New Vistas

“The 990 is reviewed initially by the Executive Director and the Administrative Director for accuracy and completeness. The return is then emailed as a pdf to each Board member who is then given the opportunity to comment on the return. The Administrative Director then obtains the approval of each Board member, and the return is then signed and filed after all approvals have been obtained.”

“New Vistas reviews the potential for conflicts of interest per policy at Board meetings every other month and at management meetings each month. Discussion and disclosure of conflict of interest would appear in the minutes of the Board meeting and meeting notes from the management team meeting. If no conflict of interest was determined, then that, too, would be documented in the same way.”

“New Vistas establishes wages through a process that considers the education and experience qualifications for each job position described in the job position., the current average market wage for the position, and New Vistas ability to pay market value based on revenue sources. The New Vistas Executive Director and Human Resources Manager review market surveys that relate to all New Vistas paid positions, New Vistas reserves the right to lead, lag or match wages compared to the market survey average wage for any of its paid positions. The Board establishes the wage for the Executive Director.”

“New Vistas is a private 501c3 nonprofit and community-based organization. By virtue of the fact that its Board of Directors is comprised of community members who are entrusted with the governing documents, conflicts of interest, and financial statements, this is in great part its most readily available disclosureto the public. New Vistas discloses its financial situation and governace via the 990, which is posted on the New Mexico Attorney Generals website and onsite for public viewing. New Vistas posts its annual Federal 704 report in its website.”

“Other fees therapists 778,847, other providers 76,568”