Techbridge Girls

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside tax professional. The form is then reviewed by the organization's management. After a full review, the final version of the tax return is provided to all members of the organization's voting body. A representative of management authorizes the final form 990 which is then e-filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Techbridge girls has a comprehensive conflict of interest policy, designed to foster public confidence and to protect techbridge's interests when it is contemplating entering into a transaction that might benefit the private interest of a director, corporate officer, top management or top financial official, a key employee, a person with substantial influence over techbridge, or other interest person. Covered persons include insiders or interested persons. Procedures include a (1) duty to disclose; (2) determination of whether a conflict of interest exists; and (3) procedures for addressing a conflict of interest. If an insider is a director, the director shall not vote on any transaction in which the director has an interest, and the remaining board or committee members shall decide the matter. Potential conflicts are reviewed by the board of a committee and may include investigating alternatives that present no conflict. In addition, minutes of any meeting of the board and/or committee pursuant to this policy shall contain the name of each interested person who disclosed or was otherwise determined to have a conflict of interest; any alternative transactions considered; the members of the board or committee who were present during the debate on the transaction, those who voted on it, and to what extent persons were excluded from the deliberations.”

“The compensation for the ceo and other key employees is determined by reviewing the compensation of comparable positions at other similar-sized nonprofit organizations in the education and youth development sectors. The compensation is reviewed and approved by the board of directors. The deliberation and approval are documented in the meeting minutes.”

“Compensation of other personnel and highly compensated employees is reviewed periodically by members of management. Efforts are made to secure compensation data from industry sources in order to determine competitiveness and appropriateness of salaries and all related benefits. All decisions are then documented in personnel files.”

“Tax returns are available for download from several websites and by request from the organization's office in oakland, california.”

“All of the organization's governing documents, financial statements, and other legal filings are maintained in a secure environment and held available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public. Tax returns are posted annually to our website and to www.guidestar.org (where they are available for viewing as electronic copies) and are also available by request from the organization's office.”

“Professional Services Expense Total of $1,024,248 split between Program, General & Administrative, and Fund Expenses as follows: $767,482 $168,489 $88,277”