In Our Backyards Inc

“Ioby uses an outside management company, justworks employment group, a professional employer organization ("peo") as a co-employer. The peo was paid $23,509 in 2023 for their services. All of the individuals listed in part vii are paid by the peo. Their calendar year 2023 compensation is reported in part vii, section a.”

“Ioby has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. Once the form 990 is prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board of directors of the organization for their review. Any comments are provided to the outside accountants and are addressed as necessary. The return is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The board of directors have a fiduciary responsibility to ioby, should ensure legal and ethical integrity, and should always work in the organization's best interests. A disclosure statement is required annually. Staff are to report potential conflicts to the ceo. Board members are to report potential conflicts to the chair. A board member with a conflict of interest is required to announce it and recuse himself or herself from the relevant decision-making process. A written record is kept in the official meeting minutes.”

“Every year, ioby's senior management team revises our salary bands, a transparently shared, board-approved document of salary and advancement based on performance, responsibility and geography of the staff person. The salary bands are based on comparable nonprofit and for profit companies with annual budgets between $2 million (minimum) and $10 million (maximum). The vice chair and chair of the board confer on the ceo's performance and success in reaching goals, and using both the organization's salary bands and the board's own comparison data to similar positions, the board agrees on the compensation for the ceo. This process was last conducted in 2021, and was approved by the executive committee of the board, and documented and communicated directly from the board chair to the cfo by email. The ceo determines compensation for other members of ioby's senior management team, which in 2021, included autumn smoot, cfo. The ceo uses the organization's salary bands, performance evaluation data, 360 data and with input and counsel from the board chair to determine any changes in compensation based on performance.”

“Ioby makes its form 990 and form 1023 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of internal revenue code. The form 990 is posted on the organization's website (http://ioby.org/about/transparency), the new york state attorney general's website, guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 275 park avenue, suite a, brooklyn, ny 11205 or by calling the organization directly at 917-464-4515.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”