Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc

“Ppfa bylaws provide for an executive committee which is responsible to the board and has full power to act in the operation and management of ppfa if an urgent matter arises between board meetings. The committee must request that the board ratify the committee's decisions at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. All members of the executive committee are members of the board of directors.”

“Planned parenthood federation of america, inc.("ppfa") is a not-for-profit membership organization. The members of ppfa are its separately incorporated affiliates (all 501(c)(3) public charities) and the ppfa board of directors. Each affiliate has three (3) membership votes, and each member of the board of directors has one (1) membership vote.”

“The members of planned parenthood federation of america elect the board of directors.”

“In addition to the board, the membership approves changes to the bylaws and changes to the dues formula for the national program support to be contributed by the members of ppfa.”

“Planned parenthood federation of america, inc.'s form 990 is prepared by the organization's finance staff and reviewed internally by the chief financial officer and the legal department. The draft form 990 is then reviewed externally by an independent paid tax preparer. Any revisions are presented to the organization and once revised, the final draft form 990 is reviewed by the organization's audit committee. Once the draft 990 is approved by the audit committee, copies of the completed form 990 are provided to each voting member of the governing board prior to submission and filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Conflict of interest policy - planned parenthood federation of america, inc. ("ppfa") asks its key employees,other employees, officers and other board members to review and sign a conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. Ppfa's legal counsel follows up to resolve any disclosed conflicts. If a conflict is identified, the interested individual may not participate in deliberations or discussions, be present for a vote, or vote on the matter.”

“Compensation review process - planned parenthood federation of america, inc. ("ppfa") has a compensation setting body (the "body") that reviews and approves the compensation of the leadership staff of ppfa including the president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and other members of the executive team. This independent body is comprised of the officers of the ppfa board and 3 other directors, with the chair of the board serving as its chair. The annual review and approval of the salaries of these employees uses comparability data such as industry surveys, documented compensation of persons holding similar positions in similar organizations,and/or independent compensation studies. Proceedings are documented contemporaneously in minutes.”

“Planned parenthood federation of america's annual report and form 990 are available on the organization's website and are available upon request.”

“On july 1, 2015, ppfa sold its ownership of a condominium unit that was being used as ppfa's new york office facility realizing a gain of $19,112,003.”

“Other: program service expenses 23,860,935. Management and general expenses 4,026,715. Fundraising expenses 716,272. Total expenses 28,603,922.”

“$28,603,922 of other fees for services consisted of consultant fees($18,297,172), other professional fees ($7,296,956), security ($946,006), development database fees ($557,552),temporary help from external agencies ($375,514), art & creative fees ($299,721), direct mail processing ($191,357), external recruitment fees ($187,617), marketing ($146,887) and other miscellaneous ($305,140).”

“Change in value of split interest agreements 490,137. Loss on beneficial interest in perpetual trust -289,250. Loss on contributions receivable -97,653.”