Houston Marathon Committee

“The full board of the Houston Marathon Committee meets on a bi-monthly basis. The three member executive committee meets monthly. Minutes are kept for the executive committee and distributed to the full board. All decisions made by the executive committee are reviewed by the full board at the next board meeting.”

“The Executive Director, Director of Legal Affairs, and Treasurer review the return prior to filing.”

“The Houston Marathon Committee provides a handbook to each employee which contains information about the organization's conflict of interest policy and asks them to read it thoroughly. Employees are required to sign to acknowledge receipt of the handbooks. This process is repeated when updates are made to the handbook. When persons join the Board of Directors, they are also required to sign and to disclose any of their conflicts.”

“The Houston Marathon Committee has an Executive Director. His compensation is set by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors. This four-person committee annually reviews the budget and the economic and business conditions of the Houston area and makes a compensation recommendation to the full Board for the Executive Director. The Board of Directors votes on the recommendation. Compensation for all other employees is also set by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors based on recommendations of the Houston Marathon Committee's Executive Director. This is done during the annual budget process.”

“Required documents and financial statements are available at the Houston Marathon Committee's offices for public inquiries.”

“All employees are leased from Paychex. HMC has reported the amounts paid to Paychex on the appropriate expense lines (e.g. salaries, payroll taxes, etc.) in accordance with the 990 instructions and for transparency.”