Monument Crisis Center

“Sandra scherer, executive director, and daniel scherer, interim executive director, have family relationship.”

“The form 990 draft is received by the executive director and is provided to the board of directors prior to the filing. The process is that the executive director receives the form 990 draft and then forwards it to the finance committee. After their review the executive director forwards it to the full board for their review. Hard copies are always available on site for further study.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy. Each year the board members complete a statement that they have no conflict of interest. If any conflict exists, full disclosure is made to the board and a decision is made if any action is required or if conflict represents no threat to the integrity of the organization.”

“The board appoints a personnel committee each year to complete a review of performance and compensation of the executive director. The committee researches current salaries among similar non-profits and makes a recommendation to the board for salary revision for the next year.”

“Prior year information returns (form 990) are available for public inspection on the guidestar website located at www.guidestar.org. The organization's governing documents, policies, financial statements and information returns are available upon request.”

“Our food distribution program is the heart of the center and is an essential part of our mission, which is to provide stability for low-income and at-risk individuals and families in contra costa county. The distribution of food to individuals in need is not considered a grant to individuals and as such is not reported on line 2 of part ix. The center supplies food to approximately 9,000 unique individuals annually and serves between 80-120 individuals and families per distribution, distributing more than 30,000 food boxes per year. These food boxes provide over one million nutritious meals each year. The center is open five times a week for food distribution and relies on monetary and food donations from the community to sustain its operations. The center purchases 40,000 pounds of food every month from the food bank of contra costa and solano ("food bank") and other distributors and receives an average of 140,000 pounds of food donations from the community. The food boxes include perishable and non-perishable items such as whole wheat pastas, low-salt vegetables and tomatoes, canned tuna and chicken, soups, cereal, peanut butter, garden fresh produce, and milk. Hunger is a critical problem as well as a sign and symptom of underlying issues. We first address the immediate needs with groceries or ready-to-eat, baby diapers for infants, and essential toiletries for overall well being and then move forward in a stabilizing direction confronting housing, homelessness, education, finances, domestic violence, physical and mental health issues.”