The Unify Project

“The company reviewed the 990 internally and then prepared a summary of it, both of which were presented to the executive committee of the board of directors for their review and approval. Unanimous approval from the executive committee is received prior to the filing of the 990.”

“Unify is an ohio nonprofit corporation, and one of its governing bodies are its members. It has no members as defined in the instructions to the form 990, part vi, section a, lines 6, 7a, and 7b.”

“Disclose annually on written and signed disclosure form. Any new/potential conflicts are brought to the ceo and board president. This process is repeated annually every january.”

“The services of the ceo are performed on a voluntary basis, and the ceo is paid no compensation. The board sets the compensation of the president via annual compensation and performance review headed by the cfo and the compensation task force. The task force uses comparability data, as well as discussion and deliberation, to determine compensation. The cfo and compensation task force also approve compensation studies and philosophies for other top roles as needed.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and tax return available to public inspection upon request.”

“The amounts reported on lines 7a and 7b relate to furniture and equipment that was purchased prior to the covid-19 pandemic. The organization did not use the assets throughout the pandemic, and, as a result, sold them close to the end of the year for significantly less than the amount paid.”

“During 2020, the organization qualified for and received a loan pursuant to the paycheck protection program, a program implemented by the small business administration under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act. The principal amount of the loan was $215,900. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 1.0% per annum, has a two year term, is unsecured and guaranteed by the small business administration. The principal and interest are eligible for forgiveness under the paycheck protection program upon meeting the performance requirements of program. As of december 31, 2020, the organization had met the performance requirements for the balance of $180,454; therefore, this amount has been included as revenue on part viii line 1e. The organization has paid off the balance of the loan in 2021.”

“In 2020, unify homed in on the needs of its supported organizations to achieve full, fair employment to pursue their charitable purposes by using its previously-created proprietary dataset and methodology as well as its interactive, user-friendly knowledge product created for its supported organizations with accessible visualizations and insights that enabled their discovery of information. Specifically, unify developed a technology product for its supported organizations to respond to their need for a more equitable and effective way to engage underrepresented groups to fill critical job roles. This technology product, called unify jobs, transforms the job seeking experience by utilizing a proprietary precision matching algorithm (patent allowed), incorporating numerous equity-based features, and providing innovative resources to job seekers to reskill, upskill, and access supportive services to meet personal needs to help get and stay in a job. Unify engaged with individual supported organizations in exploratory and consultative discussions, and conducted analysis and designed technology features based upon their feedback to ensure that unify jobs enhanced their capabilities to identify and engage well-matched talent. By years end, unify jobs was fully built and ready for pilot by target employers and job seekers for the benefit of unify's supported organizations.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 88,875. Management and general expenses 86,493. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 175,368. Technology development: program service expenses 289,571. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 289,571. Professional services: program service expenses 27,758. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 27,758.”