St. John Center Inc.

“The board reviews the form 990 prior to submission to the irs each year. The review process may take place at a board meeting, if schedules permit, or on an individual basis. If the review takes place outside a board meeting, the process is as follows: form 990 is emailed and/or mailed to each of the board members. Board members are encouraged to submit questions to the board treasurer. Each member is asked to send notice to the executive director that she/he has received and reviewed the form 990. Once any questions are answered, concerns addressed, and a majority of board members have confirmed receipt and review, the form 990 is submitted to the irs.”

“Annual disclosure of conflict of interest: before signing a contract with louisville metro government for any grant agreement, the agency is asked to disclose any relationship with an employee of city government. Management asks all board members to complete a disclosure form annually. Monitoring and enforcing the conflict of interest policy: when recruiting potential new board members, the executive committee and board development committee discuss potential conflicts of interest. Concerns are addressed with the candidate and clear expectations for the business relationship are established. It is the policy of the agency to prohibit its employees from engaging in any activity, practice, or conduct which conflicts with, or appears to conflict with, the interests of the agency, its clients, or its funders. Since it is impossible to describe all of the situations that may cause or give the appearance of a conflict of interest, the prohibitions included in this policy are not intended to be exhaustive and include only some of the more clear-cut examples. Conflicts of interest may arise from the solicitation or acceptance of gifts or gratuities by employees for their personal benefit in excess of a minimal value. An actual or potential conflict of interest occurs when an employee is in a position to influence a decision by the agency that may result in a personal gain for that employee or for a relative or friend. A conflict will not be presumed by the mere existence of a relationship with outside agencies. However, if an employee has any influence over transactions involving purchases, contracts, or leases, it is imperative that he or she disclose such influence to the executive director immediately so that safeguards can be established to protect all parties.”

“In preparation for the fye21 budget, and in accordance with agency guidelines, st. John center's executive and finance committees, serving as the compensation committee, conducted a compensation review and comparative. Fifteen distinct positions were evaluated. Compensation data was collected from: - conversations with hr professionals from a sampling of agencies in louisville that share a mission and perform similar work - conversations with hr professionals from a sampling of agencies in louisville that have a similar size budget - a national database, with data segmented by geographic region, size of budget, and field of work. A compensation expert who serves on st. John centers finance committee evaluated the data and provided analysis and recommendations to finance committee and executive committee. Based on these recommendations, mid-year salary adjustments were made for two employees and higher than average merit increases were performed for another two employees at the new fiscal year.”

“The documents are available in the director's office and made available should a donor, volunteer, staff or interested party request them.”