Journey North

“Board members julie brophy and william lutz have a family relationship.”

“This question is not applicable to journey north as journey north does not have committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Prior to filing, the completed draft of form 990 will be provided to the members of the board for review, and they will also be given the opportunity to ask questions of and seek additional information from management and the outside cpa regarding the draft form 990.”

“The organization is small (one employee), and the conflict policies have been promulgated to tdokes to instill awareness and compliance that is required. Further, the board is kept apprised of the organization's current and future possible contracts and dealings, and through this communication all tdoke's are able to stay alert to situations where conflicts might arise, and to make appropriate inquiries to permit apply/enforce the conflict policies when necessary. As such, monitoring and enforcement of conflict of interest is ongoing general practice and perceived conflicts that arise will be discussed in a meeting of the board.”

“Program director (the entity's sole employee) for this tax year included a compensation review meeting of the board on may 6, 2015, at which time the program director made a presentation on her duties as both the sole administrator and as the sole director of operations and program production/coordination/publishing. The program director and board members had discussions about the program director's prior scope of job duties; prior compensation history; most recent compensation increases; number of hours worked; awards or recognitions received by the organization during her tenure; relations with and feedback from outside sponsors/funders; program development/improvements during her tenure; and any input that had been received from outside sources regarding her compensation. Since that may 2015 meeting, the board has remained and is informed and aware that the director's compensation has not increased materially, and that all factors previously supporting her level of compensation have continued to support that level of compensation.”

“Documents that are required by law to be publicly available will, if requested, be made available to the requestor by directing the requestor to public sources for those documents or otherwise, subject to reasonable restrictions on matters that are confidential or proprietary.”

“Contractual services: program service expenses 80,955. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 80,955.”