Accordia Global Health Foundation

“During july 2016, the organization's board made the decision to dissolve the organization and transfer its assets to africare and the henry a. Mckinnell foundation.”

“The tax return was prepared by outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. The draft 990 was reviewed and approved by the audit committee before filing with irs. A copy of the final 990 was distributed to the entire board prior to filing with the irs.”

“To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, accordia has all new staff and board members evaluate their possible conflicts of interest and sign a form stating they have no conflicts, or disclosing their conflicts. Additionally, accordia annually has staff and members of the board reevaluate their position and sign a new conflict of interest policy, which is kept on file at the accordia office. If a conflict of interest has been determined, accordia takes the necessary disciplinary action against the employee or individual, up to and including immediate termination of employment, personal, legal and/or financial liability.”

“The executive committee performed an annual performance review of the president & ceo and executive chair. The executive committee approved the executive chair's pay and the full board approves the president & ceo's pay. An independent salary report was received from a reputable research company and this information was used to devise a salary band per departmental responsibilities. Proprietary information is kept in a password protected file by senior management. The data involved a comparable view of data in the market and the industry in addition to the rated quality performance of management. The president & ceo's last compensation review took place in october 2014. Other officers are also evaluated by the executive committee based on performance and the data in the market based on the industry and what is involved in the employee's current role. This compensation process is documented in the board minutes.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request in addition to being posted on accordia's website.”

“In july 2016, the organization's board voted to cease all activities, and merge the organization and its programs into africare, a 501(c)(3) organization.”