Ecolife Conservation

“Form 990 was prepared by an outside accounting firm and was thoroughly reviewed by the organization's executive director.”

“The organization monitors and enforces compliances with policy by both periodically reviewing performance and if and when incidents occur. Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees are required to disclose interests that could give rise to conflicts.”

“Compensation for directors and key employees is determined by annual performance reviews, which includes review and approval by management. Compensation for the executive director is determined by board approval, based on performance and competitive evaluation. The board of directors meets on a quarterly basis to discuss the executive director's performance and pay, any potential conflicts of interest, among other things.”

“Financial reports are available online at www.ecolifeconservation.org. Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Sustainable agriculture: the organization ceased manufacturing and distributing eco-cycle aquaponics kits, which has reduced programming achievements in classroom education. This has allowed resources and capacity to be dedicated to development of the modular aquaponics response kit (m.a.r.k.). The m.a.r.k. Initiative is part of community program services and aims to increase local food security, empower communities with food sovereignty, and provide education in sustainable agriculture methods. Community based conservation: in order to focus attention and resources on accomplishing program goals in mexico, the organization ceased implementation of clean cookstoves in the country of uganda. The community based conservation program is only implemented in mexico through the installation of patsari clean cookstoves. As mentioned in the program services description, the clean cookstoves installed as part of the program reduce carbon emissions. The verified emission reductions produced from the program are monetized on the voluntary carbon market to fund implementation. Emission reductions are verified by third party auditing and certified by methodology review. Expenses related to the verification and income from the monetization of emission reductions are tracked under the carbon credits programs class. However, it is not considered a separate program as it is directly related to and results from the implementation of the community based conservation program.”