Sowhope Org

“Katie Joseph 901 Lincoln Ave NW #1 Grand Rapids Michigan 49504 Lizbeth Leeson 2564 Summit Ridge Dr NE Grand Rapids Michigan 49505 Ndeye Rokhaya Ndao 8398 W Cedar Ave Lakewood Colorado 80226 Benjamin Borisch 5862 Grand Oaks Dr NE Comstock Park Michigan 49321 Dan Balfour 7633 Cardinal Dr Jenison Michigan 49428 Robert Cunningham 9 Rillington Dr Bella Vista Arkansas 72714 Fridah Kanini 3800 Yorkland Dr NW APT 7 Comstock Park Michigan 49321 Alfred Longtin 712 Lisson Grove New Lenox Illinois 60451 Doreen Mangrum 1784 Bluehill Dr NE Grand Rapids Michigan 49525 Kathy Muedder 3310 Providence Hills Dr Matthews North Carolina 28105 Lauren Spangler 219 Glenhaven Ave NW Grand Rapids Michigan 49504”

“The organization process is to review a draft of the Form 990 that was prepared by a member of the SowHope finance committee and then it is reviewed and corrected by SowHope staff members and the SowHope finance committee. The draft is emailed to every board member who review it, ask for any clarification to the Finance team. Any necessary changes are made. Due to Covid, the board members vote by email whether to approve or not. This year an extension to file was submitted. Once approved the Form 990 is duly filed with the IRS.”

“Every Director, when they are elected to the board, reads and signs a form explaining the conflict of interest policy and requiring them to disclose any conflicts of interest. Officers and key employees are also required to read and sign the conflict of interest policy form. To date there has not been a conflict of interest at SowHope. The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually at a board meeting.”

“A compensation committee is named using members of the SowHope personnel team comprised of at least 1 board member and HR professional volunteers. They use resources available to determine a compensation recommendation. A presentation is made to the board of directors, who then delegates the final authority to the HR/Personnel Team in establishing compensation.”

“Many of the SowHope governing documents and the FORM 990s are published on the SowHope website www.sowhope.org and can be found at www.sowhope.org/about. Additional documents are made available upon request. A listing of various organizations receiving grants, is available upon approval of the request.”

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