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“The form 990 is prepared and reviewed by the treasurer for accuracy and then circulated to the full board for discussion and comments prior to filing.”

“Officers and directors as well as their spouses, domestic partners, parents, children and siblings annually complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances in which he or she is involved that could contribute to a conflict of interest. This policy is reviewed annually by the board of directors.”

“The executive director's compensation was negotiated directly by the board of directors with the executive director. Based on form 990's for similar organizations, the amount of remuneration is modest relative to the time and effort expended on behalf of the foundation by the executive director. There was contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision in arriving at the annual compensation amount for the executive director.”

“"glow' - grant to the santa monica arts foundation to sponsor "glow", a free dusk-to-dawn biannual event featuring the work of international, national and local artists. Glow is the only all-night art event in the united states that emphasizes the commissioning of original artwork. The grant helped the funding of a commissioned work by french artist mathieu briand. 'skirball center' - grant to the skirball cultural center to help fund a chamber music concert by malian and french musicians ballake sissoko and vincent segal. The skirball cultural center sponsors educational programs in literary, visual and performing arts from around the world. "oohlala" - sponsorship of "oolala: the french music festival" in los angeles. Designed as a french music showcase in the cities of hollywood and los angeles, contemporary french musicians and singers were presented over three nights in association with kcrw, the french consulate general and the french cultural services. "le lycee francaise" - grant to promote french american relations through a presentation of "traverse" a performance that combined dance, live music and theatre from french performance company arcosm. This was a showcase for younger audiences in association with le lycee francais de los angeles. "duchesses" - support provided for a dance performance conceived and performed by two french artists marie-caroline hominal and francois chaignaud at the night gallery in los angeles and produced in association with madmoiselle mch.”