Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

“The Board of Directors of ANDVSA shall be referred to as the Governance Board and shall be the governing body of the Corporation responsible for all fiduciary obligations of the agency and directing the Executive Director. The Governance Board is comprised of four officers Chair, Chair of Operating Board, Secretary and Treasurer plus the chairs of three committees. The Operating Board is comprised of all voting members. The Operating Board has a Chair of Legislative and Policy Committee, Chair of Membership and Partnerships Committee and Chair of Programs and Services Committee. Members of the Operating Board provide ANDVSA with direction through its committee work and topical discussions.”

“The 23 member organizations designate one officer or employee of the organization to serve, ex officio, on the operating board.”

“Yes, the member organizations as members of the operating board are responsible for electing the Governance Board whose responsibility is to be the governing body of the Corporation.”

“ANDVSA has a governance board that meets quarterly and is responsible for reviewing and approving the 990. After the Form 990 is completed by the financial administrator and reviewed by the Executive Director, the Form is emailed to all governance board members for their review prior to the Form 990 being submitted.”

“Policies. Annually the Governance Board reviews the conflict of interest policy. At each governance board meeting the agenda includes the question Does anyone here have a conflict of interest to disclose Any conflict of interest that would impact their ability to vote on the action items as presented in the agenda would be documented in the minutes of the meeting.”

“Policies. Prior to engaging in a contract with the Executive Director, The Governance Board will ensure that the compensation arrangement is fair and reasonable based upon comparative data, that the compensation was approved in advance of any payment, and that the agreed upon compensation is adequately documented in the monthly Board Minutes. For basis of fair and reasonable The Governance Board will do a comparison of Executive salaries of local agencies that are comparative in budgets and number of employees, taking into consideration the number of years the Executive has spent in their position. For key employees, their salary will be based upon a salary scale approved by the Governance Board using existing market-rate information for similar job positions in Alaska.”

“Documents. ANDVSA makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public on request and in our Juneau office.”

“Program Service Expenses 759,227, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Policy FVPSA is an overall formula operating grant for the coalition, ANDVSA. We use its funding to provide training, technical assistance, travel with regards to policy development and implementation for victim service agencies, both state and local. ANDVSA works with local domestic violence programs and providers of direct services to victims of domestic violence and their families to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence within the State.”

“Fees for services - Other Advocacy and prevention service expenses - Program Services 883,567, and Management Services 350 Totaling 883,917. Media and support service expenses - Program Services 144,822 and Management Services 22,160 Totaling 166,982. Contractual travel/training/staff development expenses - Program Services 24,032 and Management Services 2,328 Totaling 26,360. Grand totals for Program services 1,052,421 and Management Services 24,838 Totals 1,077,259.”