National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

“The return was prepared by the outside accountants. A draft of the return was reviewed by the organization's senior management, audit committee and a volunteer tax attorney. Each director received a copy of the final form 990 before it was filed.”

“Nvlsp regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy by requiring each officer, director and key employee to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest declaration ("declaration"). The completed declarations are reviewed by the audit committee and or the executive director and are available for inspection by the board of directors and the officers of nvlsp and by such other persons as the executive director may deem appropriate. The audit committee is delegated to handle any conflicts involving a board member or the executive director. Any conflicts involving another officer or key employee is handled by the executive director. Nvlsp's personnel manual containing the organization's conflict of interest policy is distributed to all staff at time of hire. Staff also sign a conflict of interest disclosure statement on an annual basis. If there is a conflict disclosed, the board member or officer recuses him/herself from voting or influencing others on those matters. As new ideas or issues come up at board or committee meetings, individual members voluntarily disclose any potential conflicts of interest and discuss them with the group. The member or officer then recuses him/herself from that matter.”

“The compensation of the president is set annually by nvlsp's executive compensation committee ("ecc"). The ecc is composed of two members of the board, none of whom has a conflict of interest in determining the compensation of the president. The principal factors considered by the ecc in determining the president's compensation are: (a) the experience of the president in administering the affairs of nvlsp or comparable organization; (b) the expertise of the president in veterans law; (c) the range of compensation paid to similary qualified executives of other non profit organizations of similar size and budget in the washington, dc, geographic region, and (d) the quality of the president's job performance. The ecc reviews the president's compensation annually (typically in december) and sets his or her level of compensation for the coming year based on the foregoing considerations. Contemporaneous documentation memorializing the ecc's discussions and decisions is maintained. The last compensation review took place december 2024. The president determines the compensation for the other officers and key employees based on their performance and comparable salary data. The process is documented by a memo to the personnel files.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”