By: Kevin Grimmett
Chief Financial Officer
Nine years ago, when I took the position of Chief Financial Officer at United Way of Salt Lake, our CEO gave me the charge to help make United Way the most financially accountable and transparent non-profit organization in Utah. The finance team has worked tirelessly and consistently towards that goal.
We consider the support from our community a sacred trust. To make sure our financial reporting to the community is transparent, we conduct in-depth reviews through various committees of our Board of Directors. The Administration/Finance Committee is comprised of business leaders that review every monthly financial statement and ask me many detailed and searching questions regarding our financial statements and accounting processes. We have an Investment Committee of financial experts that review and authorize our Investment actions. An independent Audit Committee hires our auditors and manages the audit process from start to finish. All of these committees regularly report their findings directly to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
UWSL is not perfect, but we keep trying! We deal with human error just like any organization, but I can say that our accounting staff takes what we do very seriously in safeguarding and managing United Way’s resources. We strive for excellence every day.
We feel we are directly contributing to building a stronger community, not just counting beans!
