Cleveland Pops Orchestra

“Prior to filing, the form 990 is presented to the finance/audit committee, finance staff, and the president/ceo director for review and approval. The board was then provided a copy prior to electronic filing.”

“Each year, board members and staff are asked to review the pops' conflict of interest policy and to complete a "disclosure of interest certificate". The certificate requests that the directors and staff, to the best of their knowledge and belief, disclose affiliations with organizations, or related parties of such organizations, that may potentially result in a conflict of interest. If a potential conflict of interest is identified, appropriate steps are taken both to assess the nature of the potential conflict and, subsequently, to ensure that the possibiity of an actual conflict is mitigated. Such mitigation may be achieved through the recusal or firewalling of the individual in question, thus ensuring that the conflict is managed and the letter and spirit of the conflicts policy is upheld. The governance committee is charged for monitoring the organization's conflict of interest policy.”

“The executive committee annually evaluates the performance of the president/ceo. Compensation is based on performance and compared to statistics published each year by the america orchestra league and also to comparison to her peers with similar orchestras in budget size and number of performances. The review is performed by independent persons and after deliberation, the decision is contemporaneously documented.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“The cleveland pops orchestra with carl topilow performs the highest quality symphonic pops music to entertain and enrich a wide and diverse audience and provides educational programs to develop an enduring appreciation of music, both enhancing the richness and vibrancy of northeast ohio living.”

“Our actual music program in schools throughout the region, thereby giving the next generation the beginning of a lifelong appreciation of the arts. - our jean l. Petitt scholarship award for high school students provided young artists performance opportunities with the cleveland pops orchestra and resources towards continuing their education. - youth ensembles, including the contemporary youth orchestra, performed with our professional musicians. The cleveland pops orchestra performed 7 concerts with an approximate attendance of 15,000. Also, 6 run-out concerts were performed, sponsored by local corporations, municipalities, schools and nonprofit entities with an approximate attendance of 33,000.”