St Louis Bicycle Works Inc

“As outlined in the bylaws, a voting member has paid membership dues and donated 20 hours of volunteer time to the organization. Members elect members of the governing body and approve significant decisions of the governing body. They do not receive a share of profits or excess dues or a share of the organizations net assets upon dissolution.”

“Each member is allowed one vote at the annual meeting or any special member meeting held during the year to elect members to the governing body.”

“Each member is allowed one vote at the annual meeting or any special member meeting on major decisions by the governing body.”

“Governing body review is compliant”

“Process for determining compensation has been determined using fair market rates of employment for similar types of work.”

“The process for determining compensation of officers and key employees has been determined using fair market values for similiar type of work.”

“The organization made its governing documents available to the public during the tax year by making them available on another website.”

“St. Louis book works was founded in 2011 to promote verbal, visual and cultural literacy through creative expression. Young people in the program work with volunteer editors to write and illustrate their own books. There were 15 graduates from the book works program in 2016. Marion prison project - in 2010 we started training twelve inmates at a federal penitentiary to repair bicycles. The prisoners have worked diligently to restore the used bikes to a condition that a child would be happy to see. The men who work on these bikes have chosen to do something productive rather than working out and watching tv. What started a few years ago as an experiment to increase the number of bikes we could build for the kids at bicycle works and other non-profits has evolved into more than we imagined. 2,147 remaining bikes were either scrapped or recycled.”