Youth Radio

“Frank martin, board officer, is the brother of rebecca martin who is youth radio's employee. Frank martin, board officer, and rosa terrazas, board officer, are married.”

“The organization amended bylaws to allow for board expansion.”

“The form 990 will be provided to the entire governing board as well as the president/ed and coo of the organization. The president and/or coo will review the form 990 with the audit committee and the fiscal officer. Any necessary changes will be made on the form. Once all necessary changes are made and the president and/or coo is in agreement with the audit committee and the fiscal officer on the finished form 990, it will be signed by the president and/or coo, dated and submitted by the filing deadline. A copy of the approved form 990 will be provided to all of the officers and board members before the return is filed.”

“For each interest disclosed, the full board, or the executive director or the president or the chairperson of the board, as appropriate, will determine whether the organization should: (a) take no action or (b) disclose the situation more broadly and invite discussion/resolution by the full board of what action to take, or (c)refrain from taking action and otherwise avoid the conflict. In most cases the broadest disclosure possible is advisable so that decision-makers can make informed decisions that are in the best interests of the organization. When the conflict involves a decision-maker, the person with the conflict ("interested party"): (i) must fully disclose the conflict to all other decision-makers; (ii) may not be involved in the decision of what action to take (e.g.,may not participate in a vote) but may serve as a resource to provide other decision-makers with needed information. In some cases the person with the conflict may be asked to recuse him/herself from sensitive discussions so as not to unduly influence the discussion of the conflict. In all cases, decisions involving a conflict will be made only by disinterested persons. The fact that a conflict was managed and the outcome will be documented in the minutes of board meetings if the conflict was related to a board member, and reported by the executive director to the board/chair of the board and the president of the appropriate committee of the board (e.g., audit committee) if the conflict was related to a staff member. The chairperson of the board, executive director and the president will monitor proposed or ongoing transactions of the organization (e.g., contracts with vendors and collaborations with third parties) for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the board and staff, as appropriate, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred.”

“Board members review the job descriptions and written goals from the previous year, comment on performance in the areas below and make suggestions for the coming year. The employee also reviews his or her own previous goals and prepares a list of new ones. If there are no previous year's goals, these will need to be created by both the committee - with full board approval - and the director. The committee solicits comments from the entire board in areas such as: leadership management (including initiative and follow-through) planning (mission and vision, assessing needs) program implementation, fiscal reporting & budgeting fundraising communication and public relations professionalism”

“The organization makes its tax documents available to the public upon request.”

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