Fidelis Center for Law & Policy

“The organization has no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“A draft of form 990 was electronically disseminated to all directors. Any questions related to the return were discussed and resolved, and the board approved form 990 prior to filing.”

“The board of directors has directed the president to hold a weekly status telephone conference to update key staff and any participating board members on all relevant issues related to management and operations of the organization. In each of these weekly calls, the board of directors is invited to participate. As a part of this weekly status call, key staff, officers and directors are expected to disclose any and all issues that may involve a conflict of interest between staff, board members or key employees. If and when any issue of concern is raised, the president is required to notify the board in its entirety. The board may elect to initiate an official meeting to resolve the conflict. The board compensation and audit committee is made up of all non-compensated members of the board of directors, and constitutes a majority of the board. This committee is authorized to act upon and resolve any conflicts of interest brought to the attention of management or the board of directors.”

“The board of the center's related organization, fidelis, created an audit and compensation committee to review and approve compensation for the president and executive director. The board reviewed relevant data concerning comparable compensation for presidents and executive directors of similar organizations and approved compensation based on this and other data. There are no other compensated officers or key employees other than the president and executive director.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Brian burch, the center's executive director, spends 25.0 hours per week of his time at the related organization, fidelis, a 501(c)(4) organization. All of brian's salary was paid by fidelis. A portion of his salary has been allocated on the statement of functional expenses for the time he spent on tasks for the center.”

“Consulting/contractual services: program service expenses 302,632. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 302,632. Professional fees - other: program service expenses 37,977. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,977. Payroll service fees: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 3,461. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,461. Professional fees: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 18,300. Total expenses 18,300.”

“The audit committee review process has not changed from the prior year.”