Northwoods Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program

“One board member is the niece of another board member.”

“Our organization has member congregations that each help to recruit volunteers and give a financial gift.”

“Member congregations may choose to have a seat on the board but still have to be elected by the board.”

“All board members receive a draft of the 990 by email or mail.”

“All board members sign a conflict of interest statement. These are kept at the organization's office. If a motion or vote was related to the conflict of interest the board member described the conflict and abstained from voting.”

“In 2013 all employee salaries were frozen based on cashflow and the need to put income towards additional staffing needs. The previous year all salary and wage increases for employees were dependent on the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Salary Survey and upon averaged for the specific job, education, years of experience and area of expertise. The executive committee of the board is responsible for the Executive Director's Salary upon completion of a review. All other wages are set after review by the Executive director and based on the above listed survey”

“We utilize urban Institute to file the 990 and are registered with Guidestar. We submit our 990 to United Way and the Mn State Charitable Trust. Conflict of interest statements are kept on file at the office and available for review.”

“We utilize independent contractors for home visits, homemaking, respite care, and to assist with providing supervised visitation.”

“We had reconciliation errors totaling $42 as Seniors wrote checks for total different in written line vs numerical portion.”