Foundation for Human Enrichment DBA Somatic Experiencing Intl

“The organization's 990 is reviewed by the Board of Directors Finance committee and CFO before it is filed with the IRS.”

“All Officers, directors and key employees are required annually to complete a disclosure form that affirms the officer, director or key employee will disclose any conflicts of interest to the board of directors and the foundation as soon as the conflict is identified. THE DISCLOSURE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CFO. The interested person will not vote on any action that is related to the conflict. The minutes of board meetings will document the nature of the disclosure, the Board's proceeding to evaluate potential conflict, and the fact that the interested person did not vote on such matter.”

“The FHE board of directors contacted at least one outside, independent compensation consulting firm in their desire to exercise "due diligence" regarding the issue of compensating the board members for their extensive work acting as the Executive Director Committee. The consultants reported that many boards of directors were in fact compensated, including various not-for-profit boards. The amounts reported as acceptable compensation by the compensation consultants covered a range of compensation, comparable to what a non-profit Executive Director would be paid by an organization of similar size, geographic location, as well as the type of services and programs offered. In the case of FHE, past Executive Directors were paid approximately $120,000 annually. Therefore, from the information given them from the compensation consultants the FHE board of directors established the legitimacy of being compensated, as well as an acceptable total amount of compensation to be allocated among the board members, based on their level of involvement and their time undertaking the executive director responsibilities. The Executive Director Committee of the FHE board of directors was established as a short-term experiment involving FHE management and the board of directors, working together to function as a collective and collaborative committee to manage the affairs of the organization , and to establish new initiatives to expand the offerings of the Somatic Experiencing Technique world-wide, and to better realize the potential and mission of the organization. The function of the board of directors Executive Director Committee was to be differentiated from the normal board of directors' functions involving governance, policy-setting, vision and strategy, organization goals, fiduciary responsibilities, as well as monitoring and control. The Executive Director Committee, in collaboration with the various organization managers was to function as an Executive Director and assume the duties and tasks of an Executive Director. The history of Executive Director failures at FHE over the previous eleven years gave rise to attempting a different approach, one that would blend the FHE management and the Executive Director Committee as a short-term experiment to solve the problem of finding and retaining a stable Executive Director, as well as utilizing current management organization knowledge to "try something different".”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to members of the public upon request.”