Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon

“Mahendra shah nita shah board member exec dir married”

“The executive director and internal accountant review the 990. The governing body is provided with copies of form 990 and reviews this document before filing.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy available.”

“The salary of the executive director was determined after review and comparison of other executive directors at similar organizations and with similar experience in this field.”

“The compensation of all staff and officers is reviewed, deliberated and approved by the board of directors based on factors such as comparability data of other, similar organizations, scope of responsibilities, and experience. None of the board or directors receive compensation; all are volunteer.”

“The organization makes copies of governing, fiscal and tax documents available to the public upon request.”

“Other programs: face: meso's family and community empowerment program provides culturally specific resources and entrepreneurial services to asian, latino and african-american cohorts. Educate: provides over seventy workshops that deliver comprehensive trainings in business plan, financial literacy, asset building, quickbooks, branding, and industry specific training. Marketlink: one-on-one services are designed to be individualized based on the micro entrepreneur's current needs, focused on building the expertise of the business owner and their business' standing in the community. Marketlink achieves these goals by customizing market research queries to the business owner, their needs and location. To this end, we strive to build stronger communities, and promote equity and opportunity. Since 2006, over 1239 reports have been created to meet entrepreneurs' needs, and meso receives approximately 20 inquiries per month for marketlink. With jpmorgan chase & co. Support, marketlink will provide micro entrepreneurs in portland metro access to customized market research tools and services that ensures their business plans, strategic goals, and industry information is strong. General program overview: meso provides business assistance to low-income, minority owned small businesses. In our tem years we have supported over 3000 businesses with financing, planning and marketing. Meso's mission is to improve the economic opportunities of underserved individuals through empowerment, education and entrepreneurship for the benefit of families in the greater community. An experienced and dedicated staff provides a minimum of three years of support ranging from business planning, goal implementation, marketing, consulting and financing.”