Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc.

“The 990 form is forwarded to the finance committee for review prior to submission. Questions and comments are sent to the executive director, who responds and works with our auditor to make any needed adjustemnts. Upon a satisfactory review from the finance committee, the final form 990 is presented to the board for approval and signatures.”

“The executive director or designee and the executive committee review the conflict of interest forms by all board and staff members annually and tracks status changes to identify possible conflicts that may arise.”

“Compensation was determined at hire with an offer letter agreed to by the executive director. Raises are determined by the board after an annual review. Cisa performs semi-annual comparison studies to ensure its compensation is in-line with similar organizations. The executive director determines compensation for key employees on an annual basis after an annual performance review. Cisa performs semi-annual comparison studies to ensure its compensation is in-line with similar organizations.”

“The organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“We believe that local, prosperous, and diverse farms are essential to the economic health and environmental quality of the region; that an informed and engaged community is essential to the long-term sustainability of our local farms; and that all members of the community should have access to locally-grown food. Our mission is to strengthen farms and engage the community to build the local food economy. Our programs work to bring that mission to reality.”

“Growing the local food system: cisa researches food system gaps and create opportunities to build the local food economy. In 2020, we helped farms, restaurants, and retailers weather the pandemic by providing in-depth personalized consulting around a variety of issues. We also provided fifteen zero percent interest emergency farm loans to farms suffering from pandemic related business loans.”

“Program consultants 87,022 0 0 design/photo consultants 6,923 0 0 administrative consultants 9,055 15,568 3,705 subaward consultants 108,569 0 0 service members 10,044 0 0 total 221,613 15,568 3,705”