Hopelink

“The finance committee, in conjunction with the cfo and controller, reviewed the 990 prior to filing. The 990 was distributed to the entire board before filing.”

“Each of the board members signs a statement at the beginning of each year stating that they have read the policy and have no conflict of interest or if they do have a conflict of interest they state what that is. They are made aware that this is an ongoing requirement and if a conflict arises they are to notify the board chairman. If they have a conflict they are recused from voting and their conflict is disclosed to the other board members. In some cases they are recused from the discussion regarding the subject.”

“Hopelink's executive committee, consisting of outside directors who are independent of hopelink, determined the ceo's compensation. The decision was based on comparability data from the puget sound business journal published nonprofit salaries, compensation connections market salary survey, and other cap agency ceo salary information. The data from these sources was discussed and considered as was public and internal perceptions of ceo's salary levels by donors, staff, the board and the public at large. Based on this discussion, and by unanimous decision of the executive committee, the ceo's compensation was determined. The executive committee documented the compensation decisions in the minutes. The last compensation review was performed march 28, 2019.”

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

“The number of volunteers is determined based on sign in sheets. When the volunteer arrives, they sign in on a sheet of paper which is then sent to the volunteer program to enter into a database for tracking. Volunteers served 76,257 hours. Volunteers at hopelink serve in the following areas: -leadership: board of directors, finance committee, and development committee -administration: reception, data entry and mailing projects volunteers -asset programs: adult basic education tutoring, esl classroom teaching, employment program coaching, financial literacy instruction, ged preparation -events and outreach: day of event volunteers, community outreach, planning and support volunteers -client services: food donation pick up drivers, home delivery drivers, clothing bank volunteers, holiday gift tags, school supply drive -general food bank & carry-out volunteers -housing: after-school tutors and childcare volunteers, volunteers who prepare hopelink apartment units for move in and assist with moving, outdoor and gardening volunteers, wednesday drivers -transportation: travel ambassadors train new riders on all aspects of the regional transportation system.”

“Uncollectible pledge write-offs from prior years -15,650. Facilities - present value of receivables -50,538. Avondale transitional housing property transfer 9,290,398.”