The Kenyon Review

“Members of the organization - the kenyon review's sole member is kenyon college.”

“Member's power to elect trustees - as the sole member, kenyon college has the power to appoint all of the board members of the kenyon review.”

“Approval of decisions of governing body - as the sole member, kenyon college has approval rights over the decisions of the board of trustees of the kenyon review.”

“Form 990 review - form 990 is reviewed by the controller of kenyon college and certain board members of the kenyon review.”

“Form 990 provided to the governing body - the organization has distributed form 990 to the full board of trustees with the exception of donor information on schedule b. Because of schedule b's private and confidential nature, the board has delegated the authority and responsibility for reviewing that schedule to the chair of the board and the chair of the audit subcommittee of kenyon college, the sole member of the kenyon review. As such, we are required to answer "no" to the question on line 11a even though a copy of form 990 (with redacted donor information on schedule b) was provided to the trustees.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflict policy - the organization's conflict policy is distributed at the fall meeting of the board of trustees. Annually, officers and trustees are asked to disclose conflicts, and these disclosures are monitored. If a conflict arises, the person is not permitted to vote or participate in the discussion of the proposed transaction. People who are independent of the individual make the decision on the transaction.”

“Compensation review and approval - there is no standing board committee for compensation for the officers and other employees of kenyon review. Kenyon review mirrors the standard percentage cost of living increases from kenyon college, the sole members of kenyon review. The board of kenyon review approves any adjustment to base salaries above this standard percentage in a given year during an executive session of a board meeting.”

“Availability of documents - the organization does not make its financial statements, governing documents or conflict policy available to the public.”

“Artistic staff: program service expenses 97,915. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 97,915. Consulting and other services: program service expenses 100,815. Management and general expenses 2,700. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 103,515.”