Community Health Charities of New England Inc

“The finance manager sends the draft irs form 990 via email to all board of directors with a request for questions and discussion. All directors are requested to send their approval via reply email.”

“Conflict of interest monitoring and enforcement procedures (a) duty to disclose: in connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the board of directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. (b) determining whether a conflict of interest exists: after disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. (c) procedures for addressing the conflict of interest: i. An interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. Ii. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. Iii. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the organization can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. Iv. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the organization's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement. (d) violations of the conflicts of interest policy: i. If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a board or staff member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the board or staff member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. Ii. If, after hearing the board or staff member's response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines the board or staff member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. The members complete a disclosure form annually even if there is no conflict being identified.”

“Performance evaluation for the president/ceo is performed by the executive committee annually. Reasonableness of the president/ceos compensation is assessed by comparing to organizations of similar size and with similar missions and using published salary guides.”

“Financial statements are published in the community health charities of new england annual report. Whenever the public makes a request for the bylaws, conflict of interest policy or financial statements, they are mailed to the inquiring party.”

“The organization did not change its oversight or selection processes during the tax year.”