Family YMCA of the Desert

“The board members are the governing body and all new members of the board are elected and approved by the existing board members.”

“All decisions made by the board/governing body are subject to approval by majority vote of those serving on the board.”

“Form 990 is first reviewed by members of management including the finance director and the ceo. After management's review and approval, a copy is forwarded to members of the finance, audit, and executive committees for their review and approval. After it is approved by these three committees, the return is finalized, and the final copy is provided to all board members.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy. Management reviews the board membership each year to determine any possible conflicts. Each board member completes an annual disclosure statement. The disclosure statements are also reviewed by management to determine any possible conflicts, with the original kept on file. Conflict of interest policy: the ymca expects that its employees will not engage in, directly or indirectly, any conduct that is disloyal, disruptive or potentially damaging to the ymca and its reputation. In addition, all ymca staff that work directly with children are required to take training above their current education and experience in child abuse prevention within the first 30 (thirty) days of employment and subsequently every two years after that. As part of our policies on the protection of children, staff is not allowed to relate to members/participants outside the ymca programs. While employees have freedom of expression with personal internet blogs, websites or social networking sites outside of the employment with the ymca, care must be taken with any indirect reference to the ymca, its employees or program participants. It is important to exercise good judgement in any public forum to help ensure that the ymca identity and reputation is never unknowingly portrayed in an objectionable light. No employee will directly or indirectly maintain any outside business or financial interest or engage in any outside employment, business, or financial activity which conflicts with the interests or principles of the association. Outside business activities may not be conducted during work time or with resources of the association. Employees must disclose any financial interest they or a member of their immediate family has in any organization that does business with the ymca. Disclosures should be made to the human resource department.”

“The ceo's annual compensation is reviewed and approved by the executive committee of the board of directors. Compensation for other management-level employees is reviewed and approved by the ceo.”

“The organization's governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request. The 990 is also available on external websites such as guidestar.”

“The audit oversight process has not changed since the prior year.”