Broad Street Ministry

“The executive committee consists of the chair and vice chair of the board, the chair of each of the standing committees and any additional members of the board selected by the board. All members of the committee are required to also be voting members of the board of directors. The executive committee may exercise all of the powers and authority of the board, except that it shall not have any power or authority as to the following: (i) the creation or filling of vacancies in the board; (ii) the adoption, amendment or repeal of the bylaws; (iii) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board that by its terms is amendable or repeal-able only by the board; and (iv) action on matters committed by the bylaws or a resolution of the board exclusively to another board committee.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm. The chief executive officer and chief financial and administrative officer review the form 990 before forwarding it to the chair of the finance and audit committee for review and distribution to the rest of the board of directors before filing with the internal revenue service. The 990 is reviewed by the finance committee and then brought to the entire board for review before filing.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy that applies to its directors, principal officers, and members of a committee with governing board delegated powers ("covered persons"). Per the policy, disinterested directors are responsible for reviewing any actual or potential conflict of interest between the organization and a covered person and for determining an appropriate organizational response to protect the interests of the organization. Covered persons are also under a continuing obligation to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known or reasonably should be known. If there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between the organization and a covered person with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction, the resolution is documented in the board meeting minutes.”

“Ceo salary is determined by and evaluated occassionally by the executive committee using benchmarking data. Officers and key employee salaries are evaluated annually using comparitive data/benchmarking process with the assistance of an external consultant. Compensation is approved by the executive committee.”

“Officers and key employee salaries are evaluated annually using comparability data/benchmarking process with the assistance of an external consultant and compensation is approved by the executive committee.”

“Upon request the financial statements are submitted to all parties seeking the information for a variety of reasons (grant applications, etc). The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available for public inspection.”

“Restorative services: bsm's restorative services program provides stabilizing basic needs while engaging guests to access additional services. This suite of services includes a healthy, community meal, a secure mailing service for individuals experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, an id procurement service, a curated clothing boutique, and a disbtribution of personal care and hygiene items. In 2023, 8,000 individuals accessed our restorative services programming, including 83,549 meals, over 8,000 mail users, 1,691 obtained ids, 13,232 items of clothing and 92,427 hygiene items delivered through a trauma-aware model of care, this suite of services helps decrease anxiety and foster trust and security, which can lead to more impactful clinical interventions.”

“Clinical support services: these critical and more therapeutic services include the concierges (case management), de-escalation, and reentry, all assisting guests in developing tools to more effectively advocate for themselves, manage behavioral or psychological challenges, re-acclimate to community life in a non- institutional environment, and pursue goals around housing, employment, education and more robust civic participation. Our concierge program adapts traditional case management to bsm's trauma-aware, person-centered model based on the concept of "radical hospitality". The clinical support team also coordinates a suite of onsite partner providers, including federally qualified health clinic, weekly and monthly legal clinics, health and wellness consultation, assessment for supportive housing, a monthly support group for formerly incarcerated individuals, a civic engagement and voter education group, and our therapeutic arts table. In 2023, 681 guests received concierge case management services, 1,565 guests received support in accessing benefits.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm. The chief executive officer, chief financial officer and adminsitrative officer review the form 990 before forwarding it to the chair of the finance and audit committee for review and distribution to the rest of the board of drectors before filing with the internal revenue service.”