Up Global

“The president reviews the final form 990 as prepared by the external tax accountants before it is filed with the irs. The entire board receives a copy prior to the filing of the return.”

“Officers, the board of directors, as well as employees, are asked to declare conflicts of interest at time of hire and at the time of instance. Declared items are evaluated by the ceo and potentially made known to the board of directors to determine if they are acceptable or unacceptable conflicts. If they are deemed acceptable, they will be documented and no action taken. Should the conflict be deemed unacceptable, the individual with the conflict, will be excluded from the discussion or voting on the topic.”

“Compensation is reviewed by independent members of the board and comparability data is obtained from form 990 filings of other similar organizations, industry salary surveys, and salary ranges posted in job listings. After review, the deliberation and decision is documented. This process last occurred in december of 2014.”

“The organization's governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The majority of the assets of the organization were sold in 2015 at fair market value. All programs have ceased operations and the organization is in the process of winding down the entity.”

“The organization has engaged an independent accountant to audit the financial statements. At the time of filing the form 990, the audited financial statements were not final. If at the time of completion the audited financial statements have had significant changes, the organization will restate the form 990.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 236,972. Management and general expenses 174,850. Fundraising expenses 10,146. Total expenses 421,968. Contract services: program service expenses 123,168. Management and general expenses 20,290. Fundraising expenses 2,625. Total expenses 146,083.”

“Write-off of bad debt -37,465.”

“Our volunteers serve by organizing, preparing, and leading our world-wide, experiential and educational entrepreneurial events in their local communities.”