Wish Upon a Wedding

“No committeees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body convened in 2014.”

“Two weeks prior to a board meeting, the treasurer or secretary will send all board members copies of the organization's return via email. During the next scheduled board meeting all board members will review the return. The treasurer or president will verbally review the information contained within. The board members will take turns reading out loud the descriptive portions of the return. A board member will make a motion to approve the return as reviewed. Another board member will second the motion. A 2/3 vote will be needed to approve the return. The return may then be filed.”

“Once a year, the conflict of interest policy is read out load at all chapters. Board members are encouraged to engage in conversation regarding the policy. If needed, new amendments will be drafted to update the existing policy.”

“A committee consisting of the president adn the treasurer drafted an employment contract for the executive director offering non-exempt employment at the califonia minimum wage of $8/hour with an expectation of 40 hours/week, and with provisions for overtime pay as required by state law. As this was the minimum possible wage, no separate comparability data was obtained. During negotiations, the offer was raised to $12/hour, and this increased offer was accepted. The full board of directors then voted to approve the employment contract at a board meeting and the results of the vote were documented in the meeting minutes.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available by email request to [email protected] or by us mail to p.o. Box 1141, santa clara, ca 95052.”

“Alison phillips - 1467 n elston ave, suite 204, chicago, il 60642. Lacy branch - 30 brookwood drive, collinsville, il 62234. Isis williams - 385 n kings hwy, cherry hill, nj 08043. Paige hiller - 19 mountain ave, woodstock, vt 05091. Vanessa lewinter - 1225 n wells #915, chicago, il 60610. Kasey conyers - 903 neil ave, columbus, oh 43215. Lindsay landman - 150 w 25th, #604, new york, ny 10001. Erin scharf - 2015 nw flanders, #503, portland, or 97209. Sara pease - 419 lafayette st, new york, ny 10003.”

“Brides for a cause: program service expenses 284,210. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 284,210.”

“Request for abatement of penalty the organization is aware that the due date of the 2014 form 990 was november 15, 2015. Unfortunately, a week prior to the due date, our tax preparer informed us that he was unavailable to prepare our return as initially agreed. The organization needed to engage another cpa firm to perform the financial statement review and prepare the returns. Given the timing to secure the firm, gather the information and prepare and review the return, late filing was unavoidable. In light of the nature of the delay in filing we request an abatement of the penalties for late filing. We notified the irs as soon as we became aware of the potential delay and have submitted the forms as soon as they were available. We appreciate your consideration of this.”