Little Forks Conservancy Inc.

“Board members review draft form 990 for review and comment. The final copy is reviewed by the finance committee and signed by the vice president.”

“Any director, principal officer, staff member or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers is required to comply with the conflict of interest policy. Determination of a conflict of interest is done at the governing board or committee level with any interested person removed from the discussion. Conflict disclosure statements are filed at the beginning of each year in accordance with the duty to disclose portion of the conflict of interest policy. The conservancy has not had a conflict under its policy requiring any enforcement.”

“The organization uses compensation surveys or studies from comparable nonprofits (michigan nonprofit association salaries) for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations, the consumer price index, and review and approval by the executive committee and finance committee to establish the compensation of the organization's executive director as documented in the committee minutes. The full board votes on the total budget as documentd in the board minutes.”

“The conservancy includes the statement of activities in a summer newsletter, which is distributed to members and key community stakeholders. The newsletter is also published on their website. All other documents are available at the conservancy's office for public view if requested. The conservancy's form 990 is posted on guidestar.org for registered users.”

“The conservancy works to perpetually conserve the natural resources of our region through fee simple acquisition or the establishment of conservation easements. The conservancy maintained trails on its six publicly accessible nature preserves. The conservanacy provided education to the general public regarding land conservation through direct mail, newletters, community meetings and events, social media and the website. The conservancy continued its outreach program called nature/nurture to engage with high school students in the area and continued to work on the conservation at home community program. The conservancy currently maintains 32 conservation easements covering over 2,927 acres. The conservancy owns six fee simple preserves totaling 849 acres open to the public for low impact recreational use.”