American Council on Exercise

“The form 990 is reviewed internally by the executive team and externally by the audit committee. The form 990 is made available to the board of directors prior to submission.”

“All board members and ace staff are required to annually complete a conflict of interest disclosure form. The board reviews all board member disclosures as well as the ceo and cfo. Ceo and cfo review ace employee disclosures. At each board meeting, members are reminded of conflict of interest policies and asked if they are aware of any conflicts. If a conflict arises, that board member cannot vote on the transaction.”

“With respect to the president and officers (president, coo, cfo, cso), a compensation analysis is performed by an independent party annually which takes market data from several published surveys and market prices the positions based on job responsibilities and corporate information. Total compensation and benefits are included in the review. The compensation committee reviews the report and makes recommendations to the board of directors. Compensation is approved by independant board members and is contemporaneously documented. This process was last done june 2015 during the annual board meeting. A compensation analysis is performed by an independent party annually which takes market data from several published surveys and market prices all of our staff including key employee positions based on job responsibilities and corporate information. The cfo and president review the report and makes recommendations to the board of directors. Compensation for key employees and staff are approved during the budgeted process by indepedent board members and is contemporaneously documented. This process was last done in june 2015 during the annual board meeting.”

“Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Financial statements are available on the organization's website.”

“This organization receives the majority of its income from program services, thus, the organization does not incur fundraising expenses.”

“The nonprofit american council on exercise (ace) educates, certifies, and represents more than 58,000 currently certified fitness professionals, health coaches, and other allied health professionals. Ace advocates for a new intersection of fitness and healthcare, bringing the highly qualified professionals that ace represents into the healthcare continuum so they can contribute to the national solution to physical inactivity and obesity. Ace is the largest certifier in its space and all four of its primary certification programs are accredited by the national commission for certifying agencies (ncca), the gold standard in the u.s. For accreditation of certifications that assess professional competence. Ace also plays an important public-service role, conducting and providing science-based research and resources on safe and effective physical activityand sustainable behavior change.”