Compass Housing Alliance

“A member shall be any church that (a) supports the mission of building safe and nurturing communities that recognize the right to affordable housing, the importance of self-determination, the value of mutual respect, and (b) commits to support the corporation financially and in other ways. Churches may apply for membership in the corporation at any time. Members may have such other qualifications as the board may prescribe by amendment to these bylaws.”

“Each member is entitled to designate one (1) representative to serve as its delegate to cast its vote on matters for which such member is entitled to vote (each such person, a "delegate"). Except for the sole right to elect directors, members shall have no other voting rights, including, without limitation, no voting rights to (a) amend the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws or (b) approve mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, reorganizations or liquidations or sales, leases, exchanges or other dispositions of assets.”

“The form 990 is reviewed in detail by the executive director and finance director prior to filing. The board also receives a copy of the return prior to filing with the irs.”

“Board members and employees are required to disclose anything that may give rise to a conflict of interest annually. The development assistant reviews the disclosures and would determine if a conflict exists and should be reviewed. If a conflict is found, it is reviewed by the senior manager who determines how to move forward. If a board member has a conflict of interest, the member must recuse him/herself from voting and discussion.”

“The executive director's compensation is determined by the executive committee, a sub-committee of the board of directors, who consider compensation data and the succession planning needs of the organization to make their decision. The finance director's salary is determined by the executive director, who considers compensation data in the united way compensation survey and the salary structure within the organization. The date of the last compensation review was december of 2018.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Christopher ross was compensated for his position as chief operating officer, not for his 2-month role as a voting board member.”

“1,410 volunteers participate in group service projects including property improvement (e.g. Landscaping, deep cleaning), community-building activities (holiday celebrations, classes/trainings), meal service, mail organization, one-on-one tutoring, supportive resource distributions, administrative support, and basic needs item collection, organization, and distributions, board service, and committee service. These numbers were calculated using volunteer applications records, volunteer sign-in logs, scheduling records, and more.”

“During the course of 2018 compass housing alliance exited the road to housing program (case management outreach for people living in their vehicles) and most of our community transitional housing program. These decisions were guided, in large part, by funder priorities that were shifting resources towards permanent housing programs.”