Leaderspark Inc

“A draft of the form 990 is sent to members of the finance committee who then review the return individually. The finance committee then meets as a group to discuss any questions or concerns with the form 990. Next, the finance committee shares their questions and concerns with the independent accountant who prepared the form 990. After these questions and concerns are addressed and the return is updated to reflect any necessary changes, a copy of the form 990 is sent to the members of the board of directors who are encouraged to review the return and ask questions. The form is then discussed at a board meeting before being submitted to the internal revenue service.”

“The organization has established a policy that a conflict of interest questionnaire is distributed to each board member annually and each is required to review their contacts and disclose any potential conflicts of interest and sign off on the questionnaire annually.”

“The organization has established a policy that requires the executive committee to review the duties of the executive director and how she has performed them. Any change in the compensation is approved by the entire board of directors upon recommendation of the executive committee.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon written request. Furthermore, their tax returns and financial statements are included with the deposit of such information for many not-for profits in the power of the philanthropy profile of the columbus foundation which is made available to the public.”

“We also provided shorter workshops in anti-bullying, "speak up to stop bullying" to 141 people with the following results: 85% of the participants who completed the pre/post survey said that in the future they would try to help someone who is being bullied; 78% of the respondents who said that they "did not help" in the past when they saw bullying, said that they "would help" in the future.”