Clean Water Action

“There are affirming members who sign support statements, take action, and have the ability to vote for the board of directors. There are several different categories of contributing members.”

“At least every two years there are elections for the board of directors and members are provided the opportunity to vote for board members.”

“Members get to elect the board of directors as well as vote on the national issue poll.”

“Each year the finance committee chair, audit committee chair, and the chair of the board are provided a draft copy of the 990 for review.”

“The first board meeting of each year each, board members are asked to disclose if there are any conflicts of interest. It is recorded in the board minutes if there is any conflict.”

“The board president and the executive committee asked the national managing director/cfo to obtain independent information from similar size and larger non-profit environmental organization to compare ceo's compensation packages. This information was provided to the executive committee who reviewed this benchmark information. After careful review, it was determined that cwf's ceo's compensation is well below the average salary for peer ceo's.”

“Irs form 990 and audited financial statements are available on our website. All other corporate documents are provided upon request.”

“Financial statements,governing documents,and conflict of interest policy are provided upon request.”

“On march 11, 2020, the world health organization declared the outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus a pandemic. First identified in late 2019 and now known as covid-19, the outbreak has impacted millions of individuals in the united states and worldwide. In response, the united states federal government and individual state and local governments have implemented measures to combat the outbreak which have impacted business operations. During fiscal year 2020, the organization's operations were impacted as shelter-in-place orders and government mandates to social distance reduced ability to perform field canvassing during the period. The organization has moved to mitigate the impact by reducing expenditures, actively managing cash balances, and transitioning field canvassers to phone canvass activities.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 90,892. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 90,892. Political expense: program service expenses 489,280. Management and general expenses 81,499. Fundraising expenses 295,407. Total expenses 866,186.”

“The audit oversight responsibilities and process have not changed from the previous year.”