American Foundation for Suicide

“The form 990 will be reviewed by the cfo and the ceo and the board finance committee. It will then be distributed to the entire board of directors before filing with the irs.”

“The governance and nominating committee asks if there are any conflicts of interest before nominating or renominating someone to the board. Board members with conflicts recuse themselves from voting or deliberation relating to such conflict. In addition, all board members, officers and key employees sign annual conflict of interest disclosure statements. The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“The ceo's and medical director's compensation are reviewed and determined annually by the compensation committee of the foundation. The compensation committee uses compensation data from comparable organizations and/or outside compensation survey data from time to time as part of its review. The compensation committee is comprised of between 10 and 12 independent board members elected by the board of directors each year and chaired by the board chair. Further, as a matter of practice, the ceo presents, to the compensation committee for approval, his annual compensation recommendations for all senior level staff. The following is the board policy on executive compensation that was recommended by afsp's governance committee of the board and was adopted by the board of directors. Compensation discussion and determination is documented in the notes of the committee meetings. "the compensation committee shall be responsible for the review and determination of executive staff compensation (ceo and medical director). The committee should periodically review comparative market data on nonprofit executive compensation, as well as trends in the nonprofit field having to do with executive compensation. This analysis should take place when there is a new hire and when decisions on executive staff compensation are to take place. The compensation committee should continue to be responsible for the ceo's performance. All staff performance appraisals should continue to be the responsibility of the immediate supervisor. The performance appraisals of the top management positions reporting to the ceo, including the medical director position, should continue to be the responsibility of the ceo, with input provided by the volunteer officers and/or committee chairs that work closely with these top management positions."”

“Afsp's financial reports are published in the annual report, which is posted each year on the afsp website, sent to the board of directors, other afsp national and chapter volunteer leaders, and the major donors to the organization. The financial reports are also provided as part of filings submitted to states as part of afsp's charitable solicitation filings and to corporations, foundations and other grant making institutions as part of requests for funding. The organization's financial reports, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available on the organization's website as well as upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“The organization, in a full transparency posture to reporting, is reporting all benefits in full in part vii, column f, and not applying the $10,000 per item exception for certain benefits.”