The Nola Project Inc.

“Although the executive committee has authority to act on behalf of the governing board, it was not necessary to document these committee meetings because the committee asserted no actions on behalf of the governing board. The executive committee met one hour prior to the governing board's meeting and discussed what was listed on the governing board's agenda to make certain that all current issues or questions would be addressed at the governing board meeting.”

“Once the final draft of the 990 is prepared, the finance committee reviews the return and makes any necessary changes. The finance committee then submits the return to the executive committee for review and approval to submit to the governing board. The final step is to submit the 990 to the full governing board for review and for a vote of approval to file the return with the irs.”

“Conflicts of interest are analyzed and resolved individually when they arise at governing board meetings. In the event a board member (or his/her family member or his/her business associate) is a vendor to the organization, the board member abstains from voting his/her approval to purchase from that vendor. The organization has not encountered any conflict of interest thus far.”

“The nola project's annual information return is available for review by the public on the website guidestar. Our governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“Production contractor fees (actors, crew): program service expenses 67,886. Management and general expenses 8,906. Fundraising expenses 3,865. Total expenses 80,657. Grant writer & marketing contractor: program service expenses 19,201. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 690. Total expenses 19,891.”