In Our Backyards Inc.

“The organization uses an outside management company, justworks employment group, a professional employer organization ("peo") as a co-employer. The peo was paid $15,506 in 2020 for their services. The two officers listed in part vii, erin barnes and brandon whitney are paid by the peo. Their calendar year 2020 compensation is reported in part vii, section a.”

“In our backyards, inc. 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. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board members of the organization for any comments. Any comments are then grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“The board of directors has a fiduciary responsibility for 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 comparisons to nonprofit and for profit companies with annual budgets between $2 million (minimum) and $10 million (maximum). All ioby staff are paid according to these salary bands. Every year in the first quarter, all staff have a performance review by their manager including a 360 review. During this period, the vice chair of the board conducts a performance evaluation of the ceo based on 360 review data from staff, interviews with approximately 50% of board members and interviews with approximately 50% of staff. 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 march / april of 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 2020, included brandon whitney, coo, autumn smoot, cfo, ken nadolski, chief philanthropy officer, and jennifer allen, sr director of leader experience. 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. This was last conducted in march 2021.”

“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 own website (http://ioby.org/about/transparency), 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 540 president street, 3rd floor, brooklyn, ny 11215 or by calling the organization directly at (917) 464-4515.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process did not change from the prior year.”