Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners

“All governance rules and decisions are voted upon by partnership.”

“Our accounting firm prepares and delivers a draft of the form 990 to the executive director of our organization and it is available to all members of the board of directors for their review. Everyone is given time to review the draft form 990 and respond with their comments. After this period, all appropriate edits are made to the draft form 990. The final edited form 990 is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Annually all board members are provided with a copy of our organization's conflict of interest policy to read and review. All board members are required to disclose all current conflicts and any other conflicts as they arise. This way management and the board can monitor all conflicts and enforce the conflict of interest policy on a current basis.”

“The compensation of our organization's executive director is reviewed annually by the board of directors. The board reviews compensation data obtained from various sources on the internet, and comparing other executive director compensation in similar industries and budget size as reported on these organization's 990.”

“The organization will provide copies of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements to the public upon request.”

“The organization is a philanthropic organization consisting of a diverse network of individuals who invest their time, expertise and capital in innovative non-profits serving at-risk youths in allegheny county, pa.”

“Psvp is a volunteer organization. All partners (volunteers) share their personal and professional expertise with nonprofits who are engaged with psvp through its grant-making programs.”

“Other programs offered by social venture partners pittsburgh in 2015 other programs offered by social venture partners pittsburgh in 2015 1) svp kids is a program of svp for partners (members) children to learn more about engaged philanthropy by raising money and managing a grant making program, including awarding grants to local nonprofits that work with at-risk youth. Pittsburgh cares is a nonprofit that is contracted each school year to manage the program for children grades 3-6. 2) get smart program is an educational event for partners to learn moreabout the philanthropic focus area where they will be making a grant at the fall pitch-- and selecting a nonprofit to mentor and work with for 18months. The get smart event focused on reducing food insecurity for children in our community and took place at the food bank of sw, with svp partners giving out donated food at a distribution site. 3) partner engagement is a program with workshops design to equip svp partners with tools to navigate and support their capacity-building efforts within community nonprofits. It also includes networking socials to build relationships among partners and with key resources in the community. Networking socials include a guest speaker and informal discussion about a relevant area of focus.”