Larimer County Partners Inc.

“A draft of form 990 is reviewed by the chief executive and chief executive officers prior to the 990 being filed. A copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to filing.”

“Officers, directors, and committee members shall give the board of directors notice of such interest or give notice of such conflict of interest at the beginning of the discussion and thereafter refrain from discussing or voting on the particular transaction in which he or she has an interest or otherwise attempting to exert any influence on larimer county partners, inc. (partners mentoring youth), its board of directors, or its committees, to affect its decision to participate or not participate in such transactions. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made, and the abstention from discussion and voting on a particular transaction. Officers, directors, committee members and employees are required to sign a conflict of interest policy statement.”

“The executive director's compensation is approved by the executive committee, which is comprised of independent board members.”

“Compensation of other employees is based on salary comparisons for comparable positions in the local nonprofit sector.”

“All governing documents, copies of policies, tax returns, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Volunteers are vital to our organization and they enhance our ability to fulfill our mission. In fact, without our volunteers, we could not run our program effectively. Our organization utilizes volunteers in a variety of capacities including senior partners (mentors), activity volunteers, event committee members, board/advisory council members, interns and general event/office volunteers. They come from all walks of life and age groups. In 2014, 495 volunteers contributed 17,054 hours; valued at 384,568 (value of volunteer time per independentsector.org is 22.55/hr). Of that, 14,819 hours was volunteer time dedicated to supporting youth. The value of volunteer time is equivalent to over half our budget.”

“School based mentoring is the fastest growing type of mentoring program used nationally. We have partnered with the poudre school district to launch this mentoring program. The goal of the program is to provide youth with a positive mentoring relationship that will help them build personal assets and protective factors, leading to good choices and decreased negative behaviors. Specific focus is on academic success, decreased acceptance of interpersonal violence, delinquent behavior and acceptance of alcohol and drug use. In addition to 97,941 in grant funding, we rely on public funding through individual, corporate and foundation gifts to operate our mentoring program.”