National Coalition for the Homeless

“Nch has organizational, individual and at-large members. At-large members shall be individual members of nch who have been voted by individual members to represent them at annual meeting of members. They have the same voting rights as organizational members.”

“Organizational members: inform and approve the long-term organizational goals and objectives of nch; and elect the board of directors.”

“In accordance with the financial policies of the organization, a draft form 990 was presented to the finance committee of the board. The finance committee then reviewed and presented a copy of the completed form 990 to the board of directors for final review and approval. Upon approval of board, the form 990 was submitted to the irs.”

“Staff: the organization monitors and enforces its conflict of interest policy by: providing to each staff, at the time of hire, a copy of the national coalition for the homeless personnel policies and procedures - including article iii: conflict of interest; requiring each staff, at the time of hire, to read, discuss with a supervisor and sign an article iii: conflict of interest statement; conducting periodic annual reviews by the executive director and with senior management of all staff for compliance with conflict of interest policies; and providing annual guidance by the executive director and with senior management of all staff on whom activities constitute a conflict of interest and reviewing the procedures to avoid such conflicts. The organization takes immediate and appropriate actions if a conflict of interest arises including: informing and requiring relevant staff to cease any and all activities that constitute a conflict of interest; conducting an inquiry by the executive director and with senior management of the conflict; and, executing the process of progressive discipline up to and possibly including termination by the executive director and with senior management upon staff involved in the conflict. Board: all board members annually receive a copy of the conflict of interest policy and sign the agreement before becoming a voting member of the board. Directors must, in good faith, disclose any conflict of interest during board or committee meetings. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the directors or of a committee thereof, which authorizes the contract, action, or transaction. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the conflicted person was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. Where there is doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter is resolved by a vote of the board of directors (or its committee), excluding the person concerning whose situation the doubt has arisen.”

“In the process of determining the compensation of the executive director of the organization, the board of directors evaluated the publicly reported salaries of the executive directors of our partner organizations, including the national alliance to end homelessness and the national law center on homelessness and poverty. The board of directors agreed upon compensation that was comparable to these partner organizations based on nch's budget projections. The board's deliberation regarding these matters is contemporaneously substantiated. The last compensation review took place in july 2022.”

“Nch's organizational governance documents are not regularly offered for public viewing. Audit documents and the organization's conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Compensation for ms. Rajni shankar-brown, who serves as board president, is for contract work, and not for her services on the board.”

“Contractors: program service expenses 163,382. Management and general expenses 9,714. Fundraising expenses 12,881. Total expenses 185,977. Operational consultants: program service expenses 176,921. Management and general expenses 10,518. Fundraising expenses 13,949. Total expenses 201,388.”