Girls Who Code Inc.

“Girls who code, inc. Has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board for approval. Once the board has approved the return it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy applicable to directors, officers, and members of committees with powers delegated by the board. Each person is required to annually sign a statement that affirms that such person has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy and agrees to comply with the policy. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, interested persons have a duty to disclose all material facts to the directors and to the members of committees with powers delegated by the board of directors that are considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she must leave the meeting of such board of directors or committee while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. If it is determined that a conflict of interest exists, the board of directors or committee will determine whether the corporation can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible, the board of directors or committee will determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement and whether it is in the organization's best interest. An interested person may make a presentation at the board of directors or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she must leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement.”

“The compensation committee, consisting of independent board members, discusses, reviews, and approves the compensation for the ceo and other officers using comparable data from other non-profit organizations. In addition, the organization uses an independent compensation consultant and compensation surveys for compensation determination. The approval of the board is documented in the board minutes and in email correspondence. This process was last conducted in 2021.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request.”

“The organization has an executive committee that is responsible for the oversight of the audit and the selection of the independent auditor. The process has not changed from the prior year.”