Persad Center Inc.

“The center changed their bylaws to accept board members outside of the tri-state area and to permit virtual attenadance to board meetings.”

“Our independent auditors prepare and deliver a draft of the form 990 to the ceo or persad and it is available to all members of the board of directors for their review. Everyone is given time to review the draft form 990 and respond to the audit committee who conveys to our auditors with their comments. After this period, all appropriate edits are made to the draft form 990. The final edited version is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Annually, all board members are provided with a copy of persad's conflict of interest policy to read, review, and sign. All board members are required to disclose all current conflicts and any other conflicts as they arise. This way, management and the board can monitor all conflicts and enforce the conflict of interest policy on a current basis.”

“Any compensation increase for any persad center employee is based on a salary increment range approved by the board of directors as part of the annual budget review process. The budget review also includes consideration of any benefit packages such as health insurance, retirement, etc. The compensation of our organization's ceo is reviewed bi-annually as part of the individual's performance review process. Board members are invited to provide input on the evaluation of the performance of the ceo and the board president completes a written report of this feedback. The report is reviewed by the executive committee of the board and then reviewed with the ceo. Based on the evaluation, a recommendation for compensation is made that is in keeping with the range of salary increase being offered to all employees.”

“Persad will provide copies of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements to the public upon request.”

“Mental health counseling services - mental health services were provided to lgbtq and/or individuals with hiv. Some individuals who seek care are struggling with issues related to their sexual or gender indentity and some are struggling to cope with the discriminiation that they face as a result of their indentity or hiv infection status. Persad center is an outpatient psychiatric clinic licensed by the office of mental health and substance abuse services, pennslyvania department of public welfare. Consumers who receive mental health services decrease their symptoms of mental illness, increase their ability to cope with stressful situations, develop strategies to address difficult life circumstances, and report increased life functioning and happiness. Training/education/consulting services - training/education services target systems that work with lgbtq people to help them improve their cultural awareness and competency. Persad center works with human service organizations, schools, corporations, and healthcare systems to help their workers provide quality services to lgbtq people.”

“Direct fundraising expenses 295,926 direct fundraising expenses -295,926”