Maine Share

“The organization's membership is comprised of member organizations which pay annual dues to the organization to help defray its operating costs and to whom the proceeds of the organization's fundraising campaigns are distributed under an agency arrangement. Member organizations retain certain rights and powers, including the authority to vote on changes to the organization's bylaws, to determine organization membership, and to elect the board of directors.”

“The organization's membership has the power to elect the board of directors.”

“The organiztion's membership has the power to approve revisions to the organization's bylaws and to determine changes to the organization's membership.”

“The form 990 is prepared by our outside accounting firm, and then reveiwed by management and made available to all board members prior to filing.”

“Each year we require our board of directors to sign a conflict of interest policy disclosure. Officers, directors, board members and key employees are required to disclose any relationships that are contrary to our policy.”

“All salaries are reviewed annually. When applicable, the executive committee reviews the executive director's current compensation, taking into consideration length of service, recent performance evaluation and budgetary constraints. The executive committee then makes a recommendation to the board about the executive director's compensation for the next fiscal year.”

“The board of directors review the compensation of all staff, taking into consideration length of service, recent performance evaluations and budgetary constraints.”

“We post our financial statements and tax return on our website. Guidestar carries a copy of our 990 tax filings and we make all of these documents available upon request. We will send hardcopies if required.”

“Certain liability account balances have been reclassified within the prior year column to correspond with the current year's balance sheet presentation.”