Fos Feminista Fund

“Form 990, part iii, line 1: the ippf whr fund was formed exclusively for charitable purposes to support, foster, aid, and enhance family planning, responsible parenthood, reproductive health, and empowerment of women and shall aid and support the activities of international planned parenthood federation - western hemisphere region, inc. And its autonomous national member associations in the western hemisphere region.”

“Form 990, part vi, lines 7a and 7b: international planned parenthood federation-western hemisphere region ("ippf-whr") is the supported organization of the ippf whr fund and its board of directors has the powers to appoint three directors to the organization's board and to remove its appointed directors. Further, ippf-whr must provide written consent for any change affecting designation, term, powers or duties of the director(s) it appoints.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 11b: the organization's form 990 is initially prepared by an independent accounting firm based on information provided by the staff of ippf-whr, a related section 501(c)(3) organization (the fund has no employees). The ippf-whr staff review and approve the draft return. The final return is then provided to the entire board for their review and approval prior to filing with the internal revenue service (irs).”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12c: the organization has a conflict of interest policy in place. Directors and officers are required to disclose the existence of a financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. The governing board or committee then reviews the outside affiliations to determine if there are any potential conflicts of interest or violations of the conflict of interest policy. If so, appropriate action is taken to resolve any such conflicts or violations, including causing a director to recuse himself or herself from discussion and voting on the issue, engaging in a different transaction of arrangement that would not create a conflict of interest, or taking appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“Form 990, part vi, lines 15a and 15b: the ippf whr fund does not have any paid directors, officers or employees. Two officers are paid by a related organization, international planned parenthood federation-whr.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 19: upon request, the organization will make available only those documents required to be disclosed under the public inspection laws.”