World Monuments Fund Inc

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“The wmf conflict of interest and business relationship disclosure statements are given to new trustees to complete when they join the board and annually thereafter. The information on the statements is summarized and provided to the chair. If during the year there are discussions or actions involving any financially or programmatically substantive issue regarding these organizations, vendors or investment firms (ordinarily funding, personnel, whether to continue the relationship, and whether to take legal, disciplinary or other action), - individuals with relationships and potential conflicts will recuse themselves whenever the organizations, vendors or investment firms are up for discussion or action. - staff refer to the list so individuals can be excluded when a conflict arises such as wmf funding awards to other organizations where wmf trustees or family members serve on their boards. - individuals with conflicts involving wmf affiliates are not excluded from the discussions about the affiliates but would be excluded from the vote (and the final part of the discussion leading up to the vote) if the vote involves any financially or programmatically substantive issue.”

“The world monuments fund, inc. (wmf) executive committee is responsible for reviewing and approving the compensation for chief executive officer. The committee includes trustees who are independent. Each year the committee is provided with written comparable data such as specific compensation information from 990's of similar organizations, and national survey information on non-profit compensation levels, ranges, and trends. The committee chair reviews the information with committee members and responds to the cfo confirming the proposed compensation for the coming year.”

“World monuments fund, inc. (wmf) governing documents are available for review. Financial statements are available to the public through the organization's website www.wmf.org.”

“World monuments fund (wmf) is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. The organization is headquartered in new york city with offices and affiliates in cambodia, france, india, peru, portugal, spain and the uk. Since 1965, our global team of experts has preserved the world's diverse cultural heritage using the highest international standards at more than 700 sites in over 100 countries. Partnering with local communities, funders, and governments, wmf draws on heritage to address some of today's most pressing challenges: climate change, underrepresentation, imbalanced tourism, and post-crisis recovery. With a commitment to the people who bring places to life, wmf embraces the potential of the past to create a more resilient and inclusive society.”

“On september 5, 2023, world monument fund ("wmf" ) and global heritage fund ("ghf") entered into a strategic affiliation to link the two organizations complementary missions. In accordance with the affiliation agreement, wmf assumed the assets of ghf by becoming the sole member of ghf. In turn, wmf agreed to administer the various programs of ghf under the name of wmf going forward.”

“The portfolio of heritage program work includes long-term projects representing the organization's most ambitious conservation efforts, addressing critical needs while facilitating far-ranging local participation, professional skills development, and innovative solutions that can serve as models for the field (signature projects), focused interventions tailored to addressing a particular issue or conservation need, usually along a shorter timeline than at signature project sites (targeted interventions), emergency interventions undertaken in the aftermath of conflict or natural disaster to address acute issues on the ground (crisis response), projects that center around the development and implementation of robust educational curricula to preserve and disseminate critical craft skills (training programs), and projects that leverage wmf's global reach to bring international attention to a cause or community in need (advocacy).”

“Completed conservation works at choijin lama temple, mongolia; announced a new affiliation with global heritage fund to protect cultural heritage: launched a $15 million initiative for climate heritage solutions; at angkor, celebrated the completion of our preservation of three sites and handed over ongoing oversight of these three sites to the local cambodian authorities: launched a public series on preserving at-risk cultural heritage sites with villa albertine: partnered with the u.s. Mission trkiye and turkish ministry of culture and tourism to preserve earthquake-hit cultural heritage sites in antakya, turkiye; inaugurated the erbil citadel children's interpretation center in iraq, a pivotal part of a larger cultural revitalization project; celebrated the project completion at jernimos monastery and church in portugal.”

“Other: program service expenses 8,806,771. Management and general expenses 194,064. Fundraising expenses 338,927. Total expenses 9,339,762. Professional fundraising services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 313,071. Total expenses 313,071.”