Industrial Areas Foundation

“A review of the form 990 was conducted by the board of trustees prior to filing”

“Board members review and sign conflict of interest disclosure annually”

“Job performance and years of service determine the compensation for the directors and top management.”

“Forms are available upon request.”

“Disclosure of governing documents, policies and financial statements are available upon request”

“The leaders and organizers of the industrial areas foundation ("iaf") build organizations whose primary purpose is power - the ability to act - and whose chief product is social change. They continue to practice what the founding fathers preached: the ongoing attempt to make life, liberty, and the pursuit of happines everyday realities for more and more americans. The iaf is non-ideological and strictly non-partisan, but proudly, publicly, and persistently political. The iaf builds a political base within society's rich and complex third sector - the sector of voluntary institutions that includes religious congregations, labor locals, homeowner groups, recoery groups, parents associations, settlement houses, immigrant societies, schools, seminaries, orders of men and women religious, and others. And then the leaders use that base to compete at times, to confront at times, and to cooperate at times with leaders in the public and private sectors. The iaf develops organizations that use power - organized people and organized money - in effective ways. The secret to the iaf's success lies in its commitment to identify, recruit, train, and develop leaders in every corner of every community where iaf works. The iaf is indeed a radical organization in this specific sense: it has a radical belief in the potential of the vast majority of people to grow and develop as leaders, to be full members of the body politic, to speak and act with others on their own behalf. And iaf does indeed use a radical tactic: the face-to-face, one-on-one individual meeting whose purpose is to initiate a public relationships and to re-knit the frayed social fabric. The living reality of the iaf is overwhelmingly present in the iaf affiliates functioning in various states within the us, and other countries. Regional gatherings of those local groups - metro iaf in the eastern half of the us and southwest/west iaf in the western half of the united states - also meet, plan and take action. National iaf conducts an annual 7-day intensive training session and sets standards for the affiliates and professional organizers working within the iaf network.”

“The board of directors provides oversight for the audit of the organization. That has not changed from the prior year.”