American Academy of Pediatrics

“Aap-ca2 has 1,700 members on average.”

“1,000 of 1,700 members are voting members of the academy. The nominating committee develops the ballot of potential nominees to the board every 2 year term. The ballot is emailed to the voting members for a 30 day electronic voting period. This is how board members are elected into office.”

“Prior to filing of the form 990, a draft is made available to the board, who reviews the form 990 with the preparer of the form 990 (with the opportunity to ask questions) prior to its finalization. Before the form 990 is filed with the irs, the board is notified of the availability of the final filing copy of the form 990 via electronic mail that will include an active link to the return.”

“The purpose of the conflict of interest policy is to protect the chapter's interest when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest, financial or otherwise, of an officer or executive committee member of california chapter 2. Further, each committee member accepts that any materials or work product developed on behalf of chapter 2 will remain its property and cannot be used for purposes of a personal nature or on behalf of other organizations or institutions. This policy is intended to supplement, but not replace, any applicable state and federal laws governing conflicts of interest applicable to nonprofit and charitable organizations.”

“Upon the hiring of an executive director, a survey is conducted using comparable entities (membership entities). The board of directors then votes on the salary amount annually with the approval of the annual budget. The organization does not have a process for determining compensation for key employees since the organization does not employ any key employees.”

“Forms are made available for review as part of regular fall communications, and during regular board meetings, and as part of the board minutes (accessible to the public). Further, if someone contacts the entity, forms will be provided in a reasonable amount of time.”