Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity

“First the irs form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee and then the entire board. The form 990 is sent electronically to the board members to review and approve at the regular board meeting.”

“All board members are required to sign a form disclosing any known conflicts of interest on an annual basis. The board is responsible for compliance and will decide if a conflict exists. If there is a conflict the board member will recuse themself from voting.”

“The organization uses comparability data provided by the colorado center for non-profit excellence, colorado non-profit salary and benefits survey, and the habitat for humanity colorado and habitat international salary surveys.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon reasonable request.”

“Pikes peak habitat is committed to efficiency and transparency. We communicate with our supporters, donors and prospective donors by email, postal mail, phone and other means, both to request contributions to our cause and to educate the public about pikes peak habitat's year-round programs, volunteer opportunities and other events in local communities and around the world. These efforts help advance our mission to put god's love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. As a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal taxation, we ensure our donors' money is spent as efficiently and effectively as possible. Additionally, we have certain expenses that cannot be billed separately for each functional area. Rent, utilities, information technology and other costs are grouped together. We allocate these costs in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, or gaap, across the program (including habitat restores), management and general, and fundraising categories. Finally, some staff members have responsibilities that cross over functional areas. To calculate the time allocation, pikes peak habitat divides the number of hours spent on a project outside of a staff member's designated expense category by the total hours worked during that period and allocates that percentage of costs to the appropriate expense category.”

“There were no changes to the financial statement oversight process during the year.”