Black Alliance for Educational Options Inc

“Deborah mcgriff, board member, and dr. Howard fuller, chair, have a family relationship.”

“The following changes were made to the organization's bylaws: - members: only one class of members with no voting rights. - board: changes to size & composition as well as to the committee structure. Provision for local chapters & affiliates removed from bylaws.”

“The return was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. A copy of the final 990 was presented to the entire board before it was filed with the irs.”

“The baeo board chair at baeo's annual in-person board development meeting reviews the conflict of interest forms with the board to ensure all members have signed the document. All signed documents are given to the president and secretary for review. The president files the documents for future reference. If a conflict were to arise, the interested person would recuse themself from voting on the matter.”

“The board annually approves compensation of the president. The most recent salary review for this position was done in december 2013. In determining compensation for employees, baeo's board approves all compensation through the budgeting process. Any changes or additions to the approved budget must be approved by the board. The board working with the hr consulting firm, nonprofit hr solutions in washington, dc, regularly reviews levels of compensation for its employees against similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. This was most recently done for each baeo staff position in december 2013. The analysis also included a review of each local market where baeo employees are located. Based on this review, compensation was adjusted accordingly. The review process and the market data are recorded in the baeo board minutes.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Strategic planning consult: program service expenses 14,735. Management and general expenses 185,340. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 200,075. Marketing research: program service expenses 4,684. Management and general expenses 58,916. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 63,600. Consultants/contractors: program service expenses 6,982. Management and general expenses 87,815. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 94,797. State compliance: program service expenses 1,912. Management and general expenses 24,051. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 25,963. Hr consultant: program service expenses 5,922. Management and general expenses 74,493. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 80,415. Data mgmt services: program service expenses 559. Management and general expenses 7,029. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,588. Print design services: program service expenses 3,124. Management and general expenses 39,294. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 42,418. Bus contract: program service expenses 36. Management and general expenses 449. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 485. Tech. Maintenance: program service expenses 2,464. Management and general expenses 30,988. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 33,452.”