Better Together Strengthening

“There are five voting members of the governing body. The organization contemporaneously documents meetings held or written actions undertaken during the year. Each committee has authority to act on behalf of the governing body. The organization has a written conflict of interest policy, where officers, directors, trustees, and key employees are required to annually disclose interests that could give rise to conflicts. The organization has a written whistleblower policy, as well as a written document retention and destruction policy. The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with these policies.”

“Our top management official and top financial official each review the form 990 prior to filing it with the irs. A copy of the final form is also provided to the voting members of the organization's governing body prior to its filing with the irs.”

“The organization has a conflict-of-interest policy. The policy is distributed to each member of the organization's governing body, its officers, and its key employees on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement indicating that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, (2) they have one or more conflicts of interest that been fully disclosed as required by the policy, or (3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interest and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statements with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.”

“The compensation of the ceo is reviewed by the executive committee of the board of directors who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the ceo. This independent executive committee utilizes comparability data and contemporaneously substantiates its deliberations and decisions. Following the executive committee's review of the ceo's compensation, the executive committee recommends a compensation amount for the ceo's to the organization's full board of directors for approval. The ceo is responsible for setting the compensation of the organization's other key executives. In setting such compensation, the ceo utilizes comparability data and contemporaneously substantiates his decisions. The process described here was last completed in 2024.”

“The organization provides, upon request, copies of its articles of incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy and its financial statements.”