Alameda County Community Food Bank

“The food bank's partner agencies -- food pantries, soup kitchens, child-care centers, senior centers, after-school programs and other community-based organizations vote to elect members of the board of directors per the organization's bylaws. The food bank can elect up to 22 board members; a minimum of two must represent food bank network partner/member agencies.”

“The food bank's partner agencies elect new members to the board and take action regarding changes to bylaws.”

“The cpa firm prepares the tax return and related filings. The tax return must be reviewed by the executive director and cfo and is made available to all board members for review. In particular, the audit committee of the board of directors is responsible for reviewing the tax return. The tax return is then signed by an officer of the corporation and submitted to the irs.”

“The conflict of interest statements are completed annually. Statements are reviewed by the executive director for conflicts.”

“Per the food bank policies, the food bank will strive to be a desired employer in a competitive marketplace. Compensation guidelines are reviewed by the oversight committee of the board of directors annually. The aggregate percentage of wage increases for each fiscal year will be approved by the board of directors through the budget process. Wage guidelines and any wage changes are reviewed and approved on an ongoing basis by the executive director and the cfo. It is expected that the wages for each position will fall within the wage guidelines and will not exceed the maximum set forth for the position. Salary guidelines are derived based on salary data of comparable organizations and job duties and are proposed by an outside consultant. Decisions to change salaries include consideration of the employees' experience and performance. With respect to the executive director's, cfo's, and key employees' salary specifically, the board reviews these salaries annually and votes to approve salary changes for those positions. The process performed by members of the board of directors includes review and approval by independent persons, comparable data from other organizations and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“The food bank's articles of incorporation, bylaws, most recent tax returns, and most recent audit reports are available at https://www.accfb.org/financials/. These documents and others including conflict of interest policy and prior year's tax returns and financial statements are also available upon request and via charity navigator: www.charitynavigator.org and guidestar.”