American Refugee Committee

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed and approved by management. The finance/audit committee reviewed and approved the 990 prior to sending a final electronic copy of the return to all board members prior to being filed with the irs.”

“Any person engaged in a close personal relation as defined by the alight conflict of interest policy is required to disclose such relation as it arises, if it has the potential to influence decisions around hiring, promotions, education, access to material, medicine, healthcare, money or other financial resources or any other goods or services provided by alight. Employees are prohibited from providing any assistance or service through any alight program, such as access to materials, medicine, healthcare, money or other financial resources or any other goods or services provided by alight, to anyone with whom they have a close personal relationship. Employees are also prohibited from supervising and participating in any hiring, promotion, and evaluation decisions, either directly or indirectly that may affect an individual with whom they have a close personal relationship. Employees who believe this policy is being violated are required to report the concern. Personal gain may result not only in cases where an employee or relative has a significant ownership in a firm with which the alight does business but also when an employee or relative receives any kickback, bribe, substantial gift, or special consideration as a result of any transaction or business dealings involving the alight. The activities are strictly prohibited by alight. Violations will be cause for immediate termination and, if warranted, legal action. The organization performs annual external audits and regular internal audits to evaluate its internal controls and detect any conflict of interest. Alight also has a confidential reporting mechanism for reporting violations of its policies and a whistleblower protection policy.”

“In determining the president/ceo's salary, the compensation committee of the board considers market survey data of comparable positions and the president's performance. The market survey data includes information on salaries of ceos of comparable institutions, as reported on charity navigator and reported in the annual inside ngo survey which includes data on salaries of positions in international non-governmental organizations in the humanitarian relief and development sector. A formal performance evaluation is also conducted annually. All decisions are documented in the board minutes. The last compensation review took place in april 2019. A salary review of key positions is conducted annually to determine market competiveness and internal equity concerns. Market survey data is gathered from various sources, depending upon the position, but the primary survey comparison data used is from the annual inside ngo survey of positions in international non-governmental organizations in the humanitarian relief and development sector. The positions are also reviewed by human resources to determine if any internal inequities exist among positions. The market and internal equity data is presented to the independent board who makes the final decision on compensation based on this data presented to them and the individual performance of the employee. Performance evaluations are conducted on an annual basis.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request. The financial statements are published online as part of our annual report and are available upon request.”