CIVIC Light Opera Association of Pittsburgh

“The executive committee, which consists of the officers of the governing body and the chairs and co-chairs of its standing committees, has the authority to act on behalf of the full board of directors. All of the executive committee members are on the governing body.”

“Daniel booker, eric schaffer, michael bleier and johanna o'loughlin = business relationship. Nick liparulo and anne liparulo have a family relationship. Gus engel and helen hanna casey have a family relationship.”

“The organization is organized under pennsylvania nonprofit corporation law as a non-stock nonprofit corporation. The organization's bylaws provide for members as follows: any individual interested in the activities of the clo may become a member upon contributing such amount as shall be set from time to time by the board of directors. The members of the board of directors and officers of the clo shall be members of the clo.”

“Each member of the clo shall have the right to vote for the election of directors and on such other matters as may be provided by these bylaws or by resolution of the board of directors. All past presidents and past chairmen of the clo shall be ex-officio voting members of the board of directors. Each current and immediate past president of the civic light opera guild shall be an ex-officio, voting member of the board of directors for a period of two years following their term as president and for an additional two years if there is no other past president then eligible to so serve under this provision. The civic light opera guild shall be entitled to designate four (4) of their other members to be ex-officio, voting members of the board of directors. The current president of the clo ambassadors shall be an ex-officio, voting member of the board of directors. The clo ambassadors shall be entitled to designate one (1) of their members to be an ex-officio, voting member of the board of directors.”

“The clo's form 990 was reviewed internally by the senior management team. A draft of the form 990 was reviewed and approved by the audit committee and then sent to the executive committee for final approval. A complete copy of the form 990 will be provided to each board member via a secure web portal prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Annual conflict of interest disclosure forms are completed by board members and reviewed by senior staff. Completed conflict of interest forms are collected and provided to the executive committee. An interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest to the directors and members of committees with board delegated powers, who will then determine, after the interested person has recused him/herself and departed from the board or committee meeting, whether a conflict of interest exists.”

“Discussions regarding compensation arrangements for officers are documented. Decisions regarding compensation for the officers are made independently of those officers. The human resources committee reviews compensation and submits their recommendations to the board's budget and finance committee for their review and approval. The budget and finance committee reviews the proposed compensation package and forwards their recommendation to the executive committee for their approval.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements of the organization are made available in the organization's administrative office upon request.”

“The organization's financial statements are audited by an independent accounting firm. In addition, the organization has a committee that assumes the responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and its selection of the independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”