The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc.

“The community foundation of dickinson county, inc. (cfdc) engaged a certified public accounting firm to prepare form 990 for 2015. The completed form 990 was made available to the directors of the cfdc for their review.”

“The community foundation of dickinson county, inc. (cfdc) is certified in compliance with national stardards as administered by the council on foundations. As such, the cfdc has a written conflict of interest policy. All directors, staff and volunteers are required to disclose annually, interests that could give rise to conflicts. The cfdc monitors and enforces compliance with the policy through the president and board chairman reviewing the conflict of interest statements as completed and submitted by all directors, staff and volunteers.”

“To determine the compensation of the president, who is the only management level staff person of the community foundation of dickinson county, inc., the following process is followed: each year, during the month of august, the chairman of the board of directors is responsible for conducting an annual review of the performance and compensation of the president. The chair shall solicit written comments from all board members. The review shall be conducted by the chair and the immediate past chair. It shall be the perogative of the president to add one other board member of their choosing to the review team. The resultant compensation package shall be approved by the board of directors.”

“Being certified in compliance with national standards as administered by the council on foundations, the community foundation of dickinson county, inc. Has proven its commitment to public notification of the availability of the organization's form 990. The public is notified via the organization's quarterly newsletter and monthly radio program. The form 990 is also available at www.guidestar.org.”

“Being certified in compliance with national standards as administered by the council on foundations, the community foundation of dickinson county, inc. Has proven its commitment to public notification of the availability of the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements. The public is notified via the organization's annual corporate meeting, corporate newsletter, monthly radio program, and upon request.”

“Schedule d part i questions 5 and 6 were inadvertently answered no on the initial return when the community foundation does in fact perform these actions. The answeres were changed to yes.”