Blueforge Alliance

“Board independence bfa is still evaluating its board composition. While working toward board independence, bfa has added a non-voting strategic advisory board to guide and advise bfa's leadership team on strategic matters through diversity of expertise, objective insights, and long-term focus.”

“Kiley wren, randall gorham, cletus glasener, andrew hinton, lewis o'hern, and edward morris have a business relationship.”

“Form 990 review process prior to submission to the irs, bfa's chief executive officers, chief financial officer, vice president of accounting, and director of finance review the 990 in detail. The 990 is made available to all members of the board prior to filing with the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy conflict of interest (coi) is addressed in the bfa employee manual. All bfa employees, board members, and officers are required to complete annual training that details the coi policy. Employees sign a statement attesting that they have received and understood the training and have officially disclosed any existing possible coi. Employees are also required to complete and sign a conflict of interest disclosure form annually. All reported coi matters are reviewed by the bfa internal audit & compliance office. Based on the outcome of the review, a ruling is made and disclosed to the bfa executive committee. Should a ruling be that a potential conflict exists, then the authority making the ruling will determine the appropriate actions needed to mitigate the conflict. Per the organization's policy, any individual who has a conflict of interest will recuse themselves from deliberations and decision-making related to the transaction such that they would not participate in such a transaction.”

“Compensation review process ceo and other management compensation is reviewed annually with the cfo, vice president of people operations, and company attorneys. The compensation of bfa's top management officials centers around position descriptions followed by a detailed analysis through an outside compensation vendor, the eri economic research institute. This process establishes compensation ranges based on scope of responsibilities, position location, market rates, required experience, and education.”

“Documents available to public the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Subcontractor expenses: program service expenses 400,947,912. Total expenses 400,947,912. Direct consultants: program service expenses 12,301,338. Total expenses 12,301,338. Other contracted services: program service expenses 404,956. Management and general expenses 184,772. Total expenses 589,728. Consulting services: program service expenses 297,922. Management and general expenses 2,276,238. Total expenses 2,574,160.”