Brighton Lifelong Learning & Resource Center

“Family and business relationships: richard doucet and christi mecillas have a business relationship. Both are officers and employees of community reach center systems, inc, a related 501(c)(3) organization. John santistevan and jeff greenlee also have a business relationship. Both are employees of and john santistevan is an officer of another 501(c)(3) organization.”

“Describe process to review the form 990: the form 990 is prepared by a third party preparer with a detail review being completed by the controller and cfo of the organization. A final copy of the form 990 is then presented to the board of directors before the return is filed with the irs.”

“Describe how conflict of interest policy is monitored & enforced: 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 operations 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 operations 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.”

“Describe process for determining ceo compensation: the ceo receives compensation from community reach center systems, inc., a related party. On an annual basis, community reach center systems' human resource director goes through a process called compensation administration. Community reach center is a member of employers council. They participate in compensation surveys and are able to access ceo compensation information from other non-profits as a comparison. 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 deliberations, a vote is taken on the agreed-upon compensation. The ceo notifies the human resources director of the new compensation. The board of directors last conducted a 360 degree review of ceo pay in july of 2018.”

“Describe process for determining compensation for other officers: other officers receive compensation from community reach center systems, inc., a related party. On an annual basis, community reach center systems' hr director goes through a process called compensation administration. Community reach center, another related party, is a member of employers council. They participate in compensation surveys and are able to access the information from other non-profits to compare compensation. All executive compensation is approved by the ceo. Other executive compensation was last reviewed in july of 2018 by the director of human resources.”

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