Voyageur Outward Bound School

“The executive committee often meets during the months the full board does not meet. It has authority to act for the board. It is comprised of the three elected officers of the board plus four other board members.”

“A draft of the full 990 is provided by email to all board members for their review and approval by email prior to filing.”

“A director shall be considered to have a conflict of interest if: -such director has existing or potential financial or other interests which might impair or reasonably appear to impair such director's independent, unbiased judgment in the discharge of responsibilities to the school, or -such director is aware that a member of the director's family or any organization in which such director or family member is an officer, director, employee, member, partner, trustee, or shareholder, has an existing or potential financial or other interest which might impair or reasonably appear to impair such director's independent, unbiased judgment in then discharge of responsibilities to the school (a family member is here defined as a spouse, parent, sibling, or any other relative residing in the same household as the director. -all directors shall disclose to the board through the board chair or secretary any possible conflict of interest at the earliest practical time. Furthermore, a director shall absent him or herself from discussions of, and abstain from voting on, such matters of consideration by the board or its committees where such director has a conflict of interest. The minutes of such meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made and that the director having a conflict or potential conflict abstained from the voting. Any director that is uncertain whether a conflict of interest may exist may request the board or executive committee to resolve the question by majority vote.”

“Executive director compensation decisions are made by the executive committee. Compensation is determined based on the salaries of other similar sized non-profits and salaries of executive directors at other schools in the outward bound network. The leadership team has set salary ranges for each role, including those of key employees, based upon published non-profit benchmarks. Any salary adjustments are made by the executive director after considering this data alongside the performance of the key employees and prudent budget management. This was last completed in 2024.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request by phone, email or in person.”

“We ceased program operations in texas in october 2024. We now conduct programming solely in minnesota.”

“Change in investment in llc -42,756.”