Land Trust Alliance Inc

“The draft form 990 is emailed to all directors with instructions to direct all questions, comments, or revisions to the audit committee or chief financial officer. The audit committee reviews the return with representatives of the firm preparing the return and after it completes its review and addresses any questions or comments from other board members, directs the chief financial officer and / or chief executive officer to sign and file the returns.”

“In the event of a potential conflict involving board members, it is the obligation of the board member to bring the matter to the attention of the chairman of the board who will refer the matter to the audit committee of the board to review, make recommendations and disclose actions taken at the next board meeting. Staff with potential conflicts will disclose them in writing to the president who will review them, take appropriate actions and report substantive conflict issues to the audit committee of the board on a regular basis. The facts and circumstances surrounding the potential conflict, justification for proceeding with the potential conflict and the recommended course of action to be taken to mitigate the alliance's participation in the conflict will be documented. At a minimum the mitigation actions should include asking the individual involved in the potential conflict to recuse and absent himself or herself from any involvement in discussions or decisions pertaining to the potential conflict.”

“In 2017, the board established a compensation committee which contracts an independent review of the compensation of the president, chief financial officer, chief executive officer, and chief operating officer, chief program officer, chief marketing and communications officer. The last review was completed in 2022 and included a review of comparability data. A copy of the consultant's written report was provided to the compensation committee.”

“Form 990 and financial statements are available on the alliance website: www.landtrustalliance.org. The conflict of interest policy and governing documents are made available upon request.”

“The land trust alliance unites and champions organizations in local communities working to save natural areas. Because of our innovative work more landowners choose to protect their land, conservation leaders are more effective at saving land, strong nonprofits and legal systems are maintained to protect land in perpetuity, and the public commitment to conservation is deepened.”