Nami Fox Valley Inc.

“Nami fox valley is a membership organization, with over 200 current members.”

“Members elect new representatives to the board of directors at the annual meeting in january.”

“The finance committee will review the form 990 prior to filing and approve it. The full board will receive the form after the return has been filed.”

“Nami fox valley's conflict of interest policy requires board members to disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts. Members must promptly inform the board chair if any such conflict arises.”

“For raises or bonuses for the executive director, the raises are approved by the finances committee and the full board as part of the budget and the board chair signs a letter addressed to the executive director stating the amount of the raise or bonus. The board does not research comparability data, though they have experience to understand reasonable compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“In the prior year all operations of the organization were lumped together. For the 2017 form 990, management has determined it more meaningful to the users of the form 990 to split the programs into two program service achievements as well as to expand the descriptions.”

“In 2017, nami fox valley delivered over 150 mental health and suicide prevention trainings in local classrooms to 4,537 students, presented over 130 non-classroom-based community mental health presentations and trainings to 7,465 attendees, and graduated nearly 100 individuals with mental illness or their family members from our multi-week peer-to-peer and family -to-family educational courses. The agency also offered approximately 33 support group meetings each month, each of which was facilitated by two trained volunteers and/or staff members. In 2017, 238 unique participants attended nami fox valley's support groups, most of whom attended sessions on an ongoing basis.”