National Immigration Forum Inc.

“The forum's form 990 is first prepared by its independent accountants, and then reviewed by the finance department, the deputy director, and the executive director.”

“The conflict of interest policy applies to members of the board of directors and staff. The policy is reviewed at board and staff meetings at least annually. Also, board and staff receive a hard copy of the policy annually and must sign to acknowledge receipt, understanding and agreement to adhere to the policy. The board is asked to identify potential conflicts of interest with respect to relationships and business transactions annually. Determinations are made at the management level for staff and at the board level for management-level staff and board members. The forum board adopted a conflict of interest policy in 1998. The current conflict of interest policy and separate whistleblower policy were unanimously adopted by the board of directors in 2008. The board intended this to communicate to staff that the board will support any staff person who reports possible conflicts of interest or illegal behavior under these policies. Financial controls are in place to safeguard against financial conflict of interest. Persons with a potential conflict are prohibited from participating in the governing body's deliberations and decisions in the transaction being reviewed/investigated.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors serves as the compensation committee for the executive director. The full board of directors is asked to complete a questionnaire to evaluate the performance of the executive director. The questionnaire gathers qualitative and quantitative evaluations. The executive committee meets to review the evaluations and discuss the executive director's performance. The board chair meets with the executive director to communicate the results of the evaluation. Compensation decisions are based on several considerations including performance, financial position of the organization, compensation of other non profit organizations in the washington, dc area and the federal government. Other staff compensation decisions are based on maintaining high level of performance, financial position of the organization, compensation of other non profit organizations in the washington, dc area and the federal government. Compensation decisions are made by at least two managers, including the executive director and director of finance and operations. A compensation study completed in 2009 was also used as a factor in salary increase decisions for 2010. There were no salary increases for 2012 or 2013.”

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

“Consultants: program service expenses 1,451,453. Management and general expenses 9,891. Fundraising expenses 24,834. Total expenses 1,486,178.”

“The audit oversight process has remained unchanged from the previous year.”