Ke Kula O Samuel M Kamakau Inc

“The board treasurer and company executive director works closely with the contracted cpa firm and external accounting consultant to ensure timely submission of the form 990 returns to the irs on an annual basis. The completed form 990 is provided to the board of directors sufficiently in advance of the filing deadline to enable a detailed and conscientious review by all members of the board. All questions and concerns of the board are addressed and incorporated into the form 990 as deemed appropriate. After final review and approval by the board of directors, the external accounting consultant will work with the contracted cpa firm to file the final form 990 as required.”

“The organization ensures compliance with the conflict of interest policy by requiring all board directors to submit a signed agreement upon acceptance of their board seat and on an annual basis. Disclosures of any conflicts are reported in writing at that time. The agreement states that they are aware and understand the current policies.”

“Although the executive director's position is served as a volunteer, the executive director's time served as the hookipapa grant's executive director was compensated.”

“Compensation for the project director of hookipapa was reviewed and approved by the board members and was set based on the grant's approved budget and comparable wages. Compensation for other positions serving the fulfill the hookipapa grant objectives was based on comparable wages for similar positions.”

“Kai loa, inc's board agendas, approved minutes, by-laws, articles of incorporation, audited financial statements and other organization documents are kept for public viewing in the current office location.”

“Project hookipapa is a 3-year grant funded by the department of health and human services- administration for children and families. It will directly address kai loa and kamakaus long-term community goal of the olelo hawai`i (hawaiian language) strengthening program, which calls for high proficiency in the school at the student and faculty levels and a comprehensive hawaiian language program for families and the broader community. The objectives of hookipapa are, 1) to train the administration and teacher leaders to administer the actfl (american council on the teaching of foreign languages) oral proficiency interview (opi), an assessment to measure oral hawaiian language proficiency of kamakau students, 2) to increase the oral proficiency levels of the kamakau faculty, and 3) to increase the hawaiian language resources developed to increase the proper use of spoken hawaiian language for staff, families and students”

“ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.”