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 approximately 600 volunteers per year 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 2016, volunteers contributed 12,477 hours valued at 323,903 (value of 2016 volunteer time in colorado, per independentsector.org is 25.96/hr), most of which was volunteer time dedicated to supporting youth.”

“The specific objectives of the long-term, mentoring relationships is to: promote positive youth development, increase self-esteems and self- confidence, prevent alcohol and drug use, prevent juvenile delinquency, provide support for abuse/neglect victims, and enhance school bonding and academic performance. Partners operates the only one-to-one mentoring program in northern colorado that provides supported relationships based on mentoring best practices and evidence based evaluation data. Our unique mentoring structure of intensive case management, significant duration, focused education and structured activities provides the necessary foundation to ensure the development of supportive mentoring "partnerships". Our community based and school based mentoring programs support senior partner's (adults) and junior partner's (youth) in mentoring relationships. Our programs are a minimum of one year and one academic year respectively. We have offices in fort collins, greeley and estes park. We are an affiliate of the statewide partners mentoring association, and an affiliate member of mentor colorado. In addition to grant funding, we rely on public funding through individual, corporate and foundation gifts to operate our mentoring program.”

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