Ushahidi Inc.

“The form 990 is prepared by the outside tax accountant and a copy is provided to the signing officer, the director of ushahidi for review. The officer makes a copy available to each of the board members for review before filing the form.”

“On a scheduled annual meeting, the board member reviews the conflict of interest policy and signs a conflict of interest statement.if a potential or real conflict arises and the conflicted board member is in attendance, the conflicted board member must disclose all facts material to the conflict of interest. This board member then recuses from the meeting and does not have a vote or say in the decision-making process.”

“The voting board members approves the executive directors and other top management officers salary. The compensation is determined based on the similar positions in a comparable organizations. All person who are not independent are restricted from voting on the compensation.”

“The voting board memebers reviews and approves the salaries and wages of key officer and key employee. None independent person are restricted from voting or making decision. The compensation is determined based on the similar position in the industry, comparability data and job performance analysis.”

“The form 990 with all the schedules are made available to the public through their website and upon individual request.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statment available to the public upon request.”

“Reconciliation of tax to gaap and depreciation adjustment:$34,196”

“Statement of functional expenses: telecommunication:adminstration- $7,188;program-$58.other direct program expense- $69.216.”

“Description of organization mission:nairobi, with a global team. We are a social enterprise that provides software and services to numerous sectors and civil society to help improve the bottom up flow of information.we believe that if marginalized people are able to easily communicate to those who aim to serve them, then those organizations and governments can more effectively respond to their communities immediate needs, while simultaneously bringing global attention to thier problems through the aggregation of their voices.”