The Community Action Organization of Delaware Madison & Union Counties

“The filing organization has amended its bylaws to be able to expand the area services are provided by updating verbage to "contiguous counties" instead of listing each county services are provided to.”

“The organization contracts with an accounting firm to prepare form 990 each year. Once the draft is complete, the finance director and executive director review the return. It is then submitted to the remaining governing body members for approval before being filed.”

“The board regularly monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy by having each of the board members read and sign a disclosure form annually.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 15a: the board of directors is the independent governing body of the organization that is responsible for employing the executive director and other senior administrators, prescribing duties and determining the terms and conditions of employment contracts. Compensation is reviewed and approved using data generally available as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. The dol statistics , era non-profit survey, and oaca survey were used to determine a reasonable salary/ wage scale. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangements.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The community action organization of delaware, madison, and union counties, inc. Plans, conducts and coordinates programs designed to combat social and economic problems and to seek the elimination of poverty conditions as they affect the inhabitants of the contiguous ohio counties noted in its bylaws.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. The process by which the organization oversees of the audit of the financial statements and selects an independent accountant has not changed since the previous year.”