Forward Together

“In the Bylaws, the Terms of Office of Directors were revised. The Length of Term was changed from one year or any shorter period determined by the Board to one year for a Director's first term and three years for any of a Director's subsequent term(s). Term Limits were changed from serving no more than three consecutive terms to being able to serve without limits to the amount of terms they can serve with the mutual approval of the Executive Director and the Board of Directors as a whole.”

“The Form 990 is prepared under the direction of the Director of Finance and is reviewed by at least one member of the executive committee, usually the Treasurer, before it is submitted.”

“Board members must sign the organization's conflict of interest policy and agreement, and if a potential conflict of interest is present, the board members will abstain from discussing or voting on said conflict. The chair of the meeting is expected to make an inquiry if such conflict appears to exist and the board member has not made it known.”

“The organization uses salary surveys to determine compensation. In 2008 the organization adopted a new salary scale that was based on researching compensation for comparable positions in nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area. The board had extensive discussions and then approved the final document. Salary surveys are conducted internally by acquiring data from organizations directly and from wider, independent surveys of comparable organizations.”

“The organization uses salary surveys to determine compensation. In 2008 the organization adopted a new salary scale that was based on researching compensation for comparable positions in nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area. The board had extensive discussions and then approved the final document. Salary surveys are conducted internally by acquiring data from organizations directly and from wider, independent surveys of comparable organizations.”

“These documents are not made available to the public.”

“Forward Together initiated 3 new projects in 2017: Data-for the collection, management, and analysis of data to better understand the impact of our work; Culture Shift-to transform the culture of shame and stigma that negatively impacts our communities to a culture where we can tell the truth of our own lives; Oregon-to expand our state-based activism and advocacy into the Pacific Northwest.”