Arts Midwest

“The executive committee consists of the four principal officers of the board of directors, the president & ceo of the organization, and the immediate past chair and/or an at-large member of the board of directors. The executive committee has the authority to act on behalf of the board between board meetings.”

“The organization contracts with an accounting firm to provide financial management services.”

“The members of the organization are non-voting and consist of those interested in the goals and purposes of the corporation. Membership is attained upon application.”

“A detailed review was conducted by the organization's president & ceo and by the treasurer. The full board conducted a final review and approval of the return prior to filing.”

“Each director, officer, key employee and member of a committee with board delegated powers shall complete and sign a conflicts of interest policy annual statement at the time of his or her initial election or appointment and annually thereafter. An interested person may make a presentation at the board or committee meeting regarding the proposed transaction or arrangement, but after such presentation, the interested person shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the proposed transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest. Additionally: (1) the chairperson of the board (or committee) shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. (2) after exercising due diligence, the board (or committee) shall determine whether the organization can obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. (3) if a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable under the circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the board (or committee) shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors (or committee members), whether the transaction or arrangement is in the organization's best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the organization and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. Detailed minutes of board or committee meetings are maintained to document all such situations.”

“The executive committee sets compensation for the president & ceo. The executive committee uses the following procedures to set the compensation of the president & ceo: (1) for the purpose of setting the president & ceo's compensation, the executive committee shall be made up entirely of individuals who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement. (2) the executive committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to making its determination regarding the compensation of the president & ceo. Appropriate comparability data includes compensation levels paid by organizations of similar size and complexity nationally, regionally and locally; and current compensation surveys. Detailed documents are maintained of all deliberations and decisions. The process of determining the compensation of the president & ceo last included review and approval by independent persons, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation in 2014. The executive committee delegates to the president & ceo the authority to set compensation for other executives, subject to the guidelines defined by the executive committee.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. The organization's financial statements are made available to the public through the minnesota attorney general's office.”

“Professional services: program service expenses 721,358. Management and general expenses 142,329. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 863,687.”