African-American Heritage

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm, then a complete draft is reviewed by the executive director. The executive director provides a complete draft to the entire board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“Signed conflict of interest statements are required to be completed at the start of each board member's term of service. Within the statement the board member agrees to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest to the other board members. The member in actual or potential conflict will be excused from any discussion and subsequent vote, except for the ability to answer any partinent questions. Deliberation, decision and abstention will be noted in the board minutes.”

“The board approves executive director compensation annually as required in the bylaws. The determination is based on budgetary constraints and candidate qualifications.”

“The board approves deputy director compensation annually. The determination is based on budgetary constraints and candidate qualifications.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available upon request. The organization does not make its conflict of interest policy available to the general public.”

“To accomplish the mission, the organization runs a museum that produces exhibits, on-site programs, off-site programs, virtual programs, and houses a collection. Exhibits: the museum's facility features two exhibit galleries. The permanent exhibit, "endless possibilities", explores over 200 years of iowa's african american history. The changing exhibit gallery hosts a new exhibit each year on a different theme. Several traveling exhibits are also made available to organizations, businesses, libraries, and other museums for a small fee. The museum building was closed from late 2022 through may 11, 2024 due to a major renovation. During this time, off-site exhibits were held at the cedar rapids public library and cedar rapids museum of art. Traveling exhibits were rented 41 times in 13 different communities in 2024 with an estimated viewership of 16,800 people. The museum conducts numerous programs for youth and adults, both on-site at the museum and off-site at locations around the state. This includes hands-on workshops, lectures, and performances. 64 programs at the museum and around iowa reached 2022 people in 15 iowa communities. The museum maintains a collection of approximately 3,000 objects, over 100 linear feet of archival material, and dozens of oral histories. In addition to preserving these items for future generations, they are utilized in exhibits and programs. Most of the collection database and a selection of oral histories are available on the museum's website. From fall 2022 may 2024, the museum closed to the public for a major renovation project that transformed the buildings interior and exterior. During the renovation, the museum maintained its mission fulfillment through off-site programs and exhibits. From may december 2024, 2473 people visited the museums on- site exhibits.”