGIVING.IO). LIVING AND GIVINGS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE LEADERS TO LIVE WITH EXCELLENCE AND LOVE. OFTEN IN THIS BLOG, SHE ALSO PROMOTES THE NGO PARTNERS ON UNIVERSALGIVINGS WEBSITE. SHE WRITES ABOUT THE CAUSE SHE IS BRINGING LIGHT TO, AND THEN FEATURES THE NGO ON UNIVERSALGIVING WITH A LINK TO IT, TO INCREASE GIVING. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE”