La Casa De Las Madres

“A copy of the Form 990 will be provided to the organization's governing body for their review before filing to the IRS.”

“La Casa de las Madres adopted a conflict of interest policy that prohibits or limits business transactions with Board of Directors and requires board members and the Executive Director to disclose potential conflicts. Board members must avoid any conflict of interest or appearance thereof with respect to their fiduciary responsibility. If a board member has any perceived conflicts, they should be disclosed to the board immediately and compliance with the policy will be reviewed annually in May with report to the full board in June. Below are the specific policies and procedures: A. There must be a no self-dealing or any conduct of private business or personal services between any board member and the organization. B. When the board is to decide upon an issue, about which a member has an unavoidable conflict of interest, that member shall absent herself or himself without comment from not only the vote, but also from the deliberation (unless asked to stay by the board). C. Board members must not use their positions to obtain employment in the organization for themselves, family members or close associates. D. Should a board member be considered for employment with the organization, he/she must take a leave of absence or resign from the board. If the board member is hired, he/she must resign from the board. E. Board members will annually disclose at the beginning of each fiscal year their involvements with other organizations, vendors, or other associations that might produce a real or perceived conflict of interest.”

“The Board of Directors determines and approves, using comparisons with like-size organizations, for any compensation or review of the Executive Director. Question 15(b) marked "No" as there are no other key employees as defined in the Form 990 instructions who receive compensation.”

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

“Services are accessible 24 hour a day, 365 days a year. Founded in 1976, La Casa offers half of the city's emergency domestic violence shelter beds. La Casa swiftly and professionally responds to crisis around the clock, we are vocal community advocates, with an active drop-in center, a teen program, a wide range of advocacy programs co-located with community partners around the city, and a program designed to support survivors over the age of 50. In the year covered we served over 20,000 community members. 4,434 survivors of all ages were made safer and stronger through a variety of emergency residential and community-based safety planning and support services. We sheltered 435 child and adult survivors of abuse. Additionally, 1,482 minors benefitted indirectly from our programming through parent and family focused support. To evaluate effectiveness, we assess our impact across five dimensions that La Casa can directly affect: 1) improving safety, 2) reducing isolation, 3) building knowledge about the dynamics of domestic violence, 4) strengthening personal agency, and 5) encouraging stability and self-sufficiency. We seek to exceed 75% for each outcome, and are proud to report an average of 92% success across all measures last year.”