Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center Inc

“The organizations governing body had no committees.”

“A draft of the form 990 is sent to all board members prior to the return being finalized.”

“To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors, and indivuals with substantial influence over the organization to complete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct, or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract, or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must address potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction, and corporate records must be maintained.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organization. Documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“No documents were made available to the public, except for those that were included with the organizations form 1023 application for exemt status, which are made available upon request as indicated in line 18.”

“All employees are paid by pennenvironment, inc., under a common paymaster arrangement, and some are shared by pennenvironment research and policy center, inc., as well as other entities.”

“Program services expensesfrontier group $22,557citizen outreach $6,969consultants $36,406programmatic, administrative and fundraising activities $39,997 management and general expensesprogrammatic, administrative and fundraising activities $119,991 fundraising expensesconsultants - grants $7,535”

“Pennenvironment is dedicated to protecting our air, water and open spaces. We ingestigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public and decision-makers and help the public make their voices heard in local, state, and national debates over the quality of our environment. The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes as allowed by section 501c3 of the internal revenue code, including, for such purposes, identifying, researching, analyzing, and pursuing solutions to problems of consumer protection, environmental preservation, corporate and governmental responsibility, and other issues affecting the social welfare of the people of pennslyvania and the nation, and to cooperate with other public interest groups.”