Tahoe Fund

“Staff is responsible for preparing the 990 with the aid of a professional accounting firm. The 990 is reviewed by the audit committee before being distributed to the full board for review after which it is submitted to the irs.”

“Board members are required to re-sign the policy annually and fill out an annual disclosure form at the annual meeting. Board chair reviews all policies and makes the executive committee aware of any conflicts. The board members are required to disclose any new conflicts as soon as they arise.”

“The CEO's initial salary was set by the board in consultation with an outside hiring agency. The hiring agency did a comparability study of similar organizations in the area. The CEO is reviewed annually by the compensation committee with input from the full board at which time the compensation is reviewed and then subsequently approved by the board as part of the annual budget approval process.”

“Board members are not compensated and there are no key employees”

“THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. All documents are available in pdf and can be emailed or printed and sent via us mail per the preference of the requester. Requests can be made via phone, email, or snail mail.”

“Other program services 4: recreation: the tahoe fund provides grants to critical environment improvement projects in the lake tahoe basin that will create sustainable outdoor recreation. The tahoe fund supported a dozen sustainable recreation projects that will expand trails, expand access to trails, and improve search and rescue operations. The largest grant was for a new visitor center and amphitheater at spooner lake state park in partnership with nevada state parks. Other program services 5: forest health: the tahoe fund provides grants to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration in the tahoe basin to prevent catastrophic wildfire. The tahoe fund granted money to study the use of digital acoustic owl monitoring equipment to reduce the time it takes to permit forest health projects.”

“Unfulfilled Pledges = -$13516”

“The fundraising expenses of the organization are much higher on a percentage basis of total expenses than most non-profit organizations because the mission of organization is to raise funds for projects that restore and enhance Lake Tahoe.”