The Junior League of Charlotte Inc

“The jlc has 3 categories of membership. Provisional members are those members who meet the requirements for eligibility as specified in the bylaws of the jlc and who are engaged in training established by the jlc to prepare them for effective community and jlc involment. Active members are those members who have completed provisional training and who justify active membership by demonstrating volunteer services to their community and the jlc as defined by the jlc. Sustaining members are those members who have fulfilled the minimum service or age and service active membership requirements as defined by jlc policies and who continue to support the jlc and the community.”

“The active members for the jlc elected the board members.”

“The active members must vote to approve a change in dues requirements, the project dollars and placements for each year, the operating budget and any new fundraising activities that require more than $1000 in funding. The active members must also vote to approve any single non-budgeted item in the operating budget exceeding $20,000, and any single non-budgeted item the pp&e budget exceeding $20,000.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the audit sub-committee and the finance committee. A copy of the 990 is provided to the entire board and is presented to the board by the cfo for their review”

“Any board member who is associated with an existing or potential partner with the league must identify themselves in any meeting prior to discussion. An association is defined as ( 1) employment and (2) member of the board. A potential partner is defined as ( 1) new or old project, (2) new or old placement, (3) persons applying for employment and ( 4) businesses bidding for contracts. If a conflict of interest is determined, then that board member must remove herself from any deliberations and vote”

“The organization uses comparability data (from forms 990 of other similar organizations and from compensation studies) to determine the salaries of the executive director, controller and other employees . The compensation is then determined and approved by the jlc staff committee, which is comprised of the president, president-elect, chief financial officer and the executive director. After an annual review of each employee, the comparability data written documentation of the approval of the compensation and the data used to determine the compensation is kept in the permanent records.”

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