Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement

“The executive committee currently consists of the board officers. Per the organization's bylaws: the executive committee shall consist of the officers. Additional at-large members of the board of directors may be added to the executive committee by resolution of the board. The executive committee shall exercise all powers of the board of directors between meetings of the board. All proceedings of the executive committee shall be presented to the board at its next meeting for inclusion in the official minutes of the board.”

“Cave's partner organizations are technically its members. The partner organizations elect the board members. The partner organizations also have to approve changes to the bylaws or the articles of incorporation there are three levels of partnership. All three have the same formal rights and responsibilities. The differences between the levels are about whether the partner organization focuses on the kind of base-building work that cave prioritizes and how involved the partner organization is with cave's core programs. Level 1 partners are eligible for grants from cave, but level 2 and level 3 partners generally are not. Bylaws, article iii. Membership organizations section 1. Membership. The corporation shall have members (member organizations, membership), referred to from this point forward as partners, partner organizations, and partnership. There shall initially be one class of partnership. The board of directors may, by resolution, establish additional classes of partner organizations and provide for eligibility requirements for partnership and rights and duties of partners. Section 15. Authority retained by the partners. Notwithstanding any terms or provisions of these bylaws to the contrary, neither the board of directors nor any staff of the corporation shall have authority to take any of the following actions without approval by the required proportion of the partners: a. Unless approved by a majority of the partners at a meeting at which a quorum is present, cause these bylaws to be amended to increase or decrease the quorum or vote required for any partner action; and b. Unless approved by two-thirds of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present, cause the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these bylaws to be amended in a manner terminating all partnerships or any class of partnerships.”

“The partner organizations each have one vote at the partner annual meeting to elect members of the board of directors.”

“At their annual meeting each year, the partner organizations approve updates to the partnership agreement. This agreement governs the levels of partnership and sets the policies for how partners interact with each other and cave. Each partner organization has one vote at the partner annual meeting.”

“The director of finance & operations reviews the form 990, in consultation with the co-executive directors. Prior to signing, the co-executive directors review the form, and the director of finance & operations provides a full copy to the finance committee of the board of directors for discussion at the monthly meeting. Board members receive a full copy of the 990 by email prior to filing.”

“No documents available to the public.”

“2024 is the first year the organization has completed a financial review with an independent accountant. The process for selecting and overseeing the independent accountant was established this year.”