National Center for State Courts

“The center has a council of state court representatives (the council) which consist of the members of the conference of chief justices and the members of the conference of state court administrators. Each member of the council has one vote. The annual meeting of the council shall be the annual meeting of the two conferences. The functions of the council shall be: to elect the members of the board; to provide liaison between the various state or other judicial systems and board of directors, officers and staff of the corporation; to support and facilitate the work of the corporation; and to recommend general policies for the consideraton and guidance of the board of directors.”

“The federal form 990 information is provided by management to raffa, p.c., who prepares the return. The draft federal form 990 is then provided in full to the audit committee for their review and approval. The audit committee then distributes an electronic copy of the draft federal form 990 to the full board of directors via email, for their information and comments prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The board of directors approved the following policy and practice: all directors, officers and employees are required to acknowledge both annually and whenever a potential conflict arises, 1) having read the conflict of interest policy, acknowledging understanding the policies and procedures and indicating compliance to such policies and procedures; and 2) disclose any interest, relationships, positions, activities, jobs and transactions that should be subject to review. The designated senior manager or president then reviews and signs the disclosure, indicating whether any activity disclosed is approved or not. The director of human resources and secretary of the center are responsible for seeing that the policy is distributed and disclosures are submitted by all persons. Copies of the disclosures are kept for 10 years. Should a conflict be disclosed, the board member is recused from voting on the related action before the board of directors.”

“The process of determining compensation for the president & ceo includes the board of directors reviewing actual performance outcomes against written objectives and rating the president & ceo's performance. The human resources office provides to the board of directors comparability data from relevant sources such as worldatwork, guidestar salary surveys and other sources. The performance review and salary increase process is typically conducted at the fall meeting of the board of directors. Results of the board of directors actions are documented in a letter signed by the chair of the board of directors and directed to either the cfo or the human resources director. The most recent compensation review was performed on 11/17/2016.”

“The center makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“Subcontracts: program service expenses 5,735,502. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 27,442. Total expenses 5,762,944. Consultants: program service expenses 946,558. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 946,558. Contract services: program service expenses 726,368. Management and general expenses 54,798. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 781,166. Janitorial - field offices: program service expenses 30,049. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 30,049. Professional services - field offices: program service expenses 146,716. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 146,716. Ccn-field offices: program service expenses 267,040. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 267,040. Translation/program support: program service expenses 149,212. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 149,212. Recruiting: program service expenses 47,349. Management and general expenses 6,151. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 53,500.”