AIDS Project Los Angeles

“Form 990 review process: the form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The audit committee of apla reviews a draft version of the form 990. Once the committee has accepted the draft version of the form 990, it is sent to all members of the board of directors for their comments. Following the review by the board of directors, the form 990 is filed with the irs.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: prior to entering into a proposed financial relationship with a director or officer, or a business controlled by a director or officer, the organization refers to and complies with the organization's conflict of interest policy. The organization requires annual disclosure statements to be completed by all directors and officers. The board assistant is responsible for ensuring all disclosure statements are submitted by the board members.”

“Executive compensation policy: the ceo and cfo are compensated by aids project los angeles and apla health & wellness, a related organization. The board reviews and approves the compensation of the chief executive officer and other officers independently, without participation of interested parties. As part of the review, comparability data of similar type organizations is evaluated. The process is then documented by the board of directors. Compensation for other staff is reviewed by the human resources department annually in conjunction with salary increases.”

“Public disclosure: the organization's financial statements and forms 990 for the past three years are posted on the website at www.aplahealth.org. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Organizations mission: apla provides bilingual support to more than 5,000 people living with hiv/aids in los angeles county annually and leadership on hiv/aids-related policy and legislation. Additionally, apla conducts behavioral research designed to inform the development of evidence-based interventions and assists health departments in evaluating their hiv/aids prevention services to ensure the delivery of effective and quality programs. Apla also provides administrative and fiscal support to the global forum on msm & hiv (msmgf), which promotes and advocates for the health and human rights of msm internationally. Apla is proud to be a community-based, volunteer-supported organization with local, national, and global reach.”

“Capacity building assistance: apla's capacity building assistance to health departments program provided the following services: -facilitated 37 trainings across the us -completed 38 requests for technical assistance across the us -presented 3 abstracts at national conferences”

“Other program services: apla provides a number of other smaller programs to clients including psychosocial case management, benefits counseling and client advocacy, treatment education, and research projects.”

“Joint cost allocation: the organization had total joint costs in fy 2017 of $960,026 to expand outreach focused on achieving health care equity and promoting well-being for the lbgt and other underserved communities and to raise funds. Of those costs, $662,036 was allocated to fundraising expenses and $297,990 was allocated to program services. These expenses were not included on part ix, line 1-24 as they were direct costs related to special events, and have therefore been shown on part viii, line 8b.”