826 Valencia

“The Treasurer of the organization reviews the return and then presents the complete return to the full board before filing. If the scheduled quarterly board meeting falls after the filing deadline, the Treasurer will present to the executive committee before filing, and will then share with the full board at the next scheduled meeting.”

“It is the policy of the organization to require fiduciaries to provide full disclosure of any contemplated or existing activities or transaction that could create a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Fiduciaries include each director, officer, and administrative employees of the organization. Each fiduciary must, on an annual basis, execute a conflict of interest disclosure statement and a questionnaire. The board of directors will review all disclosures and potential conflicts and recommend a course of action, if necessary, with respect to such persons of conflicts.”

“The independent board determines the compensation of the Executive Director based on its evaluation of his/her performance and by gathering data on comparable compensation within the industry. The review that was conducted was formal, and compensation was approved by the full board.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“We have spent the past year fundraising, building collaborations and constructing our new center in the Tenderloin neighborhood, it opened its doors to the public in May 2016.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: In-SchoolDuring the 2015-2016 school year we served 34 teachers and 1,700 students at the 9 San Francisco Unified School District Schools through our In-School program. We built a Writers' Room at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8. For our 2016 Young Authors' Book Project, we released "Walk the Earth in our Shoes and Plant some Seeds Behind You" with 9th and 10th grade students at John OConnell High School. We gave ten $1,500 grants for Teacher of the Month Awards. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Afterschool + SummerOur After-School Tutoring Program remains one of the cornerstone programs of 826 Valencia. During the 2015-2016 year, we hosted the program Mondays through Thursdays throughout the school year for 185 enrolled students, with an average of 30 students each weekday, and an additional 20 students coming for Drop-In Tutoring on Sundays. Highlights of the year included two Young Writers' Wall celebrations, where we honor six students and feature their accomplishments with full color portraits and profiles on the back wall of our writing lab, and two issues of Look Closer/Mira De Circa, our anthology of shorter student works. Our evening tutoring program, called Pathways, supports middle and high school students with their homework. We also grew our Exploring Words Summer Camp to serve 60 elementary and middle school students for 5 weeks.”