Achieve Hartford Inc.

“The form 990 is completed annually and a draft is provided to the entire board of directors. The form is reviewed in detail by the organization's executive director and the board's audit committee. Any changes and updates resulting from such reviews are incorporated. The form 990 is provided to all board members following the audit committee approval and prior to filing.”

“A conflict of interest policy is in effect and part of the bylaws. Each member of the board is required to disclose any conflict per the policy. If after submitting an annual disclosure statement, an apparent or potential conflict arises within the spirit of this policy, directors and officers shall immediately disclose the situation in writing to the board president.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors establishes compensation for the executive director annually. Deliberations and discussions regarding compensation include an annual review with persons with conflict of interest with respect to compensation arrangements not involved in the approval. As part of this process, the executive committee considers qualifications, experience, and the individual contributions of the executive director along with data from other nonprofit organization in the hartford area with comparable positions and similar functionalities. Discussions regarding such reviews are documented, reviewed and made available to all board members. Currently there are no other officers or key employees of the organization.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors establishes compensation for the executive director and other officers or key employees annually. Deliberations and discussions regarding compensation include an annual review with persons with conflict of interest with respect to compensation arrangements not involved in the approval. As part of this process, the executive committee considers qualifications, experience, and the individual contributions of the executive director and other officers or key employees along with data from other nonprofit organization in the hartford area with comparable positions and similar functionalities. Discussions regarding such reviews are documented, reviewed and made available to all board members. Currently there are no other officers or key employees of the organization.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest and other polices as well as its financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Achieve hartford is an independent nonprofit organization of business and community leaders that focuses on closing the opportunity and achievement gap in hartford and building a viable talent pipeline for our region and state.”

“Shared responsibility: achieve hartford increases the level of responsibility that stakeholders take for improving schools and closing the achievement gap by facilitating coalitions, partnerships and stakeholder engagement at the city level, the neighborhood level, and even the school level. This includes our forums and focus groups on topics such as student centered learning, our community events on the state of schools, and our coalition work on the topic of college and career readiness. Monitor and drive accountability: accountability requires an external view; achieve hartford provides that perspective. As an independent monitor of the hartford public school district, achieve hartford gathers, analyzes and reports on data to focus attention on student outcomes and what is and is not working in hartford schools. In these ways, we drive district and city accountability to graduate students who are truly college and career ready. This includes our research and evaluation efforts, uploaded to our data website, as well as a portion of our weekly education matters and other publications.”