Covenant House Western Avenue

“The sole corporate member of covenant house western avenue is its parent organization, covenant house, d/b/a covenant house international.”

“Covenant house western avenue's parent organization, covenant house international has the right to elect or appoint officers of organization's board of directors.”

“The following decisions for the governing body are subject to approval by covenant house western avenue's parent organization, covenant house international - amendment or repeal of the by-laws, increase or decrease in the number of board of directors and appoint/remove members of the board and the officers.”

“The organization does not keep separate documentation for the board meetings. All activities/discussions are documented in the parent's (chi) board meetings minutes.”

“The organization does not have any committee to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Covenant house western avenue has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by the parent organization, covenant house international, and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board of the organization for any comments.”

“The organization requires annual disclosure and affirmation of the conflict of interest policy by all officers, directors and key employees. The disclosure statement required each officer, director, and key employee to disclose any business or personal interests, direct or indirect, that the person may have in an organization that completes with or does business with covenant house international or any other organization business/ agency affiliated with covenant house international. If a conflict is determined to exist, it must be reported and addressed to the satisfaction of the organization. Any other person having a conflict, and attending said meeting, shall retire from the room in which the board or committee is meeting and shall not participate in the final deliberations or decisions regarding the matter under consideration. Any interested director shall also abstain during such vote. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. A summary of the annual conflicts of interest and copies of the conflicts of interest reports from the directors, executive director, and officers of the organization are also sent to the parent organization, covenant house international. The parent, covenant house international also ensures the annual conflicts of interest reports are accomplished for each affiliate and that the required information is sent to them.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business. The form 990 is published on the internet at www.guidestar.org and other similar websites. The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are all available for public inspection upon request.”

“The organization uses its parent organization's audit committee for the process of selecting an independent accountant and oversight of the audit. This process has not changed from prior years.”