Powell Gardens Inc

“Nicholas k. Powell, board member, is also a powell family foundation representative. Gary barnes, board secretary, is employed with husch blackwell which provides legal services to powell gardens. Mary o'connor is affiliated with country club bank, where powell gardens holds their checking account and their endowments.”

“The form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm and a copy was provided to the chief financial officer for review. Before filing, the final version is emailed to all board of directors.”

“The conflict of interest policy is provided to each board member at the beginning of their term. Each january, a conflict of interest statement is sent to each board member to complete regarding the prior fiscal year. The completed conflict of interest statement is returned to the chief financial officer, who reviews and maintains the statements.”

“The chief executive officer's compensation is determined annually by the board of directors. The executive committee presents a performance review & objective report to the finance committee. The finance committee also reviews the executive directors' compensation history, compensation studies from apga, and benchmark reports from other large gardens. The finance committee presents all this information to the board of directors and makes a recommendation. The board of directors votes on the annual compensation. The chairman of the board documents the decision in a written report to the executive director and the chief executive officer.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy and form 990 are available to the public upon request.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 32,376. Management and general expenses 249,978. Fundraising expenses 80,666. Total expenses 363,020. Contract services: program service expenses 315,928. Management and general expenses 60. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 315,988. Temporary help: program service expenses 9,338. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,338. Payroll processing fees: program service expenses 26,662. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,662.”

“No change from prior year.”