National Skills Coalition

“The 990 was prepared by a qualified cpa firm, then reviewed by the executive director, associate director and director of finance prior to submission. The 990 was distributed to all board members for review and comment at the board meeting following submission.”

“At the fall board meeting, the executive director discusses the conflict of interest policy with the board and key staff. If there are any conflicts they are noted, the interested person must recuse him/herself from any actions related to the party with whom the conflict exists, and all board and key staff sign an annual conflict of interest policy statement. In addition, the executive director requests that if a conflict arises during the fiscal year, it is discussed with the executive director and documented immediately.”

“The chair of the board, in consultation with the full board, periodically review the performance and compensation of the executive director. They review comparable executive compensation at other similarly-sized national non-profit organizations, and propose an adjustment. The process is documented in a memo sent to the executive director's personnel file and the last compensation review took place december 2014. The salaries of other staff are determined by the executive director. Starting salaries are determined by consideration of comparable pay at other similarly sized national non-profit organizations, the salary levels of current staff, and the relative costs-of-living for staff who will be based in locations other than the organization's washington, dc headquarters. In addition to annual cola increases, merit raises are considered during each staff member's annual evaluation, which is conducted by the executive director or the employee's supervisor. Officers of the board are not compensated.”

“Conflict of interest policy, governing documents and financial statement are available upon request at the nsc office. The documents are sent to interested parties.”

“During 2014, the organization began the national field operations program.”