Standard 6: Board Policy on Effectiveness - Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
AFS-USA does not meet this Standard because:
- The board of directors does not have a written policy stating that, at least every two years, an appraisal be done assessing the organization’s performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
Standard 7: Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness - Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.
AFS-USA does not meet this Standard because:
- It has not completed an effectiveness assessment in the past two years.
Standard 14: Budget - Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.
AFS-USA does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2011 budget information, it indicated that the budget:
- Did not identify total projected fund raising expenses.
- Did not identify total projected administrative expenses.
- Did not identify total projected program expenses broken down by major program category (i.e. sending/hosting programs and volunteer activites/other programs.)