One by One

“One by one has a policy wherein the executive director and our bookkeeper prepare the first draft of a 990 questionnaire. This is then submitted to a third party that prepares our form 990. The draft is then reviewed by the executive director and treasurer against our financial statements for the year to ensure accuracy. Any changes are then made by our third party preparer. The draft is then reviewed by one by one's finance committee, guided by our treasurer, as well as distributed to the entire board prior to filing with the irs. Any changes they suggest are made by the third party preparer then the form is submitted to the irs.”

“All board members are required to sign a conflict of interest disclosure statement at the start of their term and then each year subsequently. We enforce this at each meeting when a vote is taken about any particular financial or governance issue, as any person with a known conflict of interest must recuse him or herself from the voting. All conflicts of interest that are disclosed whether in our annual form or in a meeting, would be reviewed by our executive committee. If a conflict is determined to exist the president of the board may request that the interested director leave the room during all or part of the related presentations and discussions or refrain from participating in all or part of the related presentations or discussions. In all circumstances involving an actual conflict of interest or self-dealing transaction, the president of the board shall require a director with an actual conflict of interest to refrain from voting on any matters related to the transaction.”

“The compensation for the executive director was set by the board of directors at the time of hiring. The board of directors consulted with a professional advisor on comparable salaries of non-profits in king county and used this data to set the executive director's salary. The date of the last compensation review was in 2013.”

“One by one, as a public, not-for-profit corporation, makes all of its documents public upon request. Our form 990 and annual report are available on our website.”

“Volunteers assist in the office, help with research projects, host educational events in their homes, coordinate/staff our major fundraising dinner, provide tech support, provide design, photography and translation services, help with outreach in kenya, act in advisory roles on programmatic issues, speak at our events, serve on committees and on the board.”

“We entered into a new partnership with texas children's hospital/baylor college of medicine to support research aimed at improving fistula care outcomes. We also started supporting fistula treatment and prevention work in tanzania through grants to maternity africa.”