Texas Conservation Alliance

“Any person supportive of the purposes of TCA is eligible for membership. Membership dues begin at $40.00. The membership meets once a year. At that meeting, the members elect the board of directors. The board then chooses officers from the board members. All decisions of the organization, except electing the directors, are the purview of the board.”

“Texas Conservation Alliance has an independent financial review committee which oversees policies related to book-keeping, record keeping and reporting. The committee consists of the treasurer, a board member with experience in accounting, budgeting, and/or financial management or reporting, and a non-board member with relevant experience. The 990 and associated schedules are sent to the committee for review before being sent to the IRS. The 990 and associated schedules are also reviewed by the chairman and executive director and provided to each director before being submitted.”

“Every year each director is given a copy of the conflict of interest disclosure form to be signed and returned. If a potential conflict is disclosed, the other directors determine whether a conflict exists, following the procedures in the organization's conflict of interest policy. If a conflict exists, the director is excluded from the decision on the relevant issue. If the directors discover a conflict of interest not voluntarily disclosed,the chairman will appoint a committee of directors to review the conflict and recommend the appropriate action.”

“Compensation for the Executive Director is determined by the Board of Directors. A committee of directors reviews comparable salaries of similar non- profit organizations and reports the research finds to the Board. The deliberations about the Executive Director's salary are substantiated in the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors.”

“The formation documents, financial statements, conflict of interest policy and other documents are available to the public upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Texas Conservation Alliance conducts a number of conservation projects, participates in the state's water planning process,supports issues led by other conservation organizations, holds or participates in events such as Earth Day, serves on state and federal advisory boards, and disseminates general conservation information directly, at events, via email, on our website, through a newsletter, and via social media. Specific projects not listed in Part III, Lines 4b, 4c, and 4d include: habitat restoration events that recruit volunteers from a wide sector of the populace, especially young people, support for funding for state parks and national parks and refuges, dissemination of information on water conservation and water recycling, and protection of rivers, bays, and estuaries, and input to decisions regarding management of national forests.”

“Dividends = $203”

“Inventory Purchase reducing income = -$0”

“Investment income not on the books = $0”

“Investment income reported -Interest = -$448”

“refund of latefees for franchise = $0”

“Rounding = $0”

“Rounding = -$2”