National Drowning Prevention

“The form 990 is prepared by an outside cpa firm. Once the return is completed by the cpa firm, it is sent to the organization's financial oversight and executive committees for review. Once both committees have reviewed the return, it is circulated via email to all voting board members for review. After all board members have had the opportunity for input, the return is signed and submitted to the irs.”

“An interested party is under a continuing obligation to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known, or reasonably should be known. An interested party shall complete a questionnaire to fully and completely disclose the material facts about any actual or potential conflicts of interest. The disclosure statement shall be completed upon his/her association with the organization, and shall be updated annually thereafter. An additional disclosure statement shall be filed at such time as an actual or potential conflict arises. For board members, the disclosure statements shall be provided to the president of the board, or in the case of the presidents disclosure statement shall be provided to the secretary of the board. The secretary of the board of directors shall file copies of all disclosure statements with the official corporate records of the organization. Whenever there is reason to believe that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists between ndpa and a director/officer the board of directors shall determine the appropriate organizational response. This shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, invoking the procedures described in section 5, below, with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction. 5. Procedure for addressing conflicts of interest: where an actual or potential conflict exists between the interests of ndpa and a director/officer with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction, ndpa shall refrain from the proposed action or transaction until such time as the proposed action or transaction has been approved by the disinterested members of the board of directors of theorganization. The following procedures shall apply: - a director/officer who has an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to a proposed action or transaction of the corporation shall not participate in anyway in, or be present during, the deliberations and decision making of the organization with respect to such action or transaction. The interested party may, upon request, be available to answer questions or provide material factual information about the proposed action or transaction. - the disinterested members of the board of directors may approve the proposed action or transaction upon finding that it is in the best interests of the corporation. The board shall consider whether the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable to the organization and whether it would be possible, with reasonable effort, to find a more advantageous arrangement with a party or entity that is not an interested party. - approval by the disinterested members of the board of directors shall be by vote of a majority of directors in attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present. An interested party shall not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, nor for purposes of determining what constitutes a majority vote of directors in attendance. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that the conflict disclosure was made, the vote taken and, where applicable, the abstention from voting and participation by the interested party. Violations of conflict of interest policy: if the board of directors has reason to believe that a director/officer has failed to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest, it shall inform the person of the basis for such belief and afford the person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the response of the interested party and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board determines that the interested party has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“The executive director's compensation is established by the board of directors using comparable data and voted on by the independent members of the board. Once approved, the compensation is documented in the minutes.”

“The organization did not compensate another officer or key employee during the year.”

“The organization provides governing documents as required for organizations recognized as exempt under internal revenue code section 501(c)3 for public inspection upon written request.”

“The ndpa educates professionals and conducts marketing to caregivers of young children, parents, and others involved in drowning prevention. The ndpa holds an annual educational event called the national water safety conference in conjunction with the association of aquatic professional's conference each year which attracts over 1,400 attendees between both organizations. This event showcases best practices, the latest in research, strategy development, and products to assist individuals and organizations from across the nation to work together and maximize their efforts. Ndpa also maintains an active comprehensive website offering drowning prevention information and marketing campaigns highlighting water safety. During 2023 -2024, the ndpa continued and expanded our water safety champion program which provides consumer and industry education specific to individual sectors such as parents/caregivers, residential pool professionals, commercial pool professionals, and pediatricians. These targeted groups receive simple, clear, and high-quality drowning prevention education resources and tools. The ndpa also delivers water safety education via traditional media and social media.”

“Administrative specialist 3,900 3,900 1,950 marketing manager 2,640 2,640 1,320 project management 360 360 180 creative services 68,818 9,176 13,764 event manager 14,850 0 0 medical & science advisors 39,000 0 0 impact study contractor 15,000 0 0 public relations 6,286 0 0 actuarial consulting 0 1,100 0 total 150,854 17,176 17,214”