State Voices

“The organization does not have any committees with the authority to make decisions independent of the board of directors.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the finance director, executive director and board, prior to filing with the irs.”

“Directors and key employees are required to disclose any interests that could give rise to conflicts at the beginning of each quarterly board of directors meeting. Conflicts of interest are recorded in the organization's minutes and each year directors sign a statement affirming they have received, read, and agreed to comply with the organization's conflict of interest policy. If a conflict arises, the member recuses himself from voting the matter.”

“In order to establish reasonable compensation and benefits, the board of directors undertakes a process that includes research using form 990 of other non-profit organizations and recent compensation surveys and studies. On average, the board considers the compensation arrangements and benefits of fifty other organizations in order to determine whether the organization's own arrangements are reasonable. The board must then approve the compensation arrangement and benefits before a written offer letter is signed. The last compensation review was conducted in june 2016.”

“Requests for access to documents, which by law are open to public access, may be made by application to the organization.”

“The compensation reported for erin casey on form 990, part vii was for her role as director of pa voice (a program of state voices through november 30, 2016) and was directly related to her employment of state voices. The compensation was unrelated to her board service on state voices. In additon, the time reported on part vii relates only to her board service not her employment hours.”

“The form 990 was amended to reflect updates to the financial statements after the return was finalized. The following lines have been updated to reflect the changes part i; part iii lines 4a and 4e; part viii line 1f, line 1h, line 2a, line 2g, line 3, line 11a, line 11e, and line 12; part ix; part x; part xi; schedule a; schedule b; schedule c; schedule d; and schedule i.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 940,199. Management and general expenses 184,317. Fundraising expenses 35,848. Total expenses 1,160,364. Program consultants: program service expenses 2,123,887. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,123,887. Website online tools: program service expenses 552,629. Management and general expenses 33,241. Fundraising expenses 6,465. Total expenses 592,335.”