Montgomery County Language Minority Health Project Inc.

“The form 990 was prepared by outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. Once the form was completed, it was forwarded to the executive director for review and approval. The executive director also reviewed the draft with the finance committee. The form 990 is then sent to the full board for review, prior to filing with the irs.”

“Procedures for review of actual or potential conflicts: whenever there is reason to believe that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists between proyecto salud and an interested party, the board of directors determines the appropriate organizational response. Where the actual or potential conflict involves an employee of the organization other than the executive director, the executive director, in the first instance, is responsible for reviewing the matter and may take appropriate action as necessary to protect the interests of the organization. The executive director reports to the chairman the results of any review and the action taken. The chairman, in consultation with the executive committee, determines if any further board review or action is required. Where an actual or potential conflict exists between the interests of proyecto salud and an interested party (be it the executive director or a board member) with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction, proyecto salud refrains from the proposed action or transaction until such time as the proposed action or transaction has been approved by the disinterested members of the board of directors of the organization. The following procedures apply: an interested party who has an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to a proposed action or transaction of the organization does not participate in any way in, or is present during, the deliberations and decision making of the organization with respect to such action or transaction. The interested party may, upon request, be available to answer questions or provide material factual information about the proposed action or transaction. The disinterested members of the board of directors may approve the proposed action or transaction upon finding that it is in the best interests of the organization. The board considers whether the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable to the organization and whether it would be possible, with reasonable effort, to find a more advantageous arrangement with a party or entity that is not an interested party. Approval by the disinterested members of the board of directors is by vote of a majority of directors in attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present. An interested party is not counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, or for purposes of determining what constitutes a majority vote of directors in attendance. The minutes of the meeting reflect that the conflict disclosure was made, the vote taken and, where applicable, the abstention from voting and participation by the interested party. Violations of conflict of interest policy - if the board of directors has reason to believe that an interested party has failed to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest, it informs the person of the basis for such belief and affords the person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the response of the interested party and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board determines that the interested party has, in fact, failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it takes appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. Each interested party is advised of this policy at the time of general orientation and affirms his/her concurrence. All staff are required to sign the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board of directors evaluates the executive director and, based upon evaluation results, budget availability, and performance, a salary adjustment is made. The board's chair forwards to the administrator (in writing) the board's decision and the effective date for the executive director's salary adjustments. The most recent date of salary review was november 2016.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”