Kickstart International Inc

“The organization has its form 990 prepared by an independent accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, a copy is presented to kickstart's audit committee and the board of directors. Once approved, the return is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization currently has in place a conflict of interest policy that applies to all director, officer, or key employees, which it annually monitors and enforces. Each director, officer and key employees must annually sign and submit to the chairperson a statement which affirms such person: (a) has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, (b) has read the policy, (c) has agreed to comply with the policy, and (d) understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. If a potential or actual conflict is disclosed at any time, at the request of the chairperson of the board or committee, or upon a majority vote of the board or committee members (excluding the interested person), the interested person must leave the meeting during the discussion of and/or the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest. The chairperson of the board or committee must, if appropriate in such chairperson's discretion, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. The minutes of the board and all committees with board-delegated powers shall contain: (a) the names of the persons who disclosed or otherwise were found to have a private interest in connection with an actual or possible conflict of interest, the nature of the private interest, a description of any action taken to determine whether a conflict of interest was present, and the board's or committee's decision as to whether a conflict of interest in fact existed or could reasonably have been construed to exist; and (b) the names of the persons who were present for discussions and votes relating to the transaction or arrangement, the content of the discussion, including any alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and a record of any votes taken in connection therewith.”

“The organization has established a process for determining the compensation of the ceo and president & coo, which includes the following: 1. Compensation committee review and deliberation. 2. Evaluation of comparable data, compensation surveys or studies. 3. Recommendation for review and approval by the board of directors. The compensation committee's decision on the amount of compensation paid is required to be adequately documented in a contemporaneously written format and document the date of the decision, the members present during the decision and those who voted on it, the full terms of the transaction that was approved and the comparable data used and relied upon to make the decision. The process was last undertaken in fy2024.”

“Financial statements are made available to the general public at the organization's website "www.kickstart.org or at "www.guidestar.com and other similar websites. The governing documents and policies of the organization are available for public inspection upon request.”

“For the calendar year 2023 kickstart has 68 employees across the organization worldwide. Employees reported on form w-3, transmittal of wages and tax statements: 9 employees outside of the united states: 59”

“Gain on translation exchange 43,240.”

“The organization has an audit committee that assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. The process has not changed from prior year.”