Spanish American CIVIC Association for Equality Inc.

“Carlos graupera, the president and chief executive officer, and rosa graupera, the chief financial officer for the organization, are married. Rosa reports directly to the board treasurer and carlos reports to the executive committee of the board.”

“Once complete, the form 990 will be e-mailed to the finance committee of the board. The finance committee will review the form 990 and recommend it for approval at a subsequent board meeting. The board will also have received a copy prior to the board meeting and submission to the irs.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy that is included as part of the employee handbook. The policy dictates no board members or employees may be involved in a transaction in which they have a substantial interest and must abstain from voting. The organization is currently in the process of updating its conflict of interest policy which will include having officers and key employees sign an annual conflict of interest questionnaire. All officers and key employees are currently required to notify the board of directors of any family or business relationships. The board acts as a whole in monitoring and enforcing the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board of directors evaluates and sets compensation for the ceo and cfo. Every four to five years the board will benchmark the ceo's salary against other, similar non-profit organizations to confirm the salary is within fair market value range. Compensation discussions are recorded in board minutes.”

“The organization provides the financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy upon request.”

“Employment specialist: program service expenses 27,501. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 27,501. Purchased services: program service expenses 30,600. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 30,600. Psychiatrist: program service expenses 202,170. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 202,170. Consultant services: program service expenses 322,670. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 322,670. Housekeeping/cleaning: program service expenses 78. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 78. Payroll processing-saca: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 12,026. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,026. Contracted services-saca: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 51,524. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 51,524.”