Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance

“FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINES 6 AND 7 As part of its program activities, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance ("MDHA") is a membership organization whose membership is composed of individuals and organizations which are concerned about the Homeless issue in Dallas and Collin Counties. MDHA Members include: Non-Profit Organizations Homeless Citizens Units of Government Faith-Based Organizations Businesses Individuals The members form the Continuum of Care Assembly that guide policies and procedures for Continuum of Care assistance and provides an annual review of MDHA in its role as Collaborative Applicant of the Continuum of Care Consolidated Application and as the HMIS Administrator. The Chair and Vice Chair of the CoC Assembly serve on the MDHA Board of Directors. The MDHA Board of Directors are elected from nominations made by the Governance and Nominating Committee.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11b Outside tax advisors work with THE CFO to prepare THE Form 990, which is reviewed by the CEO. The Form 990 is also provided to all members of the Board of Directors.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12(c) the organization's conflict of interest policy is included in both the by-laws and the separate code of conduct and ethics. Board members and staff are requested periodically to acknowledge in writing having received, read and understood the code of conduct and ethics, as well as to fill out and submit a disclosure questionnaire disclosing any conflicts.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINEs 15(A) & 15(B) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO. ANNUALLY, THE COMMITTEE CONSULTS SALARY SURVEYS AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONDUCTS A REVIEW OF THE CEO'S PERFORMANCE. BOTH THE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION INFORMATION AND THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S COMPENSATION. THE COMPENSATION OF KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT/CEO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL, BASED ON SALARY SURVEYS AND OTHER RESEARCH ON COMPENSATION FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. THE PRESIDENT/CEO REPORTS THESE COMPENSATION LEVELS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, AND THEY ARE APPROVED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19 the governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Copies of the organization's form 990 are also available upon request, as well as through outside websites such as guidestar.org.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b bridge steps, llc, prior to deconsolidation, and mdha pebbles, llc are disregarded entities with respect to metro dallas homeless alliance ("mdha"). Bridge steps, llc and mdha pebbles, llc have not specifically adopted a conflict of interest, whistleblower or document retention and desctruction policy. However, since mdha is the sole member of bridge steps, llc and mdha pebbles, llc and the three entities share common officers, policies of mdha are considered to be effective for bridge steps, llc. And mdha pebbles, llc.”