Northwest Vegetarian Education and Empowerment Group

“There are two individuals on the board that are related. Heather williams serves as secretary and jason williams is a director on the board.”

“Northwest veg is organized as a nonprofit corporation with one class of member.”

“Nw veg allows all members in good standing to participate in the annual election of board members.”

“Northwest veg board will review the form 990 before it is filed.”

“Nw veg inplemented a conflict of interest policy in june 2017. Persons covered under the policy include any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest. Level at which the determination of whether a conflict exists is the board of directors. Level at which the determination of conflicts are reviewed is the board of directors. Restrictions imposed on persons with a conflict include making a presentation to the board and then removing themselves to allow board discussion or vote. Board will determine if a more advantageous transaction is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest. Decision will be made as to whether the transaction is fair/reasonable.”

“Documents are available for review on the organization web site.”

“Contributions to other organizationscooking demosdineoutsdues and subscriptionsgiftslicenses and permitsmembership incentivespostageprinting and reproductionprogram film production expensesprogram suppliessmall equipmenttelephonevolunteer recognition”

“The organization changed its name from northwest vegetarian education group to northwest veg in 2014 by proper filing with the irs. However, the interval revenue service tax exempt organization search lookup does not reflect this name change.”