Bamyan Media Inc

“The form 990 was prepared by the organization's outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. A copy of the 990 was provided to the board before it was filed with the irs.”

“The organization enforces a strict conflict of interest policy. All actual or potential conflicts of interest either through a personal interest in or providing an unfair competitive advantage to a vendor must be avoided. Bamyan requires purchase order forms have a section that ensures there are no conflict of interest in choosing a vendor. The purchasing officer reviews the selection of vendors to ensure that decisions are made fairly by reviewing quotes and justifications for choosing vendors. If a conflict of interest were to arise, the board member would recuse himserlf/herself from voting on such matters.”

“The executive director/ceo compensation was determined in accordance with usaid rule and regulation and approval, the organizations main donor, regarding the level they were willing to fund. Compensation was determined using comparable data and previous earnings/effective salary. The salary level was reviewed and approved by the board of directors. The date of the last compensation review was march 2014. This process was documented in the hr manual, vetted and approved by usaid. The same procedure was used for all all officers, consultants and independent contractors engaged by the organization.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“Gabriel manga served as a board member and communications manager for the organization. During 2014, he received compensation for his role as the communications manager. The compensation was unrelated to his board duties and was determined to be fair market value.”

“Consultants: program service expenses 73,965. Management and general expenses 34,683. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 108,648. Subcontractors: program service expenses 583,678. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 583,678. Professional fees: program service expenses 13,662. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 13,662.”