Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc.

“The form 990 was discussed at the board meeting. Members of the board receive the form 990 in draft form from vlp staff and are invited to respond with concerns, changes or corrections, if there are any substantial issues they are reviewed by the board finance committee, and if necessary by the full board membership.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually at the board of directors meeting. Directors are sent compliance questionnaires in which they are required to disclose any related party transactions or potential conflicts of interest. When the questionnaires are returned, they are reviewed by the chief financial officer.”

“In 2007 the personnel committee of the board of directors undertook a full review of the executive director's compensation in conjunction with a regular performance review. The committee reviewed comparable salary information using a number of sources, including a national pay scale database, information collected by legal services corporation, salary scales for local legal service organizations, and 990 reports filed by local non-profit organizations. The committee's recommendations were presented to the full board for discussion and vote. The executive director reviews comparable salaries for the chief counsel and chief financial officer, using sources as cited above. The executive director's findings were brought to the board for approval and vote. When the new executive director was hired in 2010 the board search committee negotiated a salary based on data comparing other non-profit and legal service salaries in local organizations. The recommendation of the search committee was reviewed and approved by the full board. The executive director received the same step increase as all other eligible staff members.”

“Financial statements are made available pursuant to our disclosure of information to the public policy. The 990 is available on the guidestar website.”

“Process has not changed from prior years”