Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc.

“There are no committees that act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Line 11b explanation - the executive committee has the responsibility for reviewing the form 990 (including all pertinent schedules) before it is filed with the irs.”

“Annual statements each director, principal officer and member of a committee with board of directors delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: a. Has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, b. Has read and understands the policy, c. Has agreed to comply with the policy, and d. Understands ccwqp is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. Periodic reviews to ensure ccwqp operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects: a. Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information and the result of arm's length bargaining. B. Whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to ccwqp's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurement, impermissible private benefit or in an excess benefit transaction.”

“1.compensation arrangement approved in advance by independent members of ccwqp's governing body (board of directors or a subcommittee thereof) that is composed of persons who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement. 2. Before making the reasonable compensation determination, the governing body (or subcommittee thereof) relied upon comparability data (comparability data that includes compensation paid by comparable and similarly situated entities) in deciding whether to approve the compensation. 3. Governing body contemporaneously documents their basis for making its reasonable compensation determination, as follows: a. Terms of the approved compensation and the date approved by the board b. Members of board present during debate on the compensation amount and those who voted on it and how they voted on it c. Description of the comparability data obtained and relied upon and how such data was obtained d. Any actions by board member having a conflict of interest (e.g. Disclosure of the conflict of interest; recusal from the discussion) e. Documentation of the basis for the compensation determination before the later of the next board meeting or 60 days after the final actions of the authorized body are taken it is essential that the individuals whose compensation is being discussed not be present during such discussions. The reasonable compensation discussion should be undertaken by the board at least annually; the reasonable compensation binder maintained for each insider should also be prepared, or at least updated, annually.”

“AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST”

“Central coast water quality preservation (ccwqp) began offering a new service in august 2022 involving well water sampling.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 2,598,758. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,598,758.”