Sierra Service Project

“The 990 was distributed to the full board by e-mail for review prior to filing.”

“Annually at our fall board meeting, we have all members and staff review the conflict of interest policy, and list their potential conflicts.”

“The board's Personnel Committee has selected a target pay range for the Executive Director position based upon salaries paid for similar positions in similar organizations. Salaries for other positions have been reviewed by the board and the Executive Director by comparing them to similar positions in other Northern California nonprofit organizations.”

“All policies, governing documents, and financial statements are distributed to the board at our quarterly board meetings. Financial statements are also distributed and are reviewed via finance committee teleconferences. Any revisions to policies or documents are approved by the board and redistributed. Our annual audit and IRS 990 are available on our website at SierraServiceProject.org/Financial-Information. All documents can be made available upon request.”

“In November 2021 SSP became the fiscal sponsor of Del Paso Heights Growers' Alliance (DPHGA). SSP has partnered with DPHGA since 2015, connecting youth to learn and work at Root Cellar Community Garden. SSP staff performed bookkeeping, accounting, and fiscal functions to support DPHGA project activities, and in return received 10% of all revenue accepted on behalf of DPHGA.”

“We ceased our online program in order to resume our in-person programs.”

“These expenses are for general program costs, and are not able to be broken out into the different program categories.”

“Our financial statements were audited by an independent auditor at the end of February 2023. Our board of directors created an Audit Committee separate from the Finance Committee to review the results. Once the audit reports were complete they were distributed to all board members.”