Sierra Nevada Alliance

“The tax return is prepared by an outside accounting firm. After completion of said returns, the organization is sent a draft of the tax returns to be reviewed and examined. The organization makes copies of the returns and distributes to those individuals charged with governance. Those individuals at that time can review and if applicable discuss any line items in the return with the accountant who has prepared the return. If all items are found to be acceptable, an affidavit is signed to authorize the outside accounting firm to process, sign and provide copies of the returns to be filed with the designated governmental agencies. Before the tax returns are filed, a final tax return copy is forwarded to all Board members. The tax returns are then signed by the organization, stamped with certified return receipt and timely placed in the mail for filing.”

“The Board of Directors self-enforces their conflict of interest policy and the Executive Director enforces the conflict of interest policy with all employees.”

“The Personnel Committee conducts an Annual Review of the Executive Director (the only key employee). At the beginning of the performance year the Executive Director and Personnel Committee establish performance objectives. At the end of the fiscal year two Personnel Committee members sit down with the Executive Director to review performance and the Committee provides a review to the Director. If merited, the Personnel Committee can advise the Board of Directors to raise the salary or compensation of the Executive Director. The Committee provides the Board of Directors with a salary survey of Sierra or California non-profits for Executive Directors at the time they provide a recommendation for increase in salary or benefits in order to inform the full board's decision.”

“Governing documents are available for public inspection at the principal place of business.The conflict of interest policy and the organization's financial statements are available upon request”