Greater Good Charities

“Greg hesterberg is an owner of charityusa, a primary greatergood.org partner. Greg is on the board of directors but cannot be an officer. Julia christopherson is an employee of charityusa.”

“The chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief of operations, board chair and the finance committee review the 990 draft prior to filing.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy applies to any director, principal officer or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has direct or indirect financial interest. We have 13 people who fall under this definition. 1. Duty to disclose - in connection with any actual or possible conflicts of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence and nature of his or her financial interest to the board of directors (board) [or special committees with board delegated powers (e.g. Conflicts or compensation committees)] considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. 2. Determining whether a conflict of interest exists - after disclosure of the financial interest, the interested person shall leave the board or committee meeting while the financial interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. 3. Procedures for addressing the conflict of interest - a. The chairperson of the board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. B. After exercising due diligence, the board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. C. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable under circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. 4. Violations of the conflict of interest policy - a. If the board or committee has reasonable cause to believe that a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. B. If, after hearing the response of the member and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board or committee determines that the member is an interested person and has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“Compensation committee reviews ceo salary based on current data for similar sized organizations. Compensation committee reviews highly compensated employees after each review cycle. The last ceo compensation review occurred in october 2018.”

“The 990 is posted on our website at www.greatergood.org. Governing documents are available on request. The financial statements are made available to the public through the annual report.”

“Jennifer fermon ended her board service before she was hired as a greatergood.org employee in august of 2017. All compensation is for her employment and not related to her prior duties as a board member.”