Think New Mexico

“Form 990 is distributed to and reviewed in detail by the board of directors prior to filing. The board is encouraged to discuss noteable items and disclosures before final board approval.”

“Officers, directors and employees are aware of the conflict of interest policy, any potential conflicts are disclosed to the appropriate level of management for resolution. Conflict of interes disclosures are completed annually.”

“The board evaluates the executive director's performance and sets compensation as part of the budget approval process. In making the decision, comparability data is considered. Process results are contemporaneously documented in the board or committee minutes. The executive director evaluates employee performance and sets compensation as part of the budget process. The board reviews and approves the annual budget.”

“The organization's form 1023 is made available on the new mexico attorney general's charitable registrar database, and upon request.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available upon request. Financial statements are also posted to the organization's website.”

“Program service accomplishments, continued - during the 2015 legislative session, think new mexico also successfully organized efforts to defeat bills that would have re-imposed the food tax on the sale of groceries in new mexico and repealed the requirement that the state lottery deliver a minimum of 30% of revenues to the college scholarship fund. In addition, in 2015 think new mexico launched a new initiative designed to reform the state's dysfunctional process for funding public infrastructure the roads, bridges, water projects, and other public works that new mexicans depend on. Think new mexico researched and published a policy report titled "the story of the christmas tree bill: fixing public infrastructure spending in new mexico." the report recommended replacing the current hyper-political and inefficient process with a transparent, merit-based system. Copies of the report were distributed to over 12,000 new mexicans as part of our extensive public education efforts around this issue. Think new mexico also developed legislation to implement our proposed reforms and organized a diverse coalition of supporters to advocate for the enactment of our recommendations. Finally, in 2015 think new mexico continued its leadership internship program, which aims to retain a new generation of potential leaders in new mexico by teaching them how they can make a difference in their home state. In 2015, the internship program served seven students from across new mexico, training them how to develop and enact sound public policy and introducing them to key policymakers and opinion leaders.”