Valley Settlement

“Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a formal meeting if the action taken is set forth in writing. All directors must set forth in writing that they waive the required meeting notice and whether they vote for, against, or abstain from voting on the action. The number of affirmative votes must equal the required number of affirmative votes if all directors had been present at the meeting. Minutes setting forth the action taken and the votes of the directors shall be kept within the corporation's minutes.”

“The organization gives a copy of the 990 to each board member and they review it before it is filed.”

“The valley settlement executive director, all board members and any sub-committee member of the board are covered under this policy. They are required to sign an affirmation of conflict of interest policy on an annual basis per the policy. The policy for valley settlement went into effect in october 2016. Once a conflict of interest is disclosed, the remaining board members will discuss the determination of conflict of interest and vote upon.”

“The organization compares salaries paid to its executive director with national and local salary surveys, determining that salary payments are on par to survey averages. The board of directors does an annual performance review of the executive director and receives feedback from the leadership team as part of this review. No other officers or key employees are compensated by the organization.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, policies and finanical statements available to the public upon request.”

“Consulting & other professional fees: program service expenses 167,513. Management and general expenses 55,217. Fundraising expenses 1,553. Total expenses 224,283. Family educators: program service expenses 201,907. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 201,907. Alma: program service expenses 63,469. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 63,469. Lifelong learning: program service expenses 85,673. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 85,673. Parent mentors: program service expenses 54,263. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 54,263. Ffn visitors: program service expenses 92,310. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 92,310.”