Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation Inc

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the treasurer, executive director, and director of finance. A copy of the form 990 was provided to the board before filing with the irs.”

“Officers and board members are required to disclose interests that could give rise to conflicts on an annual basis. The foundation regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Any board member or employee who has any direct or indirect interest in, or relationship with, any individual or organization which proposes to enter into any transaction with the organization gives notice of such to either of the board's co-chairs and recuses him/herself from discussing or voting on the particular transaction in which he/she has an interest, otherwise attempting to exert any influence on the foundation, and/or affect the board's decision to participate or not participate in such transaction. If a potential conflict arises during the course of a meeting and it is not practical for the director to give notice to the co-chair, the board member discloses the potential conflict to the board as soon as practical and the board then decides what action is appropriate.”

“Espa foundation has a committee of the board which annually reviews and authorizes the executive director's salary. The committee uses salary data provided for similar organizations and it also takes the individual's responsibilities into account when determining compensation. The deliberation and decision of the review was documented in the meeting minutes. The last review took place in january 2014. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: the executive director determines all other staff compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Nathan schaefer serves as the executive director of both espa and espa foundation and receives compensation from a professional employer organization (peo). Per the irs instructions, compensation from a peo should be reported as if paid by the filing organization. Therefore, the total w-2 amount has been reported on both espa's form 990 and espa foundation's form 990. Of the total $180,309 in compensation and total benefits of $6,705 reported on part vii, $57,373 in compensation and $1,341 in benefits relates directly to his compensation for espa. The remaining $122,936 in compensation and $5,364 in benefits relates to his compensation for serving as the executive director of espa foundation.”

“In accordance with irs instructions, an organization that utilizes a peo should not report any employees on the form 990. Therefore, part i, line 5 and part v, line 2 report zero employees.”