Arcadia-Desoto County Habitat for Humanity Incorporated

“The board of directors reviews the 990 and approves it for filing.”

“Policy on conflicts of interest a. Conflicts of interest: a direct or indirect personal gain for you or for an immediate family member as a result of habitat for humanity's ministry. Habitat for humanity defines "immediate family" as your spouse, parent, legal guardian, child, or sibling, your mother-in-law or father-in-law, your spouse's child or sibling, your son-in-law or daughter-in-law, or your grandparents and grandchildren. If you have any influence on, or interest in, transactions involving purchases, contracts, or leases by habitat for humanity, you must disclose this conflict of interest as soon as possible to your immediate supervisor and the board of directors. This will ensure that safeguards can be established to protect all parties. The possibility of direct or indirect personal gain occurs where you or your relative has a significant ownership in a firm with which habitat for humanity does business. Under no circumstances may you, an immediate family member, your business partner or any business in which you have a financial interest solicit or receive any kickback, bribe, favors,anything with monetary value in excess of 25 or special consideration from any person having business dealings involving habitat for humanity without express written consent of habitat for humanity. If you, an immediate family member, your business partner or any business in which you have a financial interest receives an unsolicited gift with a monetary value in excess of 25, you should contact your supervisor, the executive director or the president of the board immediately. Any such gifts is the property of habitat for humanity. You have an obligation to conduct business within guidelines that prevent actual or potential conflicts of interest. This policy establishes only the framwork within which habitat for humanity wishes its ministry to operate. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide general direction so that you can seek further clarification on issues related to conflicts ofinterest. B. Annual disclosure: directors, officers and staff shall disclose in writing to the board of directors any person to whom they are closely related or any organization with which they are affiliated who or which presently transacts business with the corporation or related entity or might reasonably be expected to do so in the future. Each disclosure shall be updated and resubmitted to the secretary of the board on an annual basis. An affiliation with an organization will be considered to exist when a director, officer, staff person or a member of his or her immediate family or close relative is an officer, director, trustee, partner, employee, or agent of the organization, or owns five percent of the voting stock or controlling interest in the organization, or has any other substantial interest or dealings with any organization transacting business with arcadia desoto county habitat for humanity, inc. ("habitat"). C. Transactions with habitat: (i) types of transactions a director, officer or staff person may have a conflict of interest when he or she or a related person (i.e., a relative by blood or marriage) has a direct or indirect financial or beneficial interest in a transaction involving habitat. The conflict arises when the direct or indirect interest would reasonably be expected to influence a director's or officer's judgement in any matter concerning habitat. A director, officer or staff person has a financial or beneficial interest when he or she or a related person: is a director, officer, general partner, agent or employee of an entity (other than habitat) transacting business with habitat. Controls one or more entities described above; or has a business relationship (i.e., as a general partner, principal, or employer) with a person transacting business with habitat. (ii) duties of directors: in addition to the annual disclosure, a director or officer is required (as a matter of law and of policy) to disclose to the board of dire”

“Salaried annual. Agreed by executive comm. Bod after review annually.”

“The governing documents of the organization are made available to the public upon request.”

“Our mission habitat for humanity works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can live and grow into all that god intended. Our goal to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth by constructing and building adequate and basic housing. Furthermore, all of our words and actions are for the ultimate purpose of raising awareness in such a powerful way that poverty housing and homelessness become socially, politically, and religiously unacceptable in our country and throughout the world. Objectives: 1) demonstrate the love and teachings of jesus christ 2) advocate on behalf of those in need of decent shelter 3) focus on shelter by building and renovating simple, decent, affordable houses 4) engage broad community through inclusive leadership and diverse partnerships 5) promote dignity through full partnership with habitat homeowners and future home partners 6) promote transformational and sustainable community development”