Athens Cultural Arts Center Inc

“A Board member has a family member who is occasionally hired at market rate to curate exhibitions”

“New policies were drafted in 2024, adopted in early 2025 including Whistleblower Policy and Document Retention and Destruction Policy”

“The organization is a membership organization.”

“Section 5 of the bylaws allows vacancies on the Board to be filled by a majority of remaining directors for the unexpired term”

“The Form 990 is emailed to all board members on a password-protected shared drive.”

“Monitoring and Compliance: Each board member and independent contractor is asked once per year to complete and sign a COI disclosure form. Disclosures of potential conflicts are made to the Executive Director or Board President (if the conflict involves the ED.) A designated committee reviews the facts and makes a determination if a conflict exists. Meeting minutes will reflect the disclosure of the conflict and rationale for proceeding or not, with the transaction. The interested person is not present during deliberations. All signed copies of policies and minutes of any board actions are kept in the corporate records”

“The Board of Directors determines the compensation of key employees. Compensation is reviewed at least annually and set based on comparable data from similar nonprofit organizations in the region, including information available from Form 990 filings and salary surveys. Any board member with a conflict of interest recuses themselves from the discussion and vote. The decision-making process and final approval are documented in the minutes of the meeting at which the compensation is approved.”

“Governing documents, Conflict of Interest Policy, and financial statements are all available upon request at [email protected].”

“As Fiscal Sponsor of The Catskill Comedy Festival we supported this organization through its inaugural year until it received its 501-c-3 status in December 2024”

“Admin Assit - $730, Fundraising exp - $100, Development Consultant - $2400, Background checks, -$414.75, Instructors - $10505, Curator Fees - $14016, Gallery sitting $7,170.00, Music programs - $8464.39, Community Events - $1540, Building Restoration - $2675, Advertising and Website - $1070”