Rapid City YMCA

“Membership is open to anyone without regard to ability to pay. Last year over one-third of members belonged to the ymca through financial assistance.”

“Voting members are anyone 18 years of age or older who have been a ymca member for at least 30 days. They have the right to cast one vote on any item of business as determined by the board of directors and properly presented before the members for consideration. Members have the right to elect members of the board, but do not receive any distribution of income or assets from the organization.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the business manager and reviewed in detail by the executive director and a licensed cpa. The form was then e-mailed to the finance and property committee and board of directors for review. Following review by the finance and property committee, the form 990 was presented for board approval at the next regularly scheduled board meeting prior to filing with the irs.”

“The ymca of rapid city actively follows the following conflict of interest policy statement. "annually, the executive director shall send, or cause to be sent, a copy of this policy, together with an explanation, and a copy of a disclosure statement/questionnaire to all board members and officers who shall complete and return a copy of the disclosure statement/questionnaire to the executive director or his/her designee. The executive director shall submit a confidential report to the ymca board concerning any potential conflict of interest of any board member or officer together with his/her recommendations concerning the same. The executive director shall administer this policy, and any disputed action of the executive director with respect to the policy shall be resolved by the board. Each new board member and officer shall participate in a similar procedure immediately upon assumption of his or her responsibilities."”

“The ymca of rapid city board approves the executive director compensation package at a duly scheduled board meeting in which there are no members present with a conflict of interest. The executive committee, which is comprised of board officers, presents data to the board that includes compensation studies for ceos of similar-sized ymca's in the region. The approval proceedings are documented accordingly. This process was most recently completed in january 2014.”

“The ymca of rapid city makes available a copy of the form 990, governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements upon request. The request must be made to the executive director or business office, which then provides the documents requested. Form 990 is also available at www.guidestar.org.”

“Monni karim and linda tidball are representatives of the custer and edgemont ymca branches respectively, and as such are voting members of the board of directors. However, their presence or absence at board meetings are not considered in determining a quorum.”

“Rounding difference - -5;”