2021-11-15T17:33:03-08:00 2020-12-31 680260103 REGALIA & ASSOCIATES CPAS 103 TOWN COUNTRY DR STE K DANVILLE CA 94526 990 2020-01-01 731662480 UniversalGiving UNIV 4152969193 PO Box 1012 Menlo Park CA 94026 Pamela Hawley Founder & CEO 4152969193 2021-11-15 true Pamela Hawley 999009999 Douglas W Regalia P00186389 9253140390 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Pamela Hawley PO Box 1012 Menlo Park CA 940261012 1537585 false X www.universalgiving.org X 2003 CA OUR MISSION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO QUALITY GIVING AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE. UNIVERSALGIVING IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHOSE VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING ARE A NATURAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. 12 12 5 20 0 1635811 938070 324574 39010 274003 1128 938 1675949 1537585 362467 0 423302 366333 0 43475 1154789 224243 1578091 953043 97858 584542 3245314 4285825 969964 939426 2275350 3346399 X OUR MISSION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO QUALITY GIVING AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE. UNIVERSALGIVING IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHOSE VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING ARE A NATURAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. false false 766417 362467 CORPORATE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERINGUNIVERSALGIVING 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 TO 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 LOCAL NGO TO ACHIEVE THE (continued on Schedule O) 9128 MAJOR PARTNERSHIPSUNIVERSALGIVING PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION TO INCREASE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING BY PROMOTING OUR VETTED NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR PROJECTS. WE ARE EXPANDING THE REACH OF OUR NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR DESERVING CAUSES BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPISTS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND UNIVERSITIES THAT SHARE OUR GOAL OF HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. SOME MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE TOP TECH COMPANIES WHO SUPPORT US WITH PRO BONO RESOURCES. UNIVERSALGIVING IS AN ORGANIZATION STRONGLY COMMITTED TO INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY. TOP TECH PARTNERSHIPS FOR 10+ YEARS INCLUDE GOOGLE THAT PROVIDES US $780,000 WORTH OF GOOGLE GRANTS AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS PRO BONO; (continued on Schedule O) 7607 PUBLIC SERVICEUNIVERSALGIVING HELPS ORGANIZATIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD ACCESS RESOURCES BY CONNECTING DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO VETTED NGOS AND THEIR PROJECTS IN AN EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT MANNER. UNIVERSALGIVINGS WEBSITE (WWW.UNIVERSALGIVING.ORG) PROVIDES A FREE PUBLIC SERVICE SINCE 2002, WHERE USERS CAN SELECT AMONG HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER AND DONATION OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, SUCH AS TEACHING COMPUTER LITERACY IN GHANA, OR MAKING A $50 DONATION TO PROVIDE FRESH FRUIT TO ORPHANS IN NEPAL.UNIVERSALGIVING DOES NOT TAKE A CUT: 100% OF EVERY DONATION MADE TO OUR PARTNER NGOS GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CAUSE. UNIVERSALGIVINGS SERVICES HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MORE THAN 32 PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING FRONT PAGE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, CBS NEWS, OPRAH.COM, (continued on Schedule O) 783152 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 11 0 true 5 true false true OC false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Evin Baysal 4152969193 PO Box 1012 Menlo Park CA 940261012 Pamela Hawley Founder & CEO 70.00 0.00 X X 133754 0 11698 Alan Olsen Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cole Wilbur Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Carole Klove Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Kibarian Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christine Letts Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Gilbert Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Peter Samuelson Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Randy Best Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rob Ryan Director 8.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Goldberg Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Rehmus Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 133754 11698 1 false false false 0 938070 938070 Sales 900099 324574 324574 324574 274003 274003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Credit Card Credit 522210 938 938 938 1537585 325512 274003 0 0 362467 362467 0 133754 118772 9406 5576 0 169623 131437 37373 813 0 22564 19520 2938 106 40392 35220 3192 1980 0 1850 1850 15165 15165 0 0 0 79561 79561 750 750 3786 2595 1191 350 233 117 0 15779 15779 663 566 97 0 0 0 0 0 5210 5210 Web Infrastructure 62234 26659 575 35000 Bank & Paypal Fees 31683 31683 Event & Conf Supplies 3419 3419 Postage and Shipping 3019 1953 1066 774 774 953043 783152 126416 43475 302173 188954 2361879 3218136 0 50241 347714 0 0 0 0 0 0 531021 531021 0 0 0 0 3245314 4285825 7385 10415 962579 929011 969964 939426 X 2275350 3346399 2275350 3346399 3245314 4285825 X 584542 486507 X false false false X 745551 818352 577435 1680836 938070 4760244 0 0 745551 818352 577435 1680836 938070 4760244 2506786 2253458 3147 9159 12742 39010 274003 338061 0 1128 938 2066 5100371 324574 0.44180 0.57590 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Due to Non Gov't Organizations 939982 Payroll liability -10972 Rounding 1 929011 Australia 0 0 Financially support NGO's 428114 Canada 0 0 Financially support NGO's 22066 Chile 0 0 Financially support NGO's 11491 Asia 0 0 Financially support NGO's 9599 471270 471270 false false false false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: CORPORATE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING (continued from Form 990 Page 2)COMPANYS VISION. WE HELP OUR NGOS BY PRESENTING THEM TO COMPANIES FOR THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMS. THIS INCREASES AWARENESS ABOUT THESE NGOS, HELPS THEM WITH FUNDING AND HELPS THEM WITH MORE CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE IN OUR WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES, FOUNDATIONS AND DONORS. BY ENSURING THESE ENTITIES GIVING AND VOLUNTEER IS EFFECTIVE, WE ARE FURTHER BROADENING UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH QUALITY GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE. SOME OF UNIVERSALGIVINGS CORPORATE PARTNERS INCLUDE APPLE INC, CISCO, RSF SOCIAL FINANCE, BHP, AND GAP. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS (continued from Form 990 Page 2)SALESFORCE THAT PROVIDES US $570,000 WORTH IN SALESFORCE USER ACCESS PRO BONO. NEW PARTNERSHIPS AS OF 2020 INCLUDE MICROSOFT THAT PROVIDES US $120,000 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 GOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; DOCUSIGN THAT PROVIDES $4,000 WORTH OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO. ALTERYX THAT PROVIDES US $100,000 WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRO BONO; DROPBOX THAT PROVIDES US $100,000 WORTH DROPBOX BUSINESS CLOUD SERVICES PRO BONO; BOX.COM THAT PROVIDES US $15,000 WORTH DROPBOX BUSINESS CLOUD SERVICES PRO BONO; BUFFER THAT PROVIDES US $1000 WORTH SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRO BONO.OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI THAT PROVIDES ALL OF LEGAL SERVICES PRO BONO, MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION IN SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE MORE THAN 30 UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS, SUCH AS 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 STANFORD AND DUKE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE DISCUSSED SOCIAL 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 PHILANTOPHIC SERVICES, CRAIGSLIST FOUNDATION, STEPHEN MINISTRY, DUKE I&ES INITIATIVE DEAR PAMELA, AND AMAZON SMILE. UNIVERSALGIVING ALSO WORKS WITH SYNERGOS, A GROUP OF HIGH-NET WORTH DONORS HELPING THEM GIVE BACK TO SOCIETY IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. ALL OF THE THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BRINGING NEW DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO HUNDREDS OF OUR NGO PARTNERS.ADDITIONALLY, UNIVERSALGIVING HAS A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO 40,000 CONTACTS. NEWSLETTER CONTENT IS DEVOTED TO GLOBAL CAUSES AND FEATURES OUR NGO PARTNERS AND THEIR INITIATIVES. THE CEO ALSO HAS A DAILY BLOG CALLED LIVING AND GIVING (HTTP://PAMELAHAWLEY.WORDPRESS.COM/). LIVING AND GIVINGS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE LEADERS TO LIVE WITH EXCELLENCE AND LOVE. UNIVERSALGIVING IS ALSO ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE FOUND THAT SOCIAL MEDIA CREATES BRIDGES FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP. WE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, PINTEREST AND TWITTER. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA RESULTS REFLECT A 30% INCREASE IN LIKES ON FACEBOOK IN 2020. IN 2020, WE ALSO CREATED PINTEREST BOARDS TO SHOWCASE UNIVERSALGIVINGS PRESS PARTNERSHIPS, AWARDS, AND NGO PARTNERS. WE PLAN ON CONTINUING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR NGO PARTNERS AND GLOBAL ISSUES. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: PUBLIC SERVICE (continued from Form 990 Page 2)THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY, CNNMONEY, AND BUSINESSWEEK.UNIVERSALGIVING WAS FEATURED IN MORE THAN 16 BOOKS. OUR FOUNDER AND CEO WAS FEATURED IN THE NEW UPDATED EDITION OF THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW BOOK: HBR GUIDE TO DELIVERING EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK. UNIVERSALGIVING WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN ARIANNA HUFFINGTON`S BOOK THRIVE. PHILANTHROPY EXPERT AND STANFORD BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSOR LAURA ARILLAGA-ANDREESSEN FEATURED UNIVERSALGIVING IN HER BOOK: GIVING 2.0. UNIVERSALGIVING SUPPORTS SMALL, TOP-PERFORMING NGOS IN CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRIES. THESE NGOS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES BUT ARE THEMSELVES LARGELY UNKNOWN. WE HAVE MORE THAN 200 PUBLISHED ORGANIZATION OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SITE AND THOUSANDS ACCESSIBLE IN OUR DATABASE, DEPENDING ON THE CRISIS OR DONOR REQUEST. OUR NGO PARTNERS WORK IN OVER 160 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, WAR PREVENTION, ANIMAL RIGHTS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DISASTER RELIEF, AND MORE. UNIVERSALGIVING VETS EACH NONPROFIT NGO ON ITS WEBSITE WITH ITS QUALITY MODEL, A RIGOROUS 24 STAGE PROCESS. WE ENSURE THAT OUR USERS CAN GIVE AND VOLUNTEER WITH A TRUSTED, QUALITY ORGANIZATION. UNIVERSALGIVING SERVES NUMEROUS DIVERSE DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ECONOMIC STATUSES. IN SUM, WE HAVE VETTED NEARLY 20,000 NGOS FOR INDIVIDUALS, DONORS, CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS, AND FOUNDATIONS. AS ONE SMALL EXAMPLE AND UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, FOR ONE CLIENT ALONE UNIVERSALGIVING FACILITATED VETTING OF NGOS FOR NEARLY $3.2 MILLION IN U.S. DOLLARS; $1.5 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS IN SMALL, MICRO-DONATIONS, WHICH WE DISBURSED WITH THOUSANDS OF RAPID MICROGRANTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. MUCH OF THESE DONATIONS ARE FROM SMALL DONATIONS OF $5-$100. UNIVERSALGIVING MAKES GIVING ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND INCOMES. UNIVERSALGIVING ALSO HAS A CRISIS RELIEF FUND FOR DONATING TO CRISIS EVENTS, SUCH AS THE COVID RELIEF CRISIS ACROSS THE GLOBE. OUR CRISIS RELIEF FUND IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THOSE WANTING TO GIVE TO LOCAL, VETTED NGOS AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES IN TIMES OF CRISIS. TESTIMONIALS OF OUR COVID CRISIS RELIEF FUND RECEIVERS INCLUDE A LOCAL RESTAURANT CHEF AT PO`BOYS KITCHEN. HELPING OTHERS WHO ARE IN NEED IS A GREAT PURPOSE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL OR FOR ANY SOCIAL STRUCTURE. UNIVERSALGIVING IS AN EXPERIENCED ORGANIZATION THAT IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN GIVING AND RECEIVING HANDS. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYTHING UNIVERSALGIVING DOES AND AS OF TODAY`S RECEIVING HANDS, WE KNOW THAT NO ACT OF KINDNESS IS EVER SMALL. WE WILL USE THIS DONATION TO HELP OUR STAFF WITH THEIR FAMILY NEEDS, FOR HOUSING AND FOOD. -PO`BOYS KITCHEN UNIVERSALGIVING CORPORATE PIONEERED THE FIRST QUALITY MODEL OF VETTING STAGES, USED BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND WORLDWIDE. THE QUALITY MODEL WAS FOUNDED BY OUR FOUNDER AND CEO, PAMELA HAWLEY IN 2001, WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN CSR AND INNOVATION. OUR CEO SAW THE NEED TO VERIFY NGOS, PROVIDING TRUSTED, QUALITY GIVING. THE QUALITY MODEL IS TRADEMARKED, UNIQUE, AND CONTINUES TO ADVANCE FROM 6 STAGES TO 24. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS INNOVATION IS OUR WORKPLACE MISCONDUCT VETTING STAGE, IN RESPONSE TO THE ME TOO MOVEMENT. UNIVERSALGIVING CONTINUES TO INNOVATE IN STAYING ON TOP OF WORLD TRENDS AND PROTECTING OUR CLIENTS.UNIVERSALGIVING HAS NOW FACILITATED A NEW VETTING SERVICE, DEEP DIVES. THESE ARE 6-MONTH DEEP INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ON AN NGO. A DEEP DIVE PROVIDES IN-DEPTH VETTING SERVICES. THESE ARE 20-100 PAGE REPORTS ON AN NGO, UTILIZING UPDATED VETTING DETAILED VETTING TECHNIQUES AND PROPRIETARY TOOLS TO FIND LONG-TERM HISTORY AS WELL AS CURRENT DATE INFORMATION. WE PROVIDE THESE DEEP DIVES FOR FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, HIGH NETWORTH DONORS, HELPING PROTECT THEM FROM FRAUD, TERRORISM. UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION KEEPS EXPANDING TO HELP PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH QUALITY PHILANTHROPY. UNIVERSALGIVING ALSO FACILITATES PRIVATE STRATEGIC VETTING SERVICES FOR HIGH NETWORTH DONORS, DAFS, FOUNDATIONS, HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS, AND ULTRA HIGH NETWORTH INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH PART OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES. THIS IS A NEW SERVICE ADDING MORE DIMENSION TO UNIVERSALGIVINGS PHILANTHROPY AND INCREASING OUR REACH TO MORE INDIVIDUALS IN ANOTHER MARKET SECTOR. UNIVERSALGIVING PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES BROADEN UNIVERSALGIVINGS MISSION, EXPANSION OF SERVICES, AND AWARENESS OF QUALITY, VETTED PHILANTHROPY. AS PART OF UNIVERSALGIVINGS PUBLIC SERVICE WE ALSO HAVE A DONATE/TIP FEATURE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS VISITORS TO GIVE A TIP. THE TIP RANGES FROM $15-$200. THE TIP SUPPORTS UNIVERSALGIVING WITH OUR FREE SERVICE, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE GIVE AND VOLUNTEER ALL OVER THE WORLD. CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION IS OUR VOLUNTEERING SERVICE. WE HELP PEOPLE VOLUNTEER IN MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES. WE HAVE EMPOWERED MORE THAN 23500 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IN NEED ALL OVER THE WORLD. INDEPENDENT SECTOR VALUES THE VOLUNTEER HOUR AT $20.00 PER HOUR AND A TRIP IS ON AVERAGE TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE FACILITATED MORE THAN 32 MILLION WORTH OF VOLUNTEER HOURS OVER OUR EXISTENCE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE SINCE MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEER Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BYTHE ORGANIZATION'S CEO, COO AND MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE. IT IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY, DETAIL AND THOROUGHNESS, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE IT REPRESENTS OUR MISSION AND ACTIVITIES WITH CLARITY. A COMPLETE COPY OF FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts 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 Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management 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. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER LEGALFILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND HELD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BYTAX AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TAX RETURNS ARE POSTED ANNUALLY TOWWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG (WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AS ELECTRONIC COPIES) AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE BY REQUEST FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Prior year activity = $486507