Interscholastic Equestrian Association Inc.

“The board of directors is made up of four founding members or their designees, plus four elected officers, and up to five at large members.”

“The president-elect is nominated by the general membership and approved by the existing board of directors. Also, regional presidents are elected by members within local chapters.”

“The federal form 990 is prepared by iea's cpa and is reviewed and approved by the board of directors prior to filing.”

“All board members must sign a questionaire regarding potential conflicts of interest at the beginning of each year. Also, at the opening of each board meeting, members are asked if they see a conflict of interest in any of the agenda topics. If there are any potential conflicts of interest, the affected member would be asked to step out of the meeting until that topic is decided.”

“Wages for the executive director are determined by the exectutive committee and presented to the the board of directors who give final approval for the amount of compensation. All wages, transactions and compensation of any officers or directors are based on comparable market wages and salary surveys.”

“The organization's governing documents and finincials are made available to the public upon request. They are publicly available through guidestar.”

“Interscholastic equestrian association, inc (iea) is an ohio not-for-profit established in 2006. Iea is organized to promote and expand access to quality team and individual equestrian competition and instruction available to middle and secondary school students. Its purpose shall be to set standards for competition; to provide information concerning the creation and development of equestrian sport programs; to promote the common interests of safe riding instruction; and to educate on matters related to horsemanship at the pre-collegiate level. Iea serves riders who are 18 and under by offering financial and grant programs for equine athletics.”

“Regular volunteers that act as regional presidents-responsible for organizing regional finals events, and coordinating communication and activities in their local areas”

“The iea added significant programs in 19.20. The dressage program that had been in place for several years as a "pilot" offering, was fully incorporated into the iea offerings; thereby expanding us to three offered riding disciplines of hunt seat, western and dressage. There were 429 rider members in the new dressage offering. Iea also added a new pilot program for "intro riders" which allowed riders in grades 4 & 5 to now participate as rider-members within the iea. In its initial year of this offering, there were 873 intro riders who participated. The iea continues to be a significant, introductory program to equestrian participation, and is a major contributor to the growth and sustainability of equine sports.”