Latino STEM Alliance Inc

“The organization's by-laws were amended on 10/30/2017. Material changes included board member term limits and minimum board membership requirements”

“Emily Shamieh, President. 20 Moraine St. Boston, MA 02130. Lucille Spera, Clerk. 51 Francis St. Marlborough, MA 01752. Raul Porras, Treasurer. 241 Hosmer St. Marlborough, MA 01752. Reinier Moquete, director. 37 Lowell St. Malden, MA 02148. Trish Torizzo, director. 16 Vine St. Franklin, MA 02038. Joe Monroy, director. 54 Draper Ave, Westwood, MA 02090”

“Process for board review of form 990: The return preparer e-mails a copy of the completed form 990 to each board member prior to filing. Reviewed financial statements are distributed to all board members via email and then reviewed at a board meeting prior to form 990 filing and approved by vote on 6/27/2019. Board members are encouraged to review and submit any comments prior to IRS submission, but no formal review of form 990 is scheduled during any board meetings prior to IRS submission. Post-submission, the board plans to include a review of any outstanding board questions during the next scheduled board meeting.”

“The board of directors reviews and approves compensation of the Executive Director. For the current tax year, compensation was set during the search process which included consultation with third parties and discussion within the search committee (formed exclusively by board members). No material changes were made to the Executive Director's compensation during the tax year.”

“Governing documents are currently only available by request. A conflict of interest policy has not been documented. Financial statements are available to the public upon request and as part of publicly available filings (MA State Form PC, details on this form 990)”

“Due to fraudulent debit card transactions detected on the organization's bank account during FY2017 (1-1-2017 through 8-31-2017), a charge of $17,931 was made and reported during FY2017. This temporary charge was recovered on 9-8-2017 and therefore appears as "other revenue" under Part VIII, line 11a. This charge was also reported (as an expense) on the short year form 990-EZ for the period ending 8-31-2017”

“Other services include: $23,831 in facilitator stipends, $14,500 in education consultants (curriculum development and support), $5,000 in ED Search firm fees, $5,000 in event planning fees, $4,000 in organizational development consulting fees, $2,341 in payroll service fees, and $2,210 in contracted transportation services”