Columbia University Press

“The trustees of columbia university in the city of new york has a written whistleblower policy which applies to the activities of columbia university press.”

“The university's document retention and destruction policy applies to all books and records held by the university.”

“The trustees of columbia university in the city of new york ("columbia university") is the sole member of columbia university press ("cup").”

“Columbia university has the right to elect the majority of cup board members.”

“Certain provisions of the organization's bylaws may not be amended without the consent of the trustees of columbia university.”

“Columbia university press is a supporting organization for the trustees of columbia university in the city of new york. The form 990 was reviewed by the officials of the university. These officials include the university's vice president, financial operations and compliance.”

“Each officer or key employee of columbia university who serves as a trustee of columbia university press is subject to the "statement of university policy on conflicts of interest", and is required to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts. These disclosures are reviewed through an administration process. Any disclosures that could give rise to conflicts as identified through such review are reported to an appropriate senior officer. Any substantive concerns are also reported to the chair of the university's board of trustees.”

“Trustees john coatsworth, david madigan, and anne sullivan are officers or key employees of the university. As such, their compensation is reviewed and approved by a compensation committee comprised of independent university trustees. The committee reviews comparability data and minutes of its deliberations are recorded contemporaneously. Richard bulliet, ellen p lukens, akeel bilgrami and james neal are not officers or key employees of the university. Their compensation is determined in accordance with the university's regular compensation practices applicable to similarly situated employees. All university employees who serve as trustees of cup do so as part of their university responsibilities. Ellen adler, ted nardin and peter osnos are independent trustees and receive no compensation for their service.”

“Columbia university press is a supporting organization of columbia university. Columbia university press' governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Columbia university press became part of the trustees of columbia university in the city of new york on 1/1/2016. Columbia university press did not conduct any activities or hold any assets during its 2017 fiscal year.”

“The consolidated financial statements of columbia university, for which cu press is a supporting organization, are audited by pricewaterhousecoopers ("pwc"), an independent auditor. The university's board of trustees has an audit committee comprised of independent trustees which is responsible for the oversight of the audit, review and compilation of the university's financial statements and selection of the independent auditor for the university.”