Venture

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“The entire board of directors must vote to elect and approve new members to the board.”

“Hiring, firing, capital expenditures over $1,000, debt or financing, and issues related to the strategic plan of the organization are subject to approval by members.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the financial committee of the board of directors, the board president, the executive director, the independent accountant, and an outside financial advisor.”

“Each director, principal officer, and member of a committee with board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: a.) has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, b.) has read and understands the policy, c.) has agreed to comply with the policy, and d.) understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. Each voting member of the board shall annually sign a statement which declares whether such person is an independent director. If at any time during the year the information in the annual statement changes materially, the director shall disclose such changes and revise the annual disclosure form. The executive committee shall regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with this policy by reviewing annual statements and taking such other actions as are necessary for effective oversight.”

“The organization reviews compensation comparability data for organizations of a similar size in a similar field. The organization's policy is to make sure that compensation is roughly equal to the mean in the range of comparable entities. A voting member of the board of directors who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the organization is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. A voting member of any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the organization for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. No voting member of the board or any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives, directly or indirectly, from the organization, either individually or collectively, is prohibited from providing information to any committee regarding compensation.”

“The organization makes its documents available upon request.”

“The process for selecting and overseeing the independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”