Team Rubicon Inc

“This question is not applicable since the organization does not have a committee with the authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Copies of the 990 are distributed via email to its board members. Management asks that the board "approve", provide comments, ask questions by a set deadline.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy that applies to all employees and board members. Enforcement of the policy includes a requirement that all employees and board members annually disclose any conflicts by either reporting conflicts or confirming that no conflicts exist.”

“Compensation of the president is subject to review and approval by the board of directors independently, without the participation of the interested person. The board uses comparability data to set the compensation of the president. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: the board of directors review and approve the compensation of all members of management independently, without the participation of interested persons. The board uses comparability data to set the compensation.”

“The organization makes the form 990 and its audited financial statements available via www.foundationcenter.org and www.teamrubiconusa.org. All other governing documents including the form 1023 are publicly available upon request.”

“Beyond disaster response and recovery, team rubicon invests in their volunteers and communities with disaster training education and relevant courses. This year in california alone we trained over 1,460 volunteers in fire mitigation tactics so they can be better prepared to take on mitgation efforts themselves in the future. Recruitment efforts for the organization continue to focus on metropolitan centers across the united states, primarily in cities with a population larger than 100,000. With teams located across the us, team rubicon is able to quickly provide relief regardless of location or scale of a disaster. This focus on city-level recruitment has the added benefit of increasing the resiliency of local communities, creating a framework for team rubicon members, their families, and neighbors to prepare and respond to disasters together. The ability to continue to serve alongside like-minded individuals has substantial impact on team rubicon's veteran and civilian members alike. Team rubicon's commitments to financial and operational transparency have earned them high marks from charity watch groups, including a platinum rating from guidestar and a four-star rating from charity navigator. In coordination with several data and visualization partners, team rubicon also hosts the open initiative, an online data transparency dashboard available to the general public that provides real-time insight into key operational metrics and the overall health of the organization. The organization's work has been recognized by numerous awards, including, but not limited to cnn heroes, the classy awards, the heinz award, the grinnell prize, the manhattan institute, and the lincoln awards. Its work has also been covered by dozens of media outlets, including abc news, nbc, cnn, fox, msnbc, espn, the new york times, outside, time magazine, and others.”

“In 2021, team rubicon grew to over 150,000 registered volunteers (65% military veterans) who have executed hundreds of disasters operations since 2010, including large-scale events such as the 2010 haiti earthquake, superstorm sandy (2012), hurricane harvey (2017), hurricane dorian (2019), hurricanes laura and delta (2020) and others. This year alone we completed over 200 operations and served over 170 communities both domestically and internationally. We assisted over 21,500 individuals across 20 different types of hazards, including the 2021 haiti earthquake, winter storm uri, tennessee flooding and the midwest tornados. Our veteran-led volunteers continued to step up and deliver services in new waysincluding to continued covid vaccination efforts from 2020 and distributing more than 8.3 million items to afghan families resettling across the u.s.”

“Team rubicon supports the community in all parts of the disaster cycle. We continue our long-term rebuild program, which reaches beyond the immediate response phase of the disaster cycle and into the recovery phase to get homeowners back into their homes as quickly as possible. We provide safe and stable homes, utilizing resilient building methods wherever possible. Team rubicon continues its rebuild operations in houston, tx, and lake charles, ca and orange, tx in response to hurricanes laura and delta. We launched a new rebuild operation in selma, al in response to hurricane zeta and the multiple tornados that hit the area.”

“Bad debt expense -500,000.”