Community Information Now

“Cinow's board of directors participated actively in the preparation of the information provided on form 990. The board reviewed the form 990, and voted to authorize submission of the return.”

“The board of directors of community information now adopted a written conflict of interest policy in february 2017. The policy requires annual statements as follows:1. Each director,principal officer and member of a committee with board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person:a. Has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy,b. Has read and understands the policy,c. Has agreed to comply with the policy, andd. Understands cinow is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activites which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.2. Each voting member of the board shall annually sign a statement which declares whether such person is an independent director.3. If at any time during the year, the information in the annual statement changes materially, the director shall disclose such changes and revise the annual disclosure form.4. The executive committee shall regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with this policy by reviewing annual statements and taking such other actions as are necessary for effective oversight.”

“Community information now is staffed entirely by contract. Uthealth houston determines salary ranges for specific positions, sets the salary when a position is offered to a new employee, and reviews compensation levels for equity among employees and competitiveness with comparable institutions. Uthealth houston approves compensation and follows the policy outlined on their website at https://www.uth.edu/hr/department/compensation/:"the compensation services team collaborates with university business partners to achieve the university's mission by providing compensation that is equitable and competitive in order to:* ensure that jobs and salaries are within the organization have equitable relationships to one another based on a comparability of duties, complexity and scope of responsibility.* remain in compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations, as well as university policies and procedures.* maintain external competitiveness with comparable peer higher education, research, and other health care institutions, while considering the impact of internal equity, within the boundaries of financial feasibility.* provide compensation that is fair and non-discriminatory."community information now's board of directors also indirectly controls compensation levels through the personnel contracting process. The personnel contract, amended twice per calendar year to add funds to extend the master contract term by six months, is reviewed and approved by the board in advance of execution as documented in writing in meeting minutes. The designated community information now signatory to that contract is the chair of the board of directors, not the executive director whose time is included in that contract.should either uthealth houston or the core staff contracted through uthealth houston, including the executive director, fail to perform to the board's satisfaction, the board may choose to contract core staffing through another organization or employ some or all staff directly by cinow. The terms of the uthealth houston contract provide for termination by either party with 30 days of prior written notice.”

“Procedure described in part vi, 15 a”

“Community information now makes its 990's available to the public on their website and makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and other financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“History of community information now:community information now was unincorporated from its founding in the late 1990s until mid-2016, and federal tax-exempt status was secured in may 2017. From its founding until july 2017, cinow operated under the fiscal agency of the united way of san antonio and bexar county. Because it was unincorporated, cinow was staffed entirely by contract, and its core staffing, including the executive director, was contracted to the uthealth houston school of public health in san antonio starting in 2008. The staffing partnership works well and has continued since cinow's incorporation as a nonprofit and receipt of tax-exempt status.compensation of executive director:the contracted executive director reports directly to and is annually evaluated by cinow's board of directors. The board of directors oversees the contract between cinow and uthealth houston, which is extended over time via semi-annual contract amendments which must be approved by the board in advance of execution. The contract can be terminated with 30 days of prior written notice. Thus the board maintains the same degree of control that it would were the executive director an employee of cinow, and the executive director directly supervises other cinow staff housed at the uthealth houston school of public health in san antonio.”