Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc.

“The new bylaws: define and clarifies board and committee types, authority and membership clarifies use of teleconference, electronic video screen communication or other technology to conduct board meetings clarifies that board members may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses clarifies role of chair replaces "task force committee" with "temporary committee" throughout”

“Preliminary review of the form 990 is carried out by the finance director and executive director, before being reviewed by the board treasurer and finance committee. Prior to filing, it is distributed to the full board of directors.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy that applies to all staff and the board of directors. Each person receives the conflict of interest policy upon commencement of their relationship with ifip and they are required to sign a disclosure statement. Staff and board of directors are required to notify the appropriate person if a conflict should occur during their time with the organization. Potential conflicts are to be disclosed to the executive director (in the case of staff) and to the executive committee of the board of directors (in the case of the executive director and board members). All board members are required to disclose any conflicts annually. The board president reviews any potential conflicts and makes a decision for how to proceed based on the potential conflict. Board members who are conflicted are excluded from the portion of the board meeting where the conflict is discussed and/or voted on.”

“Executive director compensation is set by the board of directors. The director of human resources provides the board of directors with comparable compensation data. The board reviews and approves executive director compensation. The compensation of other officiers and key employees is reviewed by the director of human resources with reference to regional salary surveys for comparable positions at comparable agencies. This data is reviewed and approved by the executive director.”

“Requests for governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and/or financial statements are referred to the executive director and the finance director. Documents are sent within three work days to requestors who agree to pay a nominal fee for copying. Requestors who decline to pay a copying fee are offered the opportunity to review the documents in our administrative office.”