Moveonorg CIVIC Action

“The Form 990 was prepared by outside accountants and reviewed by the COO, CFO, Controller, the executive committee and the Organization's legal counsel. A complete copy of the return was provided to the board before filing.”

“Our conflict of interest policy covers each director, officer, board committee member, and key employee of MoveOn.org Civic Action. Under the policy, each covered person must (a) sign a statement that he or she has received a copy of the policy, has read and understood it, and has agreed to comply with it, (b) make the nature of his or her conflict known as it arises, and (c) excuse himself or herself from any discussion and voting related to the and conflicted transaction. In addition, each MoveOn.org Civic Action officer, director and key employee is required to annually complete a conflict of interest disclosure form disclosing any financial interests and family relationships that could give rise to conflicts of interest. MoveOn.org Civic Action annually reviews the disclosure forms and monitors compliance with the policy on an ongoing basis.”

“The Board collectively determines the Executive Director's compensation. Compensation studies providing information regarding the compensation paid for comparable organizations are used to determine the rates for the Executive Director and the compensation decision is discussed and documented. The last compensation review for the Executive Director was in 2019. Compensation studies or a review of comparable positions of comparable organizations according to the position and scope of responsibility are used to determine compensation rates of other officers or key employees. The compensation review process is approved by the Board. The last compensation study was completed in October 2018.”

“The organization makes its articles of incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“During the year ended December 31, 2021, MoveOn.org Civic Action (MOCA) and related entity MoveOn Education Fund (MOEF) entered into a services and resources agreement in which MOCA provides certain support services and other resources to MOEF in exchange for a monthly fee of $40,000. The parties determined the fee based on MOCA's anticipated costs of providing such services and resources; the fee is subject to periodic adjustment to ensure that MOEF will pay no more than MOCA's cost in providing the services and resources. Total fees charged by MOCA and incurred by MOEF during the year ended December 31, 2021 were $480,000.”

“Program consultants: Program service expenses 829,351. Management and general expenses 29,879. Fundraising expenses 503,015. Total expenses 1,362,245. Admin services: Program service expenses 105,448. Management and general expenses 95,139. Fundraising expenses 27,755. Total expenses 228,342.”