Women Aware Inc

“Women aware, inc. Has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management, and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is submitted electronically to the board members for their review and any comments will be reviewed and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“Women aware, inc. Currently has in place a conflict of interest policy which it monitors and enforces. The agency currently mandates that the executive director, trustees, and staff persons disclose any potential or actual conflicts that may exist. Any conflicts must be disclosed in writing to the executive director who reviews the disclosures for potential or acutal conflicts. If a potential or actual conflict exists, the executive director will inform the member of the basis of such belief and afford the member an opportunity to respond. The executive director will disclose the conflict of interest to the board for their review. The person with the actual conflict of interest will be prohibited from voting on the matter that gives rise to the conflict. If there has been substantial and repeated failures to disclose actual conflicts of interest, the board may take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, including removal of the member.”

“Lindenberger group, an independent consulting firm, was hired by the board of directors to conduct salary and benefit compensation for the position of ceo. In performing the compensation study, they used comparability data by comparing organizations of similar size and ceo's responsibilities. Further, the study was reviewed and approved by the independent members of the board and the deliberations and decision was contemporaneously documented. In addition, a similar study was performed for the staff of the organization. A compensation review was conducted in 2022.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on the organization's website. In addition, the form 990, form 1023, governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“The finance committee of the board assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”