Dove Inc

“The complete form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to its submission to the irs.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy states that the standard of behavior at dove is that all staff, volunteers, interns, and board members scrupulously avoid any conflict of interest between interests of dove, inc., on the one hand, and personal, professional, and business interests on the other. This includes avoiding any actual conflicts of interest as well as perceptions of conflicts of interest. The purpose of this policy is to protect the integrity of the decision-making process of dove, inc., to enable our constituencies to have confidence in the organization's integrity and to protect the integrity and reputation of the organization itself, its staff, volunteers, interns, and board members. Upon or before election, hiring, appointment, and annually thereafter, each member will make a full written disclosure of interests, relationships, and holdings that the board member has that could potentially result in a conflict of interest. This written disclosure will be kept on file. In the course of meetings or activities, the board member will disclose any interests in a transaction or decision where their (including their business or other non-profit affiliation), their family, their significant other, employer, or close associates will receive a benefit or gain. After disclosure, the board member understands that they will be asked to leave the room for a discussion and will not be permitted to vote on the question. Dove administers its conflict of interest/disclosures handout/policy annually, requesting that board members review the policy, and sign affirming no conflicts or disclosing any. The board president and executive director review these upon completion and take any additional action on noted conflicts if applicable.”

“Part vi, line 15a the process for determining the compensation for the organization's top management includes an annual review & documentation of the executive director's salary. The board's people, performance, and compensation committee reviews the executive director's compensation annually, in advance of the new fiscal year, utilizing benchmarks and comparisons provided by third sector new england. This was last completed in the spring of 2022, in advance of fiscal year 2023. Part vi, line 15b this question is answered 'no' because there are no other compensated officers apart from the executive director.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financials statements available to the public upon request.”

“There were no changes in the oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”