Citizen Schools Inc.

“Csi's executive committee meetings are informational and minutes are not maintained. Any issues are brought up at the board meetings and documented in board meeting minutes.”

“The cfo and president review the form 990 and present to the board and the ceo for approval.”

“Board members and officers are required to complete and sign a conflict of interest disclosure form annually. Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers is required to review and sign the conflict of interest policy each year. By signing, the signer agrees to adhere to the policy which includes avoiding conflicts of interests and immediate disclosure should one arise. On-going adherence to the policy is supported by the following: 1. Compensation: voting members of the board are not compensated by citizen schools. 2. Contracts and procurement: our procurement procedures support compliance with our conflict of interest policy (i.e. Soliciation of multiple vendors, annual zero-based requiring line item justification and approved signatories on all check requests and checks for purchases over $5,000).”

“The ceo's compensation is determined based upon the board's review of external comparative data of similar organizations. The compensation is then approved by the board. For all staff, citizen schools has created a salary structure (a range of salaries that are deemed appropriate and fair for current positions) on which benchmarking is done yearly and updates are made as appropriate. Pay for the chief executive officer is determined by the board of directors, working with the chief talent officer to determine appropriate benchmarks. Any pay increases other than the standard merit based adjustment must be approved by the board of directors. Any pay increase for other staff outside of merit based increase or change of position must be reviewed and approved by the compensation committee which must include at least the director of human resources and the ceo.”

“Citizen schools makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“This process has not changed since the prior year.”

“During fy19, the organization underwent a number of changes and improvements. Although they netted a deficit of $1.2m from combined operations and changes to donor-restricted funds, fy19 resulted in an operating surplus of $196k from unrestricted/without donor restrictions. This notes a turning point for the organization to rebuild its unrestricted working capital.”