New Mainers Public Health

“Organizations process to review form 990 the organizations outside accountant provides the completed form 990 to the executive director. The executive director is responsible for sharing the form 990 with all board members. The executive director relays any questions the board members have about the form 990 back to the outside accountant. Once all board members are satisfied that their questions have been answered, the executive director signs the return and mails to the internal revenue service.”

“Board members have a duty to disclose conflicts of interst and if the board had reason to believe a conflict exists that has not been disclosed it will inform the person of the basis of such belief and give that person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If after hearing the persons responses and making further inquiry the board determines that the person failed to disclose a conflict of interst, the board will take appropriate actions to remedy the situation. Each interested person shall annually sign a disclosure statement affirming that such person has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, read it and agrees to comply with the policy.”

“The board shall ensure that any compensation paid to employees, and any compensation over $10,000 per year paid to independent contractors, even if not an interested person, is reasonable for the purposes of internal revenue code section 4958 and accompanying regulations. Whenever practicable, the board shall base its reasonableness determination on at least three comparable examples, taking into account the job description, the size and nature of the corporation, the experience of the applicant,any benefits, and the geographic location.”

“These policies and the form 990 are available by request at the organizations office.”

“Organizations missionengage, empower, educate and advocate to the immigrants and refugees about preventive health measures through the promotion of healthy habits by developing the capacity to mobilize community partnerships in indentifying and solving health problems in order to bridge the gap in health care service delivery and decrease health inequality and health equity.”