Community Action Program Legal Services Inc.

“The organization amended its bylaws to state that the officers of the corporation must be directors of the corporation. Also, the bylaws now state that an officer may serve no more than six consecutive one-year terms in the same officer role. Upon completion of six consecutive terms in the same officer role, a board member will be ineligible to serve in that role for one year.”

“The organization distributes a copy of the 990 to all of the board members for review and comment before the tax return is filed.”

“Board members and key employees are asked annually to complete, sign and return conflict of interest disclosure forms. The forms include a statement of the policy and an acknowledgement that the individual will follow the policy. If there is a potential conflict situation, it is addressed at a board meeting.”

“The board of directors performs an independent written evaluation of the executive director. The board then votes on whether to approve a salary increase based on cost of living, merit and compensation paid by comparable organizations for comparable positions.”

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

“Eleanor evans, the executive director for the majority of the year worked approximately 18 hours per week for abcd, inc, an unrelated 501(c)(3) organization.”

“Caplaw has an agreement with action for boston community development, inc.(abcd), an unrelated 501(c)(3) exempt organization. Abcd employs attorneys and other help who spend all or a portion of their time on caplaw related matters and caplaw reimburses abcd for that time. All w-2s and related payroll tax returns are filed by abcd, under their tax identification number. Therefore, although caplaw is reporting amounts for salaries and related expenses, there are zero employees listed in part i line 5 and zero w-2's listed in part v line 2a.”