Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

“Pursuant to the pittsburgh history & landmarks foundation's (phlf) by-laws, phlf has an executive committee consisting of five to ten trustees elected by the phlf board of trustees with the president serving as a non-voting ex-officio member of the executive committee. The executive committee has and may exercise all the powers and authority of the phlf board between meetings, but does not have the power of authority as to the following: (a) fill vacancies on the board of trustees; (b) adopt amendments to, or repeal the phlf by-laws; (c) amend or repeal any resolution of the phlf board of trustees; or (d) take any action on matters committed by the by-laws or a resolution of the phlf board of trustees to another committee of the phlf board of trustees.”

“The phlf audit committee meets to review, discuss, and approve the final draft of the form 990. Following approval by the phlf and affiliates audit committee and prior to submission of the form 990 to the irs, drafts of the form 990 are sent to the phlf executive committee for review, comment and/or revision up to a certain date. Copies of the final form 990 are also provided to phlf trustees prior to filing.”

“Trustees are required to complete and submit to phlf a conflicts disclosure statement on an annual basis pursuant to phlf's conflict of interest policy. The conflicts disclosure statement includes information needed to identify actual and potential conflicts such as current employer, significant investments, positions on other organization/corporation, and information of family members. The completed conflicts disclosure statements are reviewed and retained by the general counsel.”

“The compensation of the highly compensated employees and raise percentages are reviewed by phlf's compensation committee. The compensation committee uses a number of methods to establish compensation and percentage raises such as conferring with outside counsel and considering an employee's performance.”

“All governing documents, the conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements of phlf are made available to the public by contacting the accounting department to schedule a time during regular business hours to review those documents. If appropriate, the information may be mailed or e-mailed to an interested party for review.”

“Preservation fees: program service expenses 642,482. Management and general expenses 7,619. Fundraising expenses 11,802. Total expenses 661,903. Graphic design fees: program service expenses 27,053. Management and general expenses 2,201. Fundraising expenses 2,750. Total expenses 32,004. Architectural design fees: program service expenses 75,047. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 75,047.”

“Transfers from related entities - net 2,482,103.”