Long Beach Community Action Partnership

“The organization's executive director, chief operations officer and accounting manager review the draft of the form 990 for completeness and accuracy. The final draft is distributed to the board of directors before filing.”

“Annually, all members of the board of directors and the executive director informs in writing, the chairperson of the board of all reportable conflicts or confirm that there are no such conflicts to report. The finance committee is responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving directors, the executive director and members of senior management. The chairperson of the finance committee is responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving the financial committee members. The chairperson of the board is responsible for making decisions concerning resolutions involving the chair of the finance committee. The executive director is responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving employees below senior management level, subject to the approval of the finance committee. An employee or director may appeal the decision that a conflict (or appearance of conflict) exists.”

“The executive committee analyzes the executive director's salary and benefits in comparison to other comparable organizations and makes a recommendation to the full board of directors. The full board then votes to approve, reject, or revise the committee's recommendation. The board's decisions regarding compensation are documented in the meeting's minutes. This process was last conducted during 2013 with respect to the organization's executive director. The process listed in 15a is also used to determining the chief financial officer's salary.”

“Governing documents, policies, and audited financial statements are available on the organization's website, lbacp.org, and by telephoning the organization at (562) 216-4600.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 112,095. Management and general expenses 4,742. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 116,837. Payroll fees: program service expenses 2,118. Management and general expenses 16,385. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 18,503. Subcontractor fees: program service expenses 2,509,591. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,509,591.”

“Subcontractor fees of $2,509,591 provided energy assistance services, including weatherization, to low-income households.”