Voter Registration Project

“Voting for america's accountants prepare the federal form 990. The draft version of the federal form 990 is then reviewed by voting for america's outside 501(c)(3) counsel and the president and executive director. Any questions or corrections they have are directed to the tax return's preparer. A second version of the draft federal form 990 is prepared. The process repeats itself until both counsel and the president are satisfied with the filing. The final draft federal form 990 is distributed to members of the board of directors and they are provided with an opportunity to ask question and comments. The federal form 990 is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Project vote's board of directors, who also serves as voting for america's board of directors, adopted a formal conflict of interest policy in august 2008 by a unanimous vote of all directors. The board's assistant secretary and general counsel leads the board of directors through an annual review of the conflict of interest policy and other key governance policies. At its core, the conflict of interest policy is meant to be self-policing, relying on board members to disclose when they have a conflict or appearance of a conflict. The president, board chair, counsel, or other board members have reminded the board of directors of the conflict of interest policy in situations where, based on their knowledge, such a reminder appears to be prudent.”

“Voting for america's board of directors receives no compensation for their services. Employees of voting for america are compensated from project vote, which is a related organization that is tax-exempt under irc section code 501(c)(3). The board of directors sets the president's salary, which occurred most recently in 2015. To accomplish this, the board of directors appointed a temporary task force of three board members to study the issue and make a recommendation to the full board of directors. The task force reported that it examined salaries at comparable organizations, assessed the organization's financial resources and compensation culture, and brought a recommendation to the full board of directors. The full board of directors met in an executive session, discussed the task force's recommendation, and voted on a specific salary. Contemporaneous minutes were recorded. The board of director's assistant secretary is a full-time voting for america employee and attorney, whose salary is set by the president. His work as an assistant secretary is incidental to his primary full-time staff responsibilities upon which his compensation is based.”

“Voting for america complies with applicable rules requiring that it make its federal form 990 and related schedules available to the public for inspection. Voting for america does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public.”

“Consulting fees: program service expenses 149,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 149,000.”