Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor

“During the tax year the organization's bylaws were amended to lower the minimum and maximum required number of directors, add a nominating committee and an education committee, and separate the treasurer and secretary officer roles.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and is provided to the finance and audit committee of the board of directors for review and approval. Once approved by the finance and audit committee, the form 990 was immediately made available to the full board of directors should they have wished to review it.”

“At the annual meeting and at every in-person meeting, persons covered by the conflict of interest policy will disclose or update any activities or relationships that could give rise to conflicts of interest, such as a list of family members, substantial business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members. Procedures to manage conflicts: for each interest disclosed, the board of directors will determine whether to (a) take no action; (b) direct the disclosing person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions within the organization; or (c) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the organization or, if the person refuses to resign, become subject to possible removal in accordance with the organization's removal procedures. The organization's executive director will monitor proposed or ongoing transactions for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the president in order to deal with potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction or event has occured.”

“The process for determining compensation for the executive director includes all of these elements: (1) review and approval by the crcc board of directors; (2) use of data as to comparable compensation; and (3) contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping. The compensation of the executive director is reviewed and approved by the crcc board of directors, provided that persons with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue are not involved in this review and approval. The compensation of the executive director is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. There is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy or financial statements available to the general public.”