Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley

“Executive director. The board of directors evaluates the executive director of the project annually. A salary survey of similar organizations is used to benchmark compensation for the executive director position using legal services studies and any other relevant studies. The compensation is approved by majority vote during the board meeting.”

“The process the organization uses to review the form 990 is distributed by email to all board members for review and comment prior to submission. Any questions arising during this review process are resolved prior to filing.”

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“On an annual basis, all board members are provided a copy of the policy and the related annual conflict of interest disclosure statement (the "disclosure statement"). This disclosure statement must be completed and returned to the president of the board each year for review by the board. Should a member of the board be the subject of a possible conflict of interest, that member will excuse himself or herself from the room during board discussion and any voting regarding that conflict. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect this abstention. All conflict of interest or "interest person" disclosures shall be treated as confidential and disclosed to others only to the extent necessary for review and resolution. All new board members must complete the disclosure statement prior to assuming their duties for the project.”

“Upon request, the organization's by-laws, conflict of interest policy and financial statements can be inspected at the offices and copied at the requestor's expense or the organization will email them to the requesting party.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 64,761. Management and general expenses 1,531. Fundraising expenses 3,573. Total expenses 69,865.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight process from the prior year, nor has it changed its independent accountant selection process from the prior year.”