Orange County Coastkeeper

“Garry brown and ellen orange-brown are husband and wife.”

“The organization contracts with a public accounting firm to prepare the informationreturns.prior to filing the form 990, a draft of the tax return is sent to the associatedirector for review process. The following procedures are performed during thereview process:1. Make sure that the form 990 agrees to the audited financial statements.2. Confirm other information reported in the form 990 tax return were correct to thebest of her knowledge.after the review process is complete, the approved tax return is finalized.”

“On a day to day basis, management is aware of the adopted policies ranging fromrecord retentions to acceptance of donations and gifts. All grants, contracts,compensation are monitored for potential conflicts of interests. All employees,board members and independent contractors are monitored. No conflicts of interestpast or present have occurred.”

“Coastkeeper maintains an executive committee of the board of directors; it iscomprised of the current officers of the corporation and the present and pastchairpersons of the board. As per our adopted corporate bylaws, the executivecommittee deals with all matters involving personnel, including each yearestablishing salaries and bonus levels for each of the primary and key employees.garry brown, ceo does not participate in the meetings regarding his compensation.”

“Coastkeeper maintains an executive committee of the board of directors; it iscomprised of the current officers of the corporation and the present and pastchairpersons of the board. As per our adopted corporate bylaws, the executivecommittee deals with all matters involving personnel, inluding each yearestablishing salaries and bonus levels for each of the primary and key employees.garry brown, ceo is refrained from participating in the meetings regarding hiscompensation.”

“FURNISHED UPON REQUEST”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Restoration The Organization has spent the last eight-years successfully restoring acres of kelp forests along the Orange County Coastline. Currently, the Organization is conducting an eelgrass restoration project in Upper Newport Bay. Also, the Organization is participating in an oyster aqua-culture project in Los Alamitos Harbor, as well as, monitoring green abalone near the coastline shore waters. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Enforcement The Organization monitors, on land and on water, any pollution that occurs during rain events or through any other activity throughout the region. These include polluted runoff from construction sites, scrap yards, and any other industrial site. When polluted discharges are consistently out of compliance with state and federal water laws, the Organization initiates federal litigation against violators. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Special Projects:In addition to the five pillar programs, the Organization initiates and conducts Special Programs, such as the Coastkeeper Garden and the SCE/Coastkeeper Smartscape project.Coastkeeper Garden Located at Rancho Santiago Canyon College, the Organization has a 20-year lease on 2.5 acres of land at a nominal rate where they are constructing a demonstration garden for public education. The focus of the garden is to illustrate water conservation landscaping, the elimination of urban runoff, and many other lessons to both homeowners and prospective homeowners, as there are approved plans for thousands of new homes in the immediate area. The Garden will serve as a public venue as well as for classes at the college.Southern California Edison (SCE)/Coastkeeper Smartscape Project A partnership between SCE and the Organization which the Organization designed, installed, and will maintain an innovative and state-of-the-art landscape on 3 acres of landscape around a major SCE sub-station in the City of Orange, California. The goal of this project is to reduce carbon footprint 85%, water consumption 50%, eliminate urban runoff from the site, and to reduce the O&M cost of maintenance by 60%. This is a public demonstration project focused at both industry and the general public.”