Collaborative Solutions For

“The form 990 is reviewed internally by the executive team and the board before it is filed.”

“Board members and key employees are required to disclose potential or actual conflicts of interest annually. Board members that disclose any potential or actual conflict of interest will be prohibited from voting on matters relating to the area of actual or potential conflict of interest. Key employees with actual or potential conflicts of interest will not be put in charge of or have decision making authority in areas within the actual or potential conflict of interest. Any board member or employee (at all levels) found to have a conflict of interest with overarching effects on the organization's mission, vision and/or assets will be asked to resign. Failure to resign will result in termination of employment. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 13: a.whistleblower policy to help ensure that collaborative solutions for communities (csc) complies with the highest standards of financial reporting and lawful and ethical behavior, the finance committee recommends, and the board establishes the following procedure for reporting illegal or unethical conduct in connection with the organization's finances or other aspects of its operation. Should any person know of or have a reasonable belief that persons associated with csc plan to engage or have engaged in illegal or unethical conduct in connection with finances or other aspects of csc operations, that person should immediately file a complaint with the executive director. Employees of csc may file a complaint on a confidential, anonymous basis. If the complaint concerns the executive director, then the complainant should notify the treasurer instead. Issues arising under csc policy, including the policy against harassment, employee benefit policies, and issues generally handled by individuals responsible for csc personnel practices are not covered by this policy. Mechanisms for resolving such issues are addressed in the csc personnel manual. The executive director or treasurer will report all complaints to the chair of the executive committee, or if the chair is the subject of the complaint, to another member of the committee prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting. The report will include a copy of the complaint, its date, nature and source (unless the complainant had requested confidentiality, how it was communicated, whether the executive director or treasurer regards the complaint as credible, and proposals to address it. Csc will take appropriate action in response to any complaints, including, but not limited to, disciplinary action up to and including termination against any person who in csc's assessment has engaged in misconduct and reporting such misconduct to the relevant criminal authorities as required by law. Csc will not knowingly, with the intent of retaliation, take any harmful action to any person, including interference with lawful employment or livelihood, for reporting a complaint in good faith pursuant to this policy. Likewise, there will be no punishment or other retaliation for providing information regarding a complaint in good faith to, or otherwise. Assisting in any investigation regarding the complaint. An individual who deliberately or maliciously provides false information may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. B.record retention & destruction policy as stewards of both federal and public funding, it is imperative that the collaborative solutions for communities' (csc) records be preserved to: (1) support our operations, (2) remain in compliance with federal and state laws and (3) demonstrate our ongoing qualification for non-profit status. Each fiscal year, the performance and accounting records are cataloged and prepared for off-site storage. Files and documents that are more than two years old are indexed and placed in corrugated boxes for off-site storage. All boxes are stored in a nearby facility that permits designated csc staff easy access to the documents when they are needed. Currently, csc's accounting and”

“C. Determination of executive and key employee compensation the executive director's compensation is determined by a committee of the board that compares the roles of executive directors of other non-profit organizations including other collaboratives. Key employees' salaries are based off amounts reimbursable by funders as well as the organizations' pay scale and on published sources on industry salary levels including job boards.”

“The above documents are available to the public upon request: governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and finaicial statements”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 50,981. Management and general expenses 23,254. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 74,235. Contractors: program service expenses 2,577,717. Management and general expenses 107,095. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,684,812.”