Casa in Action Inc

“Members of the corporation shall be those people who apply for membership, pay dues on a schedule set or approved by the board, subscribe to the principles of the corporation, and meet any other criteria set by the board or by the membership. Membership shall be for a minimum of one (1) year, with dues payable annually or for the duration of the membership period. Members shall be individuals who (i) reside primarily in maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, or the metropolitan washington, d.c., area; (ii) be of at least 15 years of age; (iii) identify themselves as latino, as an immigrant or refugee, as a low income person, or as a spouse or child of such a person, or as an ally of immigrants, regufees and low income persons (iv) subscribe to the principles of the corporation; and (v) meet any other criteria as may be set and announced by the board.”

“Members elect the board of directors at the annual meeting.”

“The governing board assigned the president, executive director, and chief operating officer to review and sign the form 990 prior to submission.”

“The organization requires the board of directors and key employees to document any potential conflicts of interest on the conflict of interest form on an annual basis.”

“The compensation process for the casa in action's president (executive director for casa, inc.) and other officers is determind by casa, inc. (ein: 52-1372972), a related tax-exempt organization. The casa, inc. Board evaluates the compensation of the president's salary by conducting a comparability study against other nonprofits. The board of directors has authority to approve adjustments to the president's compensation. A compensation analysis is performed for all other staff, including officers, every 3-4 years by the chief opearting officer. The analysis is reviewed by the casa, inc. Executive director.”

“The organization makes it financial statements and governing documents available to the public upon request.”

“Casa in action, inc. Is affiliated with casa, inc. (ein 52-1372972). Casa, inc. Is considered a common pay agent and reports all employees on its form w-3. Salaries reported on casa in action are allocated portions of those employees' time. There is no separate w-3 filed by casa in action.”

“This form 990 is being amended due to changes in the financial statements that were issued after the 990 filing as follows: the amounts below summarize the changes to part x: original return amended return line 17 1,168,590 31,812 line 25 35,333 1,172,111 line 27 2,831,524 916,466 line 28 -1,525,450 389,608 schedule d part x was also amended due to the change in other liabilities.”