Sae International

“Sae outsources the management of its information technology business unit to sigma resources, llc.”

“Sae has the following grades of membership: honorary, fellow, member, affiliate, joint and student. Only members in the following grades are entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the membership: honorary, fellow, and member.”

“Directors are nominated by the executive nominating committee, and elected by the voting members.”

“The return will be initially reviewed by the sae controller and chief financial officer. The return will then be posted to the board discussion forum. Each board member will be asked to electronically acknowledge that they have reviewed the return. Questions by board members can be posted to the forum during the review process.”

“Sae enforces a conflict of interest policy in order to prevent the personal or financial interests of sae board members or committee members from interfering with the performance of their fiduciary duties to sae. Members are required to sign a conflict of interest policy statement disclosing all material business, financial and organizational interests and affiliations they or persons close to them have which could be construed as related to the interest of sae. Disclosure shall also be made if a material conflict of interest arises in the course of the member's service to sae, whether arising out of the member's employment, consulting, investments, or any other activity. If at any time a conflict of interest exists, the member will either be asked to remove themselves from participating in the deliberations and/or voting on the matter presenting the conflict or in some instances, if it would become necessary, the member would be asked to submit their resignation.”

“Sae international used a documented process for determining the executive management's compensation which included the ceo position's compensation. This included a written performance appraisal completed by all members of the sae compensation committee as well as input from the ceo. Comparable data was introduced by a third party compensation consulting organization to ensure market pricing. All decisions as a result of the evaluation process were documented in the january 2014 compensation committee meeting minutes. The process was last undertaken in 2014.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Sae is a technical society aimed at developing, collecting, and disseminating, on a worldwide basis, the knowledge of mobility technologies in order to advance these fields and their practicioners in a manner which serves humanity.”

“Sae foundation- administration of restricted funds donated for the purpose of recognizing significant contributions to mobility technology and promoting engineering and science education from kindergarten through graduate school.”

“$9,464,096 of other expenses reported relates to consultants and subcontractor fees incurred during the tax year.”

“Change in pension obligation: 10,295,134”

“The purpose of sae global, llc is to engage in activities that further the purpose of sae as an exempt organization in areas of the world other than the united states.”

“The purpose of performance review institute is to foster, advance and promote the interests of those regulated manufacturing and maintenance industries most likely to benefit from a collective, globalized approach to quality management and process standardization; to compile and review performance standards; to promote and administer quality assurance, accreditation and certification programs for the benefit of the general public. Industry and government; and to contribute funds, property and service to nonprofit organizations that develop and publish standards for maintaining and improving quality and performance.”

“The mission of sae industry technologies consortia is to provide an efficient and legal framework for automotive, aerospace, or commercial vehicle companies and organizations to create solutions to technical and business problems.”