Moveonorg CIVIC Action

“The organization has an Executive Committee (the Committee). Under this organization's bylaws and California law, this Committee is a "board committee" which is composed solely of directors. For the organization's tax year ending December 31, 2023, the committee was composed of two current directors of the organization. Executive Committee's composition: - Anna Galland - Christina Jimenez The Committee has general governing authority similar to the Board of Directors, except for certain rights reserved to the full Board of Directors in the organization's bylaws. Actions of the Committee are reported to, and reviewed by, the Board of Directors at least annually.”

“The bylaws were amended to (i) streamline the language around the staggering of terms for the board of directors, with no change to term limits or the requirement to stagger, and (ii) remove the provision that required the President to be a member of all board committees.”

“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 February 2022. 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 May 2022.”

“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, 2023, MoveOn.org Civic Action (MOCA) and related entity MoveOn Education Fund (MOEF) were parties to 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 paid by MOEF to MOCA during the year ended December 31, 2023 were $242,979 after adjustments to align with actual cost for the years ended December 31, 2023. The organization not continue paying the service fee after August 31, 2023 when the FBT was transferred to the different fiscal sponsor.”