| Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a: Explanation of Delegated Broad Authority to Committee |
The Executive Committee has the full authority of the Board of Trustees in the management of the Organization with some exceptions. The Executive Committee keeps regular minutes of its proceedings and reports the same to the Board of Trustees as required. Specific duties of the Executive Committee include but are not limited to the following: a. Overseeing the coordination of the work of the standing committees, and stayingapprised of the activities of other committees and recommend Board action whenneeded.b. Approving and overseeing the execution of policies for oversight and governance.c. Coordinating the review of the performance of the President/CEO annually.d. Recommending to the Board of Trustees the annual operating budget, annual andstrategic plans and major capital fundraising activities.e. The Executive Committee may not amend the Articles of Incorporation; adopt a plan of merger or of consolidation with another organization; authorize the sale, lease, exchange, or mortgage of all or substantially all of the Organization's property and assets; authorize voluntary dissolution of the Organization; revoke proceedings for voluntary dissolution of the Organization; adopt a plan for distributing the Organization's assets; amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws for the Organization; approve any transaction to which the Organization is a party and that involves a potential conflict of interest as defined in Section 4.19 of the Bylaws; or take any action outside the scope of authority delegated to it by the Board of Trustees. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder |
The members of the Organization consist of all those individuals and organizations that have made contributions or pledges to the United Way of Greater Houston in the previous 12 months. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process |
Form 990 is reviewed in detail by the Audit Committee and distributed to each voting Trustee prior to filing with the IRS. The Form is included on the Board of Trustees meeting agenda for review and discussion. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts |
During the annual approval of community investments to agencies, each Trustee is required to declare their agency affiliation by signing a document indicating their affiliation, if any. Officers and key employees are also required to annually sign a conflict of interest statement. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management |
The Executive Compensation Committee reviews the President/CEO's annual performance based on the performance goals set at the beginning of the year. The compensation is based on the salary and bonus history of the President/CEO and comparative compensation data for CEOs from local nonprofits and the top-ranked United Ways. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees |
The annual compensation of the Vice Presidents is submitted by the President/CEO for review and approval by the Executive Compensation Committee using data for senior management as described for the President/CEO in Line 15a. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available |
Financial Statements are made available to the public on the organization's website.Other documents are made available upon request.Non-Program Expense Ratio Management, General and Fundraising:The costs associated to provide stewardship, financial oversight, internal controls and donor relationship management total $10,645,359 (total expenses per Part IX excluding depreciation). These costs are foundational to support the community impact and mission work of United Way of Greater Houston. These costs as a percentage of total revenue are 16.56%. Because costs and revenue can fluctuate from year to year, a rolling 5-year average provides a normalization of this ratio. The rolling 5-year average of these costs, excluding revenue from disaster contributions, is 14.78%. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.