Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation

“Officer, director, or trustee family or business relationships vaden bales and susan ford bales trustees husband/wife roderick m. Hills and carla a. Hills trustees husband/wife michael g. Ford, steven m. Ford, susan ford bales, and richard a. Ford trustee, chairman, trustee, and trustee family relationships brent scowcroft and karen scowcroft trustees father/daughter steve van andel and doug devos trustees chairman and president, respectively, of amway”

“Form 990 review process form 990 is presented to the executive committee for discussion and review before it is filed with the irs. After review and any potential revision, a copy of the final version of the form 990 is e-mailed to each member of the executive committee.”

“Conflict of interest policy monitoring and enforcement a copy of the conflict of interest policy is furnished each year to each trustee, executive comittee member, officer, and staff member of the foundation. These persons are required to review the policy, disclose any interests or relationships that may give rise to a potential conflict of interest, and, as applicable, sign and return an affirmation of compliance.”

“Compensation review process the executive director's compensation is subject to review and approval by the officers of the organization. Compensation and labor market surveys are used for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. The organization documents this process in meeting minutes.”

“Governing documents disclosure the written conflict of interest policy is available to the public upon request. The governing documents and financial statements are maintained as internal documents and are not made available to the public, unless for a business reason as determined and approved by the executive committee.”

“Organization's mission and most significant activities the gerald r. Ford presidential foundation fosters increased awareness of the life, career, values, and legacy of america's 38th president. It does so through activities designed to promote the high ideals of integrity, honesty, and candor that defined president ford's extraordinary career of public service. The foundation promotes the ideals, values, commitment to public service, and historical legacy of president gerald r. Ford and further promotes greater civic engagement and recognition of integrity wherever it exists in the public arena. It supports permanent and changing exhibits designed to promote historical literacy; conferences; educational outreach and other programs, both scholarly and popular, including at the gerald r. Ford presidential library and museum.”

“Additional information all lines left blank are not applicable to the organization.”

“Other changes in net assets explanation this amount reduces part viii revenue by income from the following alternative investments not included in audit revenue: $213,837 oca brigade credit fund ii ein: 37-1652518 $25,986 oca strategos rmbs fund ein: 32-0407128 this amount also increases part viii revenue by fundraising events net loss of $234,033 and reduces part ix expense by fundraising events direct expenses of $501,533 included on part viii.”

“Capital campaign expense during 2013 the foundation entered into a mutual agreement with a donor to reduce that donor's capital campaign pledge by $1,000,000 so the donor could re-direct the pledge to support the legacy of president ford in another way. As this agreement was mutually beneficial to both the foundation and the donor, this reduction has been recorded as a fundraising expense and is included in capital campaign expense on the statement of functional expenses.”