Lyrasis

“The organization has members who pay membership dues.”

“Members elect the governing body.”

“Decisions of the governing body are subject to approval by members.”

“Form 990 was reviewed by the chief financial officer, who shared it with the organization's governing body.”

“Those charged with organizational governance are required to fill out an annual questionnaire regarding their compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“The compensation for the organization's chief executive officer as well as its key employees is compared to market every two to three years by the director of human resources. The personnel committee recommends any changes to the chief executive officer's compensation to the board of trustees for approval. The organization's chief executive officer approves any compensation changes for key employees.”

“The organization's form 990 is available upon request or on the guidestar website.”

“The organization's bylaws and articles of incorporation are available on its website.”

“Its mission is to support enduring access to the world's shared academic, scientific and cultural heritage through leadership in open technologies, content services, digital solutions and collaboration with archives, libraries, museums and knowledge communities worldwide. Lyrasis's shared values are based on communication, respect, collaboration, impact, and service. Lyrasis manages itself with the fiscal and business discipline of a for-profit while preserving the heart of a non-profit, which has enabled it to build a mission-driven team and organizational structure capable of taking on sustainable global solutions at scale. Established in 2009 with an organizational history dating back to 1936, lyrasis is home to more than 1,000 member academic and public libraries, museums, archives and other collections-holding organizations located in 28 countries. With a global staff of over 50 experts and professionals, lyrasis is organized into three units of focus - community supported software, technology services and econtent. Supporting these three units are dedicated teams that include member outreach and member services (sales and customer service), marketing and communication, fiscal operations, grant writing and licensing. Bringing these functional areas together in a library, archive or museum is unique and when combined with lyrasis's service teams, a member is afforded access to resources, expertise, services and capabilities not traditionally found within their individual institution. The members benefit from access to a broader, more diverse and combined community than a single institution can offer. Ultimately, lyrasis helps its members punch above their weight, participate in national and international programs, while still maintaining their unique culture and identity. Specific examples of services and programs include: * community software - lyrasis is the structural and fiscal organizational home to two open source software solutions that have a combined membership of over 350 institutions. This unique model allows for community-driven governance and contribution to work inside the boundaries and security of a professionally managed host organization. * digital services - lyrasis is increasingly being recognized as an active leader and supporter within different software communities. Lyrasis oversees the hosting and migration services for over 100 institutions from community software platforms. In addition, lyrasis's software engineers and program managers contribute code, training and documentation to the community. * econtent - lyrasis is responsible for the negotiation of national contracts with over 80 publishers and vendors. As such, lyrasis's members do not have to worry about skill gaps or contractual risk as multi-million dollar contracts and bundled edatabases are leveraged through group buying and expert license negotiation. Lyrasis's reputation is one of active leadership in open access publishing models through partnership, advocacy and fiscal agency. * consulting - lyrasis's world-class experts take part in assisting members in areas such as digitization, disaster preparedness, and content management analysis to leverage their local content for greater access and future proof their content to ensure its long term viability. * fiscal services - lyrasis assists over 500 institutions with the ability to deposit funds for future use and protect budgeted capital from unanticipated budget adjustments and a platform that manages their procurement needs. * leader's circle, leaders forum and catalyst seed funds - these programs are critical to about 10% of lyrasis members who engage in early innovation exploration, cross-institution collaboration and initial vetting of ideas, services and programs. Ideas submitted by members are chosen by vote to allow for vetting and testing, fair pricing, governance, setting of standards and the development of a sustainable business plan. * investments - lyrasis works closely wi”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”