Community of Hope Inc.

“The board of directors reviewed and approved the form 990 prior to being filed with the service.”

“Coh requests annual disclosures of potential conflicts. The executive director and board chair review forms annually.”

“The board chairman performs the performance evaluation and negotiates compensation for the executive director, with the knowledge and approval of the board, as well as analysis of comparable compensation levels by the human resources manager. The source of comparison data for coh's executive compensation is salary.com and the national association of community health centers salary survey. A comparison study will occur at least every three to five years, and a merit-based increase not to exceed 5% per year may be applied in the years between the comparison study. Coh will set a ceiling of compensation at the 9th decile for comparable organizations by type and budget size. The last comparative study was in 2012. Board meeting minutes when the executive director's compensation is decided (normally at the december or january meeting) will include a) terms of the compensation and date it was approved, b) board members who were present when the compensation was discussed, c) verification that the amount is in compliance with the comparability data, and when the comparability study took place, d) any actions taken by a member of the board who had a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation determination (e.g. Recusal) the executive director is authorized to review and negotiate compensation for the management team. The finance committee will verify annually that executive compensation is in compliance with this policy and report any anomalies to the board.”

“Available upon request. Additionally business ethics posters detailing coh's policies are posted at each program location in a common area.”

“The finance committee oversees the audit and selection of the audit firm. The process has not changed from the prior year.”