Strong City Baltimore Inc

“Lisa boyce and kevin o'neill have a family relationship.”

“The draft 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior staff. It was then discussed/reviewed at the finance committee meeting and distributed to the board via email before being filed with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy statement is reviewed and signed annually by staff and board memebers. Per ghcc policy, board members and the executive director are expected to identify possible conflicts of interest and bring them to the attention of the board and recuses himself/herself from voting on the decision/issue. A staff member who has a conflict of interest brings it to the attention of the executive director, who in turn takes it to the board. The staff person involved does not participate in any decisions involving his/her conflict.”

“The executive committee annually discusses the organization's executive director's salary prior to the budget approval in june. 990s from similar organizations in the baltimore area are researched by the deputy director and shared with the executive committee. The committee then makes a determination considering the market and what the organization can bear. The most recent review within the last fiscal year was march 2012. The deputy director's compensation is determined annually by the executive director and board after comparison of equivalent positions in nonprofit salary surveys and salary information from 990s of similar sized organizations in the baltimore/washington metropolitan area.”

“The organizaton's governing documents, conflict or interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The process the audit committee uses for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant have not changed from the prior year.”