Appletree Institute for Education Innovation

“The chief financial officer reviews the draft form 990 information tax return, as prepared by the accountants/auditors. Once reviewed, the 990 tax return is forwarded to the finance committee for review and they recommend it to the full board of directors for acceptance. Once approved by the full board, the 990 tax return is executed by the president and ceo.”

“The conflict of interest policy is constantly monitored by administration personnel and the board of directors through review and approval procedures. Annually board members and staff complete a conflict of interest disclosure form identifying any relationships or circumstances which the board or staff member believes could contribute to a conflict of interest. Procedures: a. Prior to board action on a contract or other transaction involving a conflict of interest, a board member having a conflict of interest shall disclose all facts material to the conflict of interest. Such disclosures shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting. B. A person who has a conflict of interest shall not participate in the decision except to disclose material facts and to respond to questions. C. The person having a conflict of interest may not vote on the contract or transaction. D. Staff members who have a conflict of interest with respect to a contract or transaction that is not the subject of board action shall disclose to the board chair any such conflict of interest. That staff member shall refrain from any action that may affect the school's participation in such contract or transaction. In the event it is not entirely clear that a conflict of interest exists, the individual with the potential conflict shall disclose the circumstances to the board chair. No board member or any member of his/her family should have any beneficial interest in, or substantial obligation to any appletree institute for education supplier of goods or services or any other organization that is engaged in doing business with or serving appletree institute for education unless it has been determined by the board, on the basis of full disclosure of facts, that such interest does not give rise to a conflict of interest.”

“The governance committee of the board of directors reviews the chief executive officer's compensation using comparability data and they contemporaneously document the deliberation and the decision.”

“The form 990 is made available to the general public upon request. In addition, the 990 information tax return is available for public inspection on guidestar.”

“Volunteers consist of board members”

“Ati is a washington, dc-based nonprofit committed to providing young children with the social, emotional, and cognitive foundations they need to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Ati is achieving its mission in three related ways: - research and innovation. Ati is a research organization that seeks to understand and address the teaching and learning challenges facing young children. As part of its ongoing research activities, ati in 2010 began development of a proprietary, comprehensive, and evidence-based instructional model, called every child ready, for three- and four-year-old children. Every child ready was developed with support from a us department of education reading first grant, a five-year investing in innovation grant (also from the us department of education), as well as with funding from numerous major philanthropies. Approximately 140 non- appletree classrooms in the district of columbia, connecticut, missouri, new york city, and texas now use every child ready or its related products and services. Ati is constantly improving and refining every child ready based upon its real-world use in these schools as well as its own ongoing research and evolving best practices in the field of early education. In addition, ati is a thought leader in its field, working with federal, state, and local policymakers and advocates to understand the conditions required to improve early-education outcomes. - direct education of children. In school year 2023-2024, ati provided full-school management for approximately 515 three- and four-year-old students in washington, dc, at achievement prep charter school, learn dc public charter school, rocketship rise public charter school, rocketship legacy public charter school, and rocketship infinity community public charter school. In addition, appletree managed the early-education program at harmony dc public charter school. All these schools use ati's every child ready instructional model. - support for other early-education schools. Ati provided the every child ready instructional model to the eight campuses of appletree early learning public charter school (aelpcs) in school year 2023-2024. Ati also provided certain administrative services and grants and consulting services to aelpcs, and, in addition, leases and subleases facilities to aelpcs. Ati and aelpcs are related parties as they share common board members. Ati's expert staff of educators also supported other charter schools and community service organizations in washington, dc, as well as charter schools in missouri, new york city, and texas. Ati provided these schools with every child ready curriculum and related products and services.”