Kinship Partners Inc

“There are no such committees designated this authority.”

“Drafts of this form 990 are provided to board members via email to approve before the form is filed.”

“Board members each sign a conflict of interest form each year disclosing any potential conflicts of interest. Conflicts should be reported to the executive director, board president, or chair of the human resources committee. Potential conflicts are reviewed by the board. Conflicts are determined to exist if there is a direct financial gain for the board member at the expense of kinship or if the board member is part of anything else that may directly compete with kinship. At the discretion of the executive committee, a person with a real or apparent conflict of interest may be excused from all or any portion of discussion or deliberation on the subject of conflict. They may be asked to abstain from votes in which there is a conflict or even resign from the board if the conflict is considered harmful to kinship. Any director may be removed from the board at any time for just cause, including conduct injurious to the corporation, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of all directors. Proceedings resulting from conflicts of interest are documented in the minutes of the meeting at which the conflict was addressed, on par with any other discussion in which a vote or action is required.”

“Executive director compensation was determined by a quantitative review of the director's performance in several areas, completed by each current board member. An average of scores for each section was used to determine salary for the new fiscal year and bonus for the previous year. The board deliberated about salary as a group, and the executive committee reached a final decision about compensation.”

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