Home Safety Council

What it reported doing in 2010

Lowe's partnership programas hsc's founding sponsor, programs and content are provided to support home safety awareness events and projects, as well as technical expertise on home injury prevention for articles, websites, and media. To support the community volunteer efforts of the lowe's employees, hsc provides downloadable home safety brochures, checklists, and tips through its website and in print. In 2010, the second lowe's safety saturday was held in september at 1,800 stores in the united states and canada to highlight ways to prevent home injuries.great safety adventure (gsa)created in 1999, gsa is a traveling exhibit that teaches children basic home safety skills through a fun and interactive approach. Gsa completed its last tour under the lowe's sponsorship in november 2008 and has remained in storage through 2010. Tasks during this period included wrap-up tasks and research on other sponsorship options, as well as sale. During 2010, an agreement with the children's health education center of Wisconsin, through a grant from kohl's department stores, will allow gsa to launch a tour in 2011 in Wisconsin.home safety council websites and publicationsthe home safety council's websites and publications serve as a comprehensive collection of tools and home safety information to help the public make informed decisions about safeguarding their families. These resources target parents, schools, businesses, communities and policy makers. For 2010, hsc was engaged in testing some of the social media options through facebook and twitter. Education and outreachhsc implements programs within the top five home injury risk areas to promote improved safety practices through behavioral changes by providing information and products to targeted audiences, such as the low-literacy community, special age groups, and high-risk audiences. My safe home.org mysafehome.org is a navigable virtual home that uses state-of-the-art digital graphics animation to bring home safety to anyone on a computer. It focuses primarily on the top five causes of accidents in and around the home and the need for disaster preparedness. The site helps users identify major risk areas and presents key safety devices and preparedness plans. Msh.org also offers opportunities to sponsors to collaborate on educational sections of the site. Enhancements for 2010 were included in the fema 6. Research and evaluationto ensure hsc is providing the accurate and relevant home injury prevention information and developing metrics for its educational programming, it commissions reports, initiates surveys and program evaluations, and works cooperatively with the academic community, federal agencies, and other research organizations. Falls preventionhsc works with its nonprofit and federal partners to support the activities of the falls free coalition. Also, through hsc's safe steps program and relationships with the aging community, this awareness building initiative encourages families to identify and correct potential slips and falls hazards in and around the home. Activities in 2010 were limited, as a part of transitioning the older adult falls activities to a member of the falls free coalition advisory group. Home safety montheach year, a comprehensive educational campaign is initiated to bring national attention to the problem of unintentional injuries and key risk areas, including falls, poisoning, fires and burns, choking/suffocation and drowning. An emphasis is placed on consumer and workplace awareness. This was the third year for the good housekeeping special magazine supplement.partnerships and expert networkto help support local safety advocates' public education outreach, hsc created the expert network to provide them with free and low-cost education resources to promote home injury prevention in their local communities. Hsc also develops and maintains relationships with organizations working on injury prevention in the nonprofit, business, academic, and government sect

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -310.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: Limited
• Asset growth: Limited