Daily Acts Organization

“A copy of the Form 990 is provided to the Finance Committee along with the annual internal financial statements. Account balances on Form 990 are reviewed and compared to the financial statements for accuracy. The 2020 Form 990 will be provided to the Board of Directors for review after the form is filed.”

“The Organization has a Finance Committee made up of the Board Treasurer, Finance and Operations Manager, and Executive Director that monitors compliance with fiscal policy through monthly reports for conflict of interest and discloses them to the Chairman of the Board of Directors in order to address potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred.”

“The compensation of the Executive Director is reviewed and approved by the board of directors for raise assessment. The compensation is reviewed and approved using data from the Northern California Salary Survey as to comparable compensation for similarly situated organizations. The budgeting process is used to identify funds.”

“Employee performance is reviewed for raise assessment, and the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement are documented.”

“The Organization's governing documents, fiscal policy, employee handbook, retention policy, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: SUSTAINABILITY, DESIGN AND EDUCATION - We offer our low-cost, low-tech, people-powered solutions through our talks, tours, and workshops that allow for opportunities to take part in hands-on learning. Government Contracts/Civic Programs - We work with the City of Petaluma, the Town of Windsor and the City of Cotati to provide engaging and relevant water conservation and stormwater education through our programs. Program offerings often include topics around lawn conversions, graywater, rainwater harvesting, and water-wise plants. We also provide resources around local water rebates to help participants implement what they learn at our programs. Although the pandemic, delayed in 2020, much was accomplished through virtual education and training. In 2020, Daily Acts took over the Eco2school program from Sonoma Climate Center as a new program. And continued to develop the Leadership program that we took over in 2018. In 2019, Daily Acts and the Sonoma Ecology Center conducted outreach and a needs assessment as part of Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan to collect information about water related issues affecting disadvantaged communities. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: LEADERSHIP TRAINING - The Leadership Institute for Just and Resilient Communities - Our Leadership Program is an educational program that inspires, empowers, and connects leaders across Sonoma County to create equitable, thriving, and climate resilient communities. Over the course of 10 months, cohorts meet once a month to build skills in personal leadership, regenerative living, civic engagement and growing collective power through expert presentations, self-reflection, peer-learning, project work, and tours. Topics include access to clean water, food and housing, addressing climate change, and creating healthy regenerative economies. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION/NETWORK AND ALLIANCES - Daily Acts partners with local, regional and national groups and networks including Transition initiatives, Permaculture groups, and social justice organizations to share our models and scale our programs. Daily Acts is a founding member of the Sonoma County Food System Alliance and played an active role in the Greywater Working Group, which was one of a handful of groups around the state that influenced changes to California?s Greywater Policy to remove barriers to installing greywater systems.”