Playing for Change Foundation

“Mark johnson and greg johnson have a family relationship. Heather bacon and dave bacon have a family relationship. Joel goulder and jeremy goulder have a family relationship.”

“The organization outsources its executive director services to a firm called hunter kemper. Elizabeth hunter, who is a partner at hunter kemper, holds the position of executive director at playing for change foundation. She, with her team at hunter kemper, assists in the management duties of organization in that role.”

“The form 990 is reviewed in detail by the program and finance director and the bookkeeper to ensure that everything reported on the return is accurate. Upon approval of the draft of the return, the cpa firm preparing the return will make any necessary changes. A copy of the final form 990 will be forwarded to the entire board of directors before filing with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is monitored by all board members having reviewed and signed the policy. In the event an interested party becomes aware of a potential conflict of interest, the board is notified. If there is uncertainty, the board president consults with legal counsel and conveys the recommendation to the board. Procedures are in place to address the conflict of interest including facts, questions, the interested party recuses himself or herself from the board's deliberations on the matter. The interested party will abstain from voting on the matter and will not be present during voting. There are also procedures in place to address if the board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a potential interested party has failed to disclose actual or possible conflict of interest.”

“For the executive director, the board researched compensation information and independently voted on and approved the compensation based on the role and given the current budget and size of operations. For the top management official, the board president and associate director researched comparable entities to determine the appropriate salary, given the size and budget of operations for the year.”

“The form 1023, form 990, governing documents, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request either by mail or in person. The form 990 and financial statements are available on the organization's website.”

“Playing for change day: program service expenses 47,900. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 31,934. Total expenses 79,834. Other: program service expenses 975. Management and general expenses 37,788. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 38,763.”

“Write off of deferred rent for terminated lease 57,017.”