National Association for the Advancement

“We require our units to request approval whenever they want to participate in direct action. Generally, we require units to submit the request 15 days prior to the date of the proposed action. We changed that to 10 days. We also give instructions on what the subject line of the email should read. Finally, we confirm that we will respond via email to ensure that our response is timely. We expanded our political action directive to distinguish between the varying levels of our units. We also provided clarity regarding political action at the federal level and stated that those efforts will be handled by the national office. Lastly, we added language regarding statewide ballot measures which simply stated that our units need to obtain approval from the national legal staff prior to filing with their local balloting authority. Under organization structure, we added language that states, in part, that our units are not allowed to incorporate under their respective state law unless they have received express approval from the president & ceo and the general counsel. Units would need to show the legal or business necessity for the incorporation request. Regarding our unit's having special meetings and meetings of standing committees, we added language to state that if meetings are held via teleconference or electronic meetings, the conference call number or sign in code must be provided. We amended our "order of business- and removed elections. We amended our standing committees and special committees of units, prison branches, college chapters, youth councils, high school chapters, and junior youth councils to include environmental and climate justice. We amended the duties of the standing committees section to include environmental and climate justice along with the objectives of this committee. We amended the duties of the nominating committee section of our bylaws. The amendment changed the way that correspondence are sent out for meetings and allowed for electronic mail in addition to regular mail. We also added a requirement that each unit secretary should keep a list of each member that a notice was sent to as well as delivery receipts for electronic mails. A similar amendment was made to the notice of annual meeting and the meeting that precedes the annual meeting related to college chapters, youth council, high school, and junior youth council with the caveat that notices may be sent via electronic mail to members for who the college has a valid address. The final revision to this section was the removal of a certain date and time that run off elections should be held.”

“The organization has members who pay dues.”

“Members elect the governing body.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the audit committee for its comments and corrections if necessary.”

“Naacp reviews the conflict of interest statements and monitors compliance with the policy.”

“Decisions involving compensation of the chief executive officer are made by the board of directors executive committee.”

“Documents are made available to the public once approved by the executive director or the organization's designated member of management.”

“1. Expenses-the naacp utilizes its direct mail and communications capacity to regularly inform and educate its constitutents, stakeholders, and suppporters about its programs and other strategic initiatives. 2. Economic development-the naacp economic program recognizes the importance of the economy and economic issues in advancing the equal opportunity society and aims to address the challenging economic realities facing our county(e.g., disproportionate high unemployment, poverty, and foreclosures, etc. 3. Research and policy-this division was created in 2005 to provide research and to develop the naacp policy on public policy issues affecting people of color in the united states. 4. Health-the naacp health program promotes equality in health care for african americans and seeks to address the disparities between the quality of care received by african americans and other groups. The national health director works with the national health committee to create and implement projects; evaluates and drafts policy statements; and represents the naacp at conferences, workshops, and on advisory boards. 5. Human rights and voting rights-the human rights project seeks to apply an human rights norm and utilizes international forums to raise issues of concern to the naacp, such as the disenfranchisement of persons with felony convictions, and the impact of global warming and environmental degradation on communities of color. 6. Education-the fundamental goal of the naacp education progam advocacy agenda is to provide all students access to quality education. The naacp education department resources are strategically focused on three major objectives: -preventing racial discriminiation in education programs and services -advancing educational excellence -promoting an equal opportunity education agenda the education program also includes administration of educational scholarships. 7. Climate justice-this program seeks to reduce racial disparties among communities affected by national disasters, environmental pollution, and other characteritics of global warming. 8. Criminal justice-the program promotes alliances, legislation, and initiatives that positively impact inmate recidivism, ex-felon re- enfranchisement and re-employment, and racial disparities within the criminal justice system. The program also assists with the formation of the naacp prison membership units. 7. Leadership 500 summit-the summit serves a training ground for leadership development of mid-level professionals between the ages of 30-50 years old. The summit helps participants gain awareness, focus, and hone their skills as they advance professionally.”

“Other fee and services 2,927,718 1,458,181 93,848”

“Pension obligation 0 indirect allocation-foundation and crisis 0 it allocation-foundation and crisis 0 audit adjustment 28,809 total 28,809”