Santa Fe Botanical Garden

“A discussion draft is reviewed initially by the executive director, followed by the finance committee. Provided there are no changes, it is presented (and distributed) to the board of directors at their next scheduled meeting.”

“A conflict of interest inquiry is distributed to the executive committee of the board of directors annually and monitored by the executive committee.”

“The board's governance committee is responsible for human resources (hr) oversight. The process for the ceo in 2014 was that the ceo established personal goals for the year. The ceo prepared a self-evaluation report and sent it to the hr committee. The hr committee then met with the ceo to discuss his self-evaluation, their feedback on his performance, and to agree with the ceo on specific goals for next year (2015). The committee then responded with a proposed salary for 2015. The board also established a budget of 3% of total compensation across the organization's staff that would be used to provide performance bonuses and salary adjustments to the staff, including the ceo. The organization maintains a complete paper trail of the use of the 3% pool, performance appraisals by individuals, and salary/performance adjustments. The process was also applied to the managing director and the other staff, with the ceo taking the role of the hr committee in the above description.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policies and financial statements are available upon request.”

“After fourteen years of providing programs at the ortiz mountain educational preserve, the botanical garden's board of directors voted to discontinue these offerings on wilderness property owned by santa fe county. Growing concerns about safe access for the public and possible liability for the organization, volunteers, and participants have culminated in this decision. The decision was announced in may 2015 and was enacted immediately. In january 2015 sfbg received a significant three-year grant to provide additional children's education programming. In july 2015 the organization received a second significant three-year grant from a second foundation, also to provide funding for our children's education programs. As a result, our program expenditures in children's education have begun to grow and this particular programming will continue to be a significant part of our operation.”