Brighton Lifelong Learning and Resource

“Family and business relationships: the following persons are all employees of a related organization and therefore have a business relationship: richard doucet - ceo of community center systems, inc. And christine mecillas - cfo of community reach center systems, inc. John santistevan and alan mcguire also have a business relationship. Both are employees and john santistevan is an officer of another 501(c)(3) organization.”

“The form 990 is prepared by a third-party preparer with a detail review being completed by the senior manager of budget and finance strategy and the cfo of the organization. A final copy of the form 990 is then emailed to the board of directors for review and approval before the return is filed with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is monitored and enforced by community reach center systems, inc. Concerns about whether there has been a violation of the conflict of interest policy go directly to community reach center systems, inc.'s corporate compliance officer. The corporate compliance officer notifies the director of the division that the person involved works in and the chief executive officer of the potential violation. Then the corporate compliance officer conducts an investigation. The findings of the investigation are reported to the director of hr, the chief executive officer, and the division director who meet to discuss what, if any, restrictions need to be imposed on the person with the conflict of interest. The corporate compliance officer is named by the board of directors and reports all findings on a quarterly basis to the board.”

“The ceo receives compensation from community reach center systems, inc., a related party. The board of directors utilizes the salary survey of the colorado community mental health centers along with a ceo evaluation compiled by the board of directors in its determination of the compensation for the ceo. The ceo's compensation is negotiated between the executive committee of the board of directors and the ceo. The executive committee brings a compensation proposal to a scheduled meeting of the full board, while in executive session. Following deliberation, a vote is taken on the agreed-upon compensation. The ceo notifies the human resources director of the new compensation. On an annual basis, our hr director goes through a process called compensation administration. Community reach center is a member of employers council. We participate in compensation surveys and are able to access the information from other non-profits to compare our compensation to. All executive compensation is approved by the ceo. Other executive compensation was last reviewed in july of 2022 by the director of human resources.”

“The conflict of interest policy is not made available to the public. The governing documents are financial statements are available to the public upon written request.”