The Mary Parrish Center

“The board chair is an employee of vanderbilt university. The chancellor of vanderbilt is also on the board.additionally, four other board members are students of vanderbilt univesity.”

“The organization restated its bylaws more clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of the board members and creating the following committees: executive committee, finance committee, development committee, governance committee& advisory committee. The revised bylaws also incorporated a revised conflict of interest policy and written whistleblower policy and created defined terms for board, officer and committee members.”

“Copy of draft 990 was provided at board meeting. Adjustments were made and revised 990 was provided to executive committee for review and then full board for approval.”

“The bylaws require and the board monitors annually and all directors and key employees are required to sign annual conflict of interest statements and compliance with those agreements are monitored by the board of directors.”

“The compensation for all key employees, officers and the executive director is decided by the board of directors. The board performs market research and an assessment of the needed skills, knowledge and experience and the market rate for those skills, knowledge and experience when making compensation decisions.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b: treasurer prepares the form 990 and holds it until the audit is completed & the executive committee approves. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c: the board adopted a conflict of interest policy in 2011 and this policy is monitored by the board and the executive committee. Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19: the organization provides access to governing documents or financial statements upon request to the public.”