Community Shares Utah

“The organization's executive director, board president, and finance committee chair review the 990 for completeness and accuracy prior to filing. In addition, the board of directors is provided a copy of the 990 prior to filing and are given an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback. The executive committee formally votes on whether or not to approve the 990 for filing.”

“The organization has a formal conflict of interest policy which requires employees and board members to avoid direct, indirect, actual or apparent conflicts of interest and to advise all appropriate parties of any potential conflict. If an employee who has a potential conflict of interest is requested by the organization to provide a good or perform a service, competetive bids will be sought. Board members are required to recuse themselves from any board vote from which they could potentially benefit.”

“In determining the executive director's compensation, the organization uses the utah nonprofit's association compensation and benefits report and other resources (through community shares usa and their affiliates) to determine a reasonable compensation level. The board of director's determined the compensation independent of the executive director and documented the process contemporaneously in board and executive committee meeting minutes.”

“The organization's governing documents are available upon request at the organization's office during business hours.”

“During 2015 community shares utah worked to establish and maintain workplace giving campaigns with employers in utah. A year of momentum has seen the organization grow. We successfully increased our member base by adding three new non-profit agencies to our membership in 2015. We continue to increase our charitable workplace giving campaigns by focusing our efforts on the private business sector. The organization worked with community shares/usa and other organizations to identify and share tools to improve organizational efficiency and strategy with member agencies. The organization also provided learning activities for member agencies to improve organizational efficiency.”

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