West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc.

“The tax return is prepared by a certified public accountant and is forwarded to the primary officer for review. After review, the certified public accountant will print out the final return for signature and mailing. The tax return is made available to the full board prior to its filing.”

“Enforcement of conflicts policy policy and practices 1. Full disclosure, by notice in writing shall be made by the interested parties to the full board of directors in all conflicts of interest, including but not limited to the following: a. A board member is related to another board member or staff member by blood, marriage or domestic partnership. B. A staff member in a supervisory capacity is related to another staff member whom she/he supervises. C. A board member or their organization stands to benenfit from a transaction or staff member of such organization receives payment from for any subcontract, goods, or services other than as part of her/his regular job responsibilities or as reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred as provided in the bylaw and board policy. 2. Following full disclosure of a possible conflict of interest or any condition listed above, the board of directors shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and, if so the board shall vote to authorize or reject the transaction or take any other action deemed necessary to address the conflict and protect the organization's best interests. Both votes shall be by a majority vote without counting the vote of any interested director, even if the disinterested directors are less than a quorum provided that at least one consenting director is disinterested.”

“Compensation process for top official the board of directors established a committee to determine the compensation package of the executive director, which was developed by reviewing market surveys which provided compensation ranges based on comparable non-profit organizations, location, organizations size and the executive director's responsibility level. The committee also took into consideration the following: relationship of the executive director compensation to the compensation of other employees, complexity of organization and its size relative to assets, income and number of employees, job duties of the executive director, individual's salary history, and the organizations's need for the service of the individual.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request are immediately supplied for the same period of time set forth in sec. 6104(d).”

“Volunteers provided 16,100 hours volunteering for west valley community services.”