Children Now

“The Executive Committee has the power and authority to act as the full Board except as to those matters reserved to the full Board under its bylaws. The Executive Committee members are also members of the board and their names and titles are: 1) Lenny Mendonca, Chair 2) Jane Gardner, Chair Emeritus 3) John Garcia, Vice Chair 4) Mark T. Johnsen, Treasurer 5) Nancy Murray, Secretary 6) Edward Lempert, President”

“The finance committee has the responsibility for reviewing the organization's form 990 (including all pertinent schedules) before it is filed with the Internal Revenue Service. -Once the finance committee has completed its review of the form 990, and conferred, they can choose to discuss with the preparer of the form 990 as needed and request copies of relevant workpapers as needed. -Based on the finance committee recommendations the preparer of the form 990 should make revisions to the form 990 as soon as possible to ensure that the form 990 is filed with the internal revenue service on a timely basis. -All of the questions, comments, and suggested revisions set forth by the finance committee will be documented, along with any responses from the preparer of the form 990, if applicable. -A copy of the form 990 with all attached schedules is provided to each voting member of the Organization's governing body (paper or electronic) prior to the filing with the IRS.”

“The executive committee of the Board of Directors annually reviews conflict of interest forms to ensure that a director who has a potential conflict of interest refrains from participation in deliberations concerning the potential conflict. The operations leadership team annually reviews staff conflict of interest forms and alerts the president of any potential conflicts to ensure a staff member with a potential conflict has no substantive involvement in decisions related to the potential conflict.”

“In an executive session at the Board's annual meeting, the Board reviews compensation of the President and Chief Operating Officer. The deliberations are contemporaneously documented by the chair of the board. Salary comparables are reviewed upon setting single or multiple-year compensation packages. Last review was in 2015.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Professional: Program service expenses 775,613. Management and general expenses 116,702. Fundraising expenses 1,875. Total expenses 894,190.”

“Organization's auditor selection and oversight process is consistent to prior years.”