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Rights At Risk: See Schedule O. 1868758 427673 17083 Human Rights Programs - II. Environmental Justice: See Schedule O. 1860637 425815 16400 Human Rights Programs - III. Economic Justice: See Schedule O. 713773 13925 125734 UU College of Social Justice The mission of the UUCSJ is to inspire and sustain faith-based justice action on issues of local, national and global importance, through a variety of experiential learning programs. In fiscal year 2016 our programs included service learning journeys to the Arizona/Mexico border with BorderLinks, Haiti with the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), Bellingham, WA with the Lummi Nation, and Nicaragua in partnership with Equal Exchange. This year's programs to the border included one designed for religious leaders and another tailored to a high school youth group.In addition to our service learning programs, we provided two experiential justice education programs for high school youth, called Activate! In fiscal 2016, we ran week-long trainings in Boston and in New Orleans, with a total of 32 youth. We piloted a new justice training program for young adults this year (ages 19-34) focused on racial justice. Created in collaboration with the UUA's Thrive program, 31 young adults - over half of them young adults of color - came to New Orleans for an intensive exploration of how our denomination can respond to the current challenges and opportunities of racial justice. Our internships for college age young adults placed 12 interns with justice organizations in the US, Ghana and England; through the generosity of our donors we were able to support our interns with small stipends. We deepened their experience through a series of weekly vocational and spiritual reflections and supported them with chaplains drawn from our Program Leaders. We continued our skilled volunteer placements with UUSC partner RAICES in San Antonio, TX. We recruited, screened, placed and supported 24 volunteers with legal training and/or fluency in Spanish in three cadres, May through July; volunteers worked for one to five weeks. We were supported in this important work through home stays and transportation assistance by volunteers from the First UU Church of San Antonio.All of our programs are supported by a justice learning framework, primarily the UUCSJ Study Guide for Cross-Cultural Engagement. They are generally led by our Program Leaders, who we support with a training and retreat each fall. Our current cadre of 21 Program Leaders includes 14 ministers, seminarians or Directors of Religious Education; 11 are people of color and 8 are fluent Spanish Speakers. 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If a tax position or positions are deemed to result in uncertainties of those positions, the unrecognized tax benefit is estimated based on a "cumulative probability assessment" that aggregates the estimated tax liability for all uncertain tax positions. UUSC has identified its tax status as a tax exempt entity and its determination of which income is related and unrelated as its only significant tax positions and has determined that such tax positions do not result in uncertainty requiring recognition. UUSC is not currently under examination by any taxing jurisdiction. UUSC's Federal and state income tax returns are generally open for examination for three years after the date of filing, including extensions. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expense 350,359. Change in value of split-interest gifts -155,096. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expense 350,359. 1 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 114400 North America 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 146500 South America 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 80000 South Asia 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 261700 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 265000 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 229354 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 223850 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Grants to Recipients Located in the Region 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1370804 0 1370804 Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 9000 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 8144 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 75000 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 69810 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 23200 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 14200 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 2500 Wire Transfer Central America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Assistance 2500 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 23000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 22000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 7000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 6400 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 6000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Humanitarian Assistance 50000 Wire Transfer North America Humanitarian Assistance 76500 Wire Transfer North America Humanitarian Assistance 20000 wire Transfer North America Humanitarian Assistance 20000 WIRE Transfer North America Humanitarian Assistance 15000 Wire Transfer North America Humanitarian Assistance 15000 Wire Transfer South America Humanitarian Assistance 10000 Wire Transfer South America Humanitarian Assistance 40000 Wire Transfer South America Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer South America Humanitarian Assistance 10000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 16000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 54350 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 30000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 29000 WIre Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 20000 WIre Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 17500 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 9850 Wire Transfer South Asia Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 30000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 15000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 40000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 40000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 30000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 20000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 30000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 79950 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Humanitarian Assistance 13900 Wire Transfer Middle East and North Africa Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer Middle East and North Africa Humanitarian Assistance 25000 Wire Transfer 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 2: Activities for each grant are outlined in the proposal form and are mutually agreed upon by UUSC and the partner organization. The goals of the project must be in line with UUSC's mission and vision and the partner organization must comply with Department of Treasury regulations. Once the grant is awarded, the progress of goals and activities is monitored using a results based monitoring and evaluation system that includes the following methods: metrics systems, whole measure rating scale, complex adaptive systems, systems thinking, observation and ethnographic story lines. These methods are implemented through a variety of ways such as site visits, regular phone calls, focus group meetings, written reports, and financial reports. A written midterm report is requested as well as a financial report. Upon completion of the project, a final written narrative and financial report is requested that analyzes the success and challenges of the project based on the goals and activities outlined in the proposal. Schedule F, Part II, Line 2: The number of grantees listed on Part II, Line 2 represents the number of recipient organizations, not the number of grants made. X X X X X 1 Integrated Direct Marketing 1250 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 200 Washington DC 20036 Donor Marketing 0 1783590 101170 1682420 Public Interest Communications 7700 Leesburg Pike Suite 301 Falls Church VA 22043 Phone Solicitation 0 118007 41588 76419 SD&A Teleservices Inc 5757 W Century Blvd Suite 300 Los Angeles CA 90045 Phone Solicitation 0 9854 14093 -4239 1911451 156851 1754600 MN RI HI OK FL CO WI DC AK AR AL UT WV MA PA SC CA IN NC NH NY OH OR VA WA CT ME GA IL KS KY MD MI NJ NM TN AZ LA MO ND 1 Food Chain Worker's Alliance 1730 W Olympic Blvd 300 Los Angeles CA 90015 900728464 501(c)(3) 20000 To deepen & broaden Good Food Purchasing Policy Campaign Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network 4220 Arlington Drive Royal Oak MI 48073 462871970 501(c)(3) 7500 To Support the Water Justice Campaign in Michigan as a Human Right Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center 210 S Thompson Street Suite 4A Springdale AR 72764 203709967 501(c)(3) 26000 Advancing the Rights of Poultry Workers in Arkansas Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services 1305 N Flores Street San Antonio TX 78212 742436920 501(c)(3) 30816 Protecting Mothers & Children by Ending Detentions Trauma Resource Institute PO Box 1891 Claremont CA 91711 202420669 501(c)(3) 124384 Trauma recovery & resiliency in diverse communities in Nepal Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise PO Box 241504 Montgomery AL 36124 201283385 501(c)(3) 25000 Project to assist comm. implement solutions sanitation Arab American Civic Council PO Box 9172 Anaheim CA 92812 453309117 501(c)(3) 25000 To support resettlement of Syrian Refugees in S. California Center for Neighborhood Leadership Inc 816 N1st Avenue Phoenix AZ 85003 462284158 501(c)(3) 15000 Trans Queer Migrant Defense Project Central United Methodist Church 23 East Adams Avenue Detriot MI 48226 381360531 501(c)(3) 7500 Provide public education awerness to support Water Justice Campaign & prevention of mass water shut offs in Detroit Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement PO Box 40677 San Francisco CA 94140 800875881 501(c)(3) 20000 Create National hotline for immigrants in US detention to end Isolation Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church 8109 224th Street SW Edmonds WA 98026 237262417 501(c)(3) 3500 Provide funding to Northwest UUJN exp Justice Building Innov Empower Generation 7455 SW Montclaire Drive Portland OR 97225 452610872 501(c)(3) 22000 Distribution of Solar light in Dalit to Women displaced by Earthquake Nepal Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc 1125 E Brrokside Ave Suite C9 Indianapolis IN 46202 351900090 501(c)(3) 25000 To Address unique needs of Syrian Refugees & Support Integrating into their new community Foundation Cristosal INC 9641 Carousel Center Dr Syracuse NY 13204 030366224 501(c)(3) 25000 Expanding Pilot Program for protection of victims of forced dispacement by Violence in El Salvador International Council of Unitarians and Universalists 69 Amherst Drive Hastings on Hudson NY 10706 911821773 501(c)(3) 15000 Support to Women, Children & Church Memb victims of Violence in Burundi Kino Border Initiative Inc PO Box 159 Nogales AZ 85628 530196617 501(c)(3) 10000 Documenting Local Human Rights Abuses in Sonora Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc 105 Chauncy Street Suite 901 Boston MA 02111 223115048 501(c)(3) 20000 Syrian refugee relief MidAmerica Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association 2355 Fairview Avenue N312 Roseville MN 55113 462891252 501(c)(3) 12000 Provide funding UUAN support organizing with Justice Building Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance 900 Mt Curve Ave Minneapolis MN 55403 421734371 501(c)(3) 6000 Support a Justice & Religious Leadership Intern expand outreach National Domestic Workers Alliance 395 Hudson Street 4th Floor New York NY 10014 352420942 501(c)(3) 25000 Support national home care worker hotline ''Know your Right'' Partners in Health 888 Commonwealth Avenue 3rd Floor Boston MA 02215 043567507 501(c)(3) 40870 Provide ongoing support to Koidu Hospital & Wellbody Clinic Investing in Infection Prevention Control Rural Community Workers' Alliance 60731 Highway M Milan MO 63556 611718871 501(c)(3) 10000 Economic justice for rural workers TecsChange 121 Tremont Street 311 Brighton MA 02136 043438519 501(c)(3) 25000 Color of Water Project Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry PO Box 1621 Austin TX 78768 463560205 501(c)(3) 8000 Immigration Advocacy & Provide General Org. Support The Center for Human Rights & the Environmental Incorporated 1055 Vintner Blvd Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410 473973062 501(c)(3) 20000 Right to Water initiative: Protecting Glaciers & Containing Fracking The Environmental Justice Coalition for Wate 519 12th Street Sacramenton CA 95818 202539559 501(c)(3) 60000 Support California Human Right to Water and Sanitation Implementation Urban Justice Center 40 Rector Street 9th Floor New York NY 10006 133442022 501(c)(3) 15000 Support Street Vendor Projects ''Lift the Caps'' US Human Rights Network 250 Georgia Avenue Suite 330 Atlanta GA 30312 202404443 501(c)(3) 35000 Project Support to advance the Human Right to Water in USA US Together Inc 2021 E Dublin Grancille Rd Suite 190 Columbus OH 43229 830395108 501(c)(3) 25000 Support Economic Integration of Syrian Refugees in Toledo, Ohio Meadville Lombard Theological 610 S Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60605 366078270 501(c)(3) 150000 50% of proceeds to support increase of courses UUA 24 Farnsworth Street Boston MA 021101409 042103733 501(c)(3) 10000 Interchurch Aid Hungary via UUA/Syrian Refugees 31 0 Part I, Line 2: Each grant has a term limit. At the end of the term, a full narrative and financial report is requested that documents how the funds were used. Monitoring and evaluation of the project is ongoing throughout the term of the grant. 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Form 990, Part I, Line 1 UUSC advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies. Our programmatic work - including grants, advocacy, and research - is organized into three areas of focus: economic justice; environmental justice and climate action; and rights at risk. Form 990, Part I, Management Comment regarding Year to Year comparison (FY16 vs. FY15): UUSC follows generally accepted accounting principles for revenue recognition and experienced an anomalous surge with $2.5m in pledges in FY15 at the peak of our highly successful UUSC Rising Campaign followed by $0.5m in pledges in FY16. As a result of our successful UUSC Rising Campaign to fund new strategic initiatives, program expenses increased over $0.9m in FY16. This activity explains the year to year differences seen in Part I on page 1 of the Form 990. Further information regarding UUSC Rising and our financial results is available by contacting UUSC at info@uusc.org. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a: Rights at Risk UUSC's Rights at Risk Program addresses the needs of populations on the outer margins of society, who are traditionally excluded from mainstream aid responses. In situations of forced displacement, natural and man-made disasters, and gross violations of civil and political rights, UUSC works to restore, protect, and advance these rights through programs of social transformation and structural change. In addition to urgent responses to the Nepal earthquake, political violence in Burundi, and the refugee crisis in the Middle East/Europe, UUSC's ongoing rights at risk work focuses on confronting ethnic persecution of minorities in Burma and supporting efforts to uphold the rights of migrants from Central America who are seeking asylum in the United States. UUSC also recently rolled out a new long-term strategy to advance sexual orientation and gender identity rights in southern Africa. In total UUSC has 44 active rights at risk partners in 22 countries around the world, including Burundi, Ecuador, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Nepal, the Philippines, and the United States, among others. Last year, UUSC provided a total of 48 rights at risk grants worth $1.63M. Urgent Responses Following April's devastating earthquake on the northern coastal region of Ecuador, UUSC engaged longtime partner, the Asociaci n Movimiento Mi Cometa, to provide immediate relief to affected communities, paying special attention to such vulnerable groups as ethnic and tribal minorities, refugees, women, and children. Mi Cometa is currently on the ground in Esmeraldas Province to deliver water, food, books, medicine, and mattresses to at least 6,000 people. UUSC continues to respond to the dire refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe with a three-pronged strategy: supporting refugees along key migration routes in Greece and the Balkans; providing legal support to refugees in Jordan; and creating a welcoming environment for refugees through peace vigils, social media campaigns, a refugee guidebook and direct provision of services. The partnerships established through this strategy have yielded significant results. For example, the Asylum Protection Center (APC), a human rights group based in Belgrade that promotes the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia, used UUSC funds to purchase a camper vehicle to transport its mobile teams of aid professionals to deliver comprehensive services to refugees across Serbia. APC's mobile teams were able to provide: nearly 26,000 refugees with critical information about their legal rights; more than 1,100 refugees with free legal aid; almost 900 refugees with psychosocial support; and more than 4,500 refugees with humanitarian aid. UUSC also helped Praksis, a Greek organization that provides humanitarian aid to vulnerable groups in Greece, purchase a van to transfer all unaccompanied children who were detained in Moria to a new open facility at Madamados. In total, more than 1,200 refugees received transportation services of one form or another by these means. One year after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, UUSC continues to support communities affected by the devastation. In order to promote trauma healing in affected communities, UUSC supported a program to train survivors of the earthquake in the Trauma Resource Institute's Community Resiliency Model, which trained more than 750 participants. UUSC also partnered with TEWA-Nepal Women's Fund to send volunteers to earthquake-affected districts to work with mothers' groups, community groups, children, and teachers in schools on issues related to human rights, income generation, and gender sensitivity. TEWA's work helped an estimated 1,200 individuals. In the midst of the political crisis in Burundi, as egregious rights abuses continue, UUSC's partner, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ), provided legal representation to nearly 100 individual activists who were arrested and detained during massive protests against President Nkurunziza's government; successfully secured the release from prison of roughly 30% of its clients; and obtained prosecutorial acquittals of nearly 80% of those for whom such relief was available. UUSC maintains an active presence in the Philippines with ten current partners working to build community resiliency from trauma, rebuild sustainable livelihoods, and provide support to vulnerable populations. For example, the Consortium for People's Development-Disaster Response (CPD-DR) was able to train more than 500 members of the indigenous Tumandok tribe (benefiting roughly 900 people) in disaster management and preparedness, sustainable agriculture, and advocacy. All of UUSC's Philippines partners remain actively engaged in projects that advance human rights and strive to build more resilient communities. In Haiti, UUSC continues its post-earthquake support of the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) in the construction and maintenance of a school in Haiti's rural Central Plateau region, which currently serves roughly 140 children of displaced earthquake survivors in a community that otherwise would not have access to education. UUSC also supports Foundation Zanmi Timoun's work to provide humanitarian assistance - in the form of food, health services, and reunification - to children who have been repatriated and deported from the Dominican Republic. Last fiscal year, Zanmi Timoun was able to offer crucial support to over 600 repatriated and/or deported minors at the Belladere border crossing. Zanmi Timoun remains one of only two NGOs performing such work in Belladere. Ongoing Work Unprecedented levels of violence continue to push Central Americans to flee their homes and make the dangerous journey northward in search of safety in the United States. UUSC is responding to this intolerable situation with a transnational strategy, initiating eight new partnerships in Central America, Mexico, and the United States this fiscal year. In Mexico, UUSC has partnered with FM4 Paso Libre, the only NGO providing rights-based humanitarian aid to migrants in Guadalajara. UUSC helped FM4 extend a migrant shelter's service hours and expand its operational capacity to support migrants by hiring an additional staff member. A total of 3,126 migrants stayed in the shelter in the first six months of 2016, where they received two hot meals and one boxed lunch per day, free phone calls to their families, and medical first aid and legal orientation. Within the United States, UUSC renewed a partnership with Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) in South Texas to provide legal representation to women and children in family detention. RAICES has been able to demonstrate strong results in its work with UUSC thus far. For example, RAICES provided direct representation in a total of 1,231 legal cases to mothers during their "credible fear interviews and other phases of the asylum process. RAICES' representation directly impacted the lives of nearly 700 individuals, or between 5% and 10% of the population of the detention center where it focused its work, and indirectly impacted many more. Significantly, as a result of RAICES' representation and presence at the Karnes Family Detention Center in Texas, the rate of judicial approvals in credible fear interviews rose to above 90%, from about 35% before RAICES' involvement. Emerging Work State-sponsored homophobia is on the rise in Southern Africa, and many efforts to arrest it have failed or made things worse. Furthermore, civil society promoting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) rights is still fairly young in Africa, and organizations working on SOGI issues are frequently prevented from operating freely and openly due to security concerns and government unwillingness to formally register them as not-for-profit organizations. Much of the discrimination against sexual minorities in Africa is cast in religious and cultural rhetoric - that is, that it's "un-Christian or "un-African" to be gay. This is largely due to parties who actively work to foment an anti-homosexual perspective that has led to hateful vitriol in countries where there are receptive audiences. UUSC is supporting the work of the Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) to support LGBTI clergy and progressive religious communities in Africa and partnering with the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) to support the development of lawyers who work locally and who take on winnable cases that tangibly minimize the harmful features of laws that implicate SOGI rights. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b: Environmental Justice & Climate Action For years, UUSC has been on the cutting edge of ensuring that the human right to water is recognized in principle and becomes a reality in practice. UUSC collaborates with innovative groups who are protecting water resources and increasing access to services in law and practice. Recognizing that too many people are denied the human right to water because of discriminatory policies and procedures, UUSC focuses on working with rural communities and low-income urban residents, indigenous people, people of color, women, children, and people living with disabilities. In addition to its work defending the human right to water, UUSC seeks to combat the exploitation of natural resources in indigenous communities and to protect and advance the human rights of those that are most affected by and least able to respond to the impacts of climate change. UUSC's unparalleled efforts to promote the human right to water in the United States and around the world include the following: -Helping the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) petition the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold hearings on the United States' continued denial of the existence of any federal law guaranteeing the human right to water. The hearings, granted in September 2015, were held in April 2016 and included testimony from a number of UUSC partners. -Accompanying U.S. community representatives in their testimony at the IACHR hearings; meeting with U.N. Rapporteurs to request a visit to affected communities and an official IACHR or U.N. report on water and sanitation in the United States; and holding meetings with staff of seven federal agencies to discuss water affordability, safety, and access. -Continuing to support Massachusetts Global Action in its "Color of Water" advocacy campaign in the Boston area, which has already led the Boston Water and Sewer Commission to increase its water discount for senior citizens, benefiting nearly 74,000 individuals. -Supporting Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise's (ACRE) work to help residents of Lowndes County, AL, gain access to improved sanitation infrastructure, including an international design for sustainable and affordable on-site wastewater technology compatible with the "Black Belt" soils in the county. ACRE's efforts could improve the health of the roughly 5,000 individuals impacted by failing sanitation systems. To supplement its grantmaking and advocacy related to the human right to water, UUSC's research unit published a major report on inequity around the high price of water in the United States. The report, "The Invisible Crisis: Water Unaffordability in the United States", reveals the human costs of expensive water for low-income people through the experiences of UUSC's partners. These costs include devastating effects of water shutoffs for low-income people, children, elders, and people with disabilities; the impacts of criminalizing poverty in rural Black Belt regions; the ways permitted pollution passes the burden of clean water onto water customers; and other important issues. As a result of the report's release, UUSC's senior program leader for environmental justice and climate action, Salote Soqo, was invited to present UUSC's work on the human right to water at the United Nations' "High-Level Political Forum: Ensuring that no one is left Behind" in July 2016. UUSC also supports grassroots organizations engaged in combatting the exploitation of natural resources in indigenous communities. For example, UUSC was the sole funder of Asociacion Comison Paz y Ecologia's (COPAE) aggressive radio campaign to inform indigenous populations across the country about the Guatemala Constitutional Court's judgment ordering the suspension of all mining licenses in indigenous territories in Western Guatemala. COPAE also instructed the Ministry of Energy and Mines to consult indigenous peoples before granting mining licenses in their territories. In Bolivia, UUSC helped Fundacion Agua con Vida (FACV) launch a new initiative, "Water in Cochabamba," which aims to provide a platform where communities and decision makers can come together to discuss human rights issues relating to development of the Misicuni Dam. FACV's hopes to ensure that water rates are low enough that the more than two million consumers served by the project can actually afford the service. In total, UUSC has 22 active environmental justice and climate action partners in 7 countries around the world, including Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kenya, and the United States, among others. Last year, UUSC provided a total of 13 partners with $340K worth of financial and technical support. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c: Economic Justice UUSC's Economic Justice Program develops strategic partnerships and networks, builds movements, and influences local, statewide, and national policy in order to advance workers' rights. With a focus on the rights of women who work in the informal economy and workers in several sectors of the food industry, the economic justice program aims to: (i) empower and organize workers to advocate for their rights; (ii) foster the creation of fair, safe work environments that are free from intimidation and harassment; and (iii) hold corporations accountable for violations of their workers' human rights. UUSC's efforts to empower and improve the livelihoods of workers in the informal economy include partnerships in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In Kenya, for example, UUSC helped increase business incomes for more than 2,700 individuals by supporting a program by the Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) to establish a revolving loan fund for informal workers. In Pakistan and Nepal, UUSC's partners (HomeNet Pakistan and Saathi) will train more than 3,500 women home-based workers in leadership skills, human rights, advocacy, and communication, and conduct more than 40 meetings and consultations with government officials and representatives regarding rights of women home-based workers. In the Middle East, UUSC is helping Sharek Youth Forum reverse systemic gender biases by training young women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to pursue employment in non-traditional sectors and industries. UUSC continued to help low-income and immigrant workers in the food industry through unique partnerships with domestic grassroots organizations. In addition to financially supporting Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center (NWAWJC) campaign to empower and protect poultry workers, for instance, UUSC: (i) contributed substantially to a report issued by NWAWJC, titled Wages and Working Conditions in Arkansas Poultry Plants - UUSC's research team carried out extensive research on wages, employment, benefits, and demographics in state and national agency records, and drafted a key portion of the report; (ii) provided strategic advocacy guidance and worked with local faith communities to mobilize a rally at Tyson Food's annual shareholder meeting at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas, UUSC; and (iii) organized public relations and media for the report and Tyson's rally, which garnered attention from a dozen different media sources including national/regional newspapers, TV, and radio outlets. (See, for example, pieces in The Nation and ThinkProgress.) UUSC also supports the "Good Food Now!" campaign, which calls on Darden Restaurants, Inc. - a restaurant operator that owns, among other restaurant chains, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse - to ensure that at least 20% of its food purchases abide by the Good Food Purchasing Policy principles. The campaign has received media coverage in a number of sources, including Politico's "Morning Agriculture." In total, UUSC has collected over 55,000 signatures in support of the campaign. In total, UUSC has 21 active economic justice partners operating in 12 countries around the world, including Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, the United States, and Zimbabwe, among others. Last year, UUSC provided a total of 13 economic justice partners with $297K worth of financial and technical support. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The draft of the Form 990 is discussed and reviewed with the audit committee of the board of trustees for their comments, input and approval. All the members of the governing body receive either a hard copy or an electronic copy of the Form 990 before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c UUSC regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy which covers all staff and the board of trustees. In doing so, all decisions (financial or non-financial) are scrutinized to ensure that they are not self-serving with respect to UUSC personnel or members of the board of trustees. Human Resources decides if a conflict of interest exists for UUSC personnel and elevates the matter to the President/CEO or the President of the board of trustees as appropriate. The board completes a conflict of interest form annually which is then shared with the full board. Any conflicted individual is prohibited from voting or making any decisions related to the matter. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The compensation of the President/CEO is determined by the executive committee of the board of trustees, all of whom are independent of the President/CEO. The compensation is determined by reference to comparability data. The President/CEO's compensation is reviewed and potentially adjusted annually upon board approval. The organization maintains contemporaneous documentation of the deliberation and decision. Compensation for other officers is determined by the President/CEO. Such compensation is similarly determined by reference to comparability data. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 UUSC makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public by publishing them on its website. Additionally, the Form 990 and financial statements are available through the Massachusetts Attorney General's website. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Change in Value of Split-interest Gifts -155,096. Charitable Annuity Trusts (4) Charitable Annuity Trust MA UUSC T 1 Pooled Income Fund (1) Pooled Income Fund MA UUSC T 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0