Wildaid Inc

“Form 990 draft was reviewed by wildaid staff. Once that review was complete, the form 990 was sent to the audit committee and executive committee for review and comment. The paid preparer presented the 990 to the audit committee and the committee members were given an opportunity to ask questions. After that, it was sent to the entire board of directors for review and comment. Any corrections were incorporated into an updated version which was then circulated to the entire board as a final copy.”

“All employees are subject to a conflict of interest policy as stated in the employee handbook, but it does not require an annual disclosure. The ceo will make the final decision related to review and determinations of conflicts and any restrictions that may be imposed based on the specifics of the situation. No member of the wildaid board of directors, or any of its committees, shall derive any personal profit or gain, directly or indirectly, by reason of his or her participation with wildaid. Each individual shall disclose to wildaid any personal interest which he or she may have in any matter pending before the wildaid board and shall refrain from participation in any decision on such matter. Any member of the wildaid board, any committee or staff who is an officer, board member, a committee member or staff member of a vendor organization or consultancy shall identify his or her affiliation with such agency or agencies, further, in connection with any board action specifically directed to that agency, he/she shall not participate in the decision affecting that agency and the decision must be made and/or ratified by the full board.”

“The process for determining compensation for the ceo and other wildaid executives was conducted by the compensation committee of the board and included: i) a review of wildaid's compensation philosophy; ii) a review of executive performance; iii) collection of benchmarking pay data from two compensation surveys and 990s of comparative organizations; iv) a review of the ceo's recommendations for the executive team; and v) a meeting of the compensation committee to review and discuss all materials and develop compensation recommendations.”

“Upon request to management, the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements will be made available to the public at the organization's address for the same period of time set forth in sec 6104(d).”

“Program consulting: program service expenses 2,503,114. Management and general expenses 216,254. Fundraising expenses 903. Total expenses 2,720,271.”

“Cumulative translation adjustment -89,574.”