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. No such transactions occurred in 2020.”

“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. The ED reviewed the return to be sure it fairly represents the operations of the organization. Each member of the board received a copy of the return and had the opportunity to review the return and ask questions. The board approved the 990.”

“Each year an email survey is sent to all members of the board plus key employees. They are required to disclose 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 Fall 2021.”

“The Executive Director sets the salaries of her staff subject to Board review. 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 2020 to 2021.”

“All documents that are subject to public disclosure are available from the Executive Director of the organization. Had anyone requested them in 2020 the documents would have been provided for review. 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 from the Executive Director. No requests for them were made in 2020.”

“The worldwide pandemic necessitated changes to our operations. Training was moved online with the opportunity to interact via Zoom at the beginning and the end. This was accomplished through a collaboration with The Hill Center using its platform to hold our online training modules. Staff, especially the ED, worked enormously hard to write and upload this new content amidst a frightening and ever-changing world. In 2020 tutoring went online as well. Training for the Kindergarten-1st grade (K-1) curriculum was introduced. Tutoring of K-1 children will occur when access to school buildings is again available.”

“This amount was paid for strategic planning facilitation and preparation and executive coaching.”

“The $43,200 loan on line 24 at the end of the year is a paycheck protection program loan from the Small Business Administration. The requirements for loan forgiveness were met by the organization and the loan was forgiven in July 2021.”