Louisiana Public Health Institute

“The review of form 990 is scheduled at a quarterly board meeting. The independent board will review and approve form 990 before it is submitted to the internal revenue service. If the form 990 is due before the next scheduled board meeting, then a meeting is scheduled with the audit and finance committee. This committee will review and approve the form 990 prior to signatures and submission.”

“To ensure that the organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes, the organization performs periodic reviews of the conflict of interest policy. Board members sign a conflict of interest form annually. The ceo and cfo review this to ensure no areas of concern. In addition, any conflicts of interest are discussed annually in the audit report and disclosed as applicable.”

“Lphi has a compensation committee which reviews the compensation information. Lphi evaluates each job within the organization and analyzes the relative worth compared to other jobs within the organization. The resulting classification of the job determines its relative pay position in the organization's structure. Job evaluation compares jobs to ensure that positions within similar levels of complexity and responsibility, requiring similar levels of experience, are classified in the same grade in order to maintain pay equity in lphi. Through this job evaluation process, lphi ensures employee salaries are equitable relative to each other as well as competitive with the market. All employee classifications and compensation schedules shall be set by the ceo in accordance with the board approved compensation structure. The independent board of directors shall determine compensation and terms and conditions of employment for the ceo using comparability data. The independent board of directors will also ensure that the compensation structure, including salary grades and classifications, is analyzed by ceo,finance director(s), and hr director on an annual basis. All deliberation and decisions are maintained by compensation committee of the board.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 223. Management and general expenses 50,735. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 50,958. Contract personnel: program service expenses 4,356,011. Management and general expenses 147,359. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,503,370. Student interns: program service expenses 3,238. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,238.”

“This process has not changed from prior years.”