Augustine Literacy Project of the Triangle

“The officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer) make up the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is authorized to transact business between board meetings on an emergency basis.”

“The return was prepared by a volunteer CPA with significant experience preparing Forms 990. The collaboration of the bookkeeper and the Executive Director was key in completing the return. They reviewed the return to be sure it fairly represents the operations of the organization. Each member of the board will receive a copy of the return prior to its due date and will have the opportunity to review the return and ask questions prior to approving it.”

“Each year an email survey is sent to all members of the board. They are required to disclose any conflicts of interest on the survey, and they are required to return the survey even if it indicates no conflicts of interest. No conflicts of interest were disclosed in the latest survey, conducted summer 2020.”

“The Executive Director recommended no adjustments to the salaries of her staff. After Board review they were adopted. The Board worked out the compensation of the Executive Director and adopted no increase. All salaries are comparable to salaries for similar positions in other small organizations. The Board takes seriously its commitment to review salaries and keep them to reasonable compensation. Compensation is set each year during the budget process and takes effect on January 1 of the following year. There was no change in salaries from 2019 to 2020.”

“All documents that are subject to public disclosure are available at the office of the organization. Had anyone requested them in 2019 the documents would have been provided. If copies were desired a reasonable copying charge would have been collected. ALP-T has not had any requests for its documents. The conflict of interest policy and the financial statements are available for review at the office of the organization. No requests for them was made in 2019.”