Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

“Charter membership in rcap is limited to the following six regional organizations: community resource group, inc., fayetteville, arkansas; midwest assistance program, inc., new prague, minnesota; rural community assistance corporation, inc., sacramento, california; southeast rural community assistance project, inc., roanoke, virginia; wsos community action commission, inc., fremont, ohio; and rcap solutions, inc., gardner, massachusetts.”

“Each charter member shall name one director and an alternate to represent the charter member organization on the rcap board of directors.”

“There shall be no committee that can act on behalf of the rcap board of directors.”

“The draft form 990 is provided to the audit committee for review and then any recommendations are forwarded to the board of directors for final review and action. The entire board of directors receives a copy of the draft form 990 prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest or conflict of loyalty, an interested person (any board director, any employee, who has a direct or indirect financial interest) must disclose the existence of the financial or loyalty interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. Conflict of interest disclosure statements are required each year and, during board deliberations where major expenditures are discussed, disclosure is re-emphasized. If a conflict of interest arises, rcap will follow the procedures as stated in the conflict of interest policy.”

“Independent persons decided the compensation using comparability data when the executive director was initially hired. The executive director has received increases based on comparability data with review and approval by the board of directors for cost of living and merit.”

“Rcap's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“The following program was not conducted during the year ended september 30, 2015: housing and urban development - capacity building for sustainable communities. Rcap helped to develop technical plans for assistance that incorporated capacity building subject priorities and process topics of leadership, planning and evaluation development, including engaging disadvantaged populations. Work included water and wastewater planning and sustainable development for rural regional planning efforts.”