Heat Up St Louis Inc

“The Board sets policy and is in charge of its executive management through certain board officers, and has delegated some day-to-day administrative functions to employees and management consultants, but only with board oversight and approval.”

“A copy of the Form 990 is made available to all members of the Board of directors for their review and, if necessary, approval. A copy is also provided to Board Officers for their review and required approval.”

“Board members, annually, are required to provide written confirmation of their compliance with the Organization's conflict of interest policy.”

“No compensation is paid to any officers or directors.”

“The organization maintains a public file which is available for review by the general public by appointment during regular business hours. This file contains governing documents, annual reports, conflict of interest policy, minutes of board and committee meetings, memos of understanding, and other organization documents.”

“Heat Up St. Louis has minimal management and general expenses (Part IX, Line 25C). The policies require that all public donations and utility grants are used solely for winter/summer utility and related assistance for the qualified underprivileged. Administrative and other expenses related to the organization are underwritten by the officers and members of the board of directors, grants, and/or sponsors of specific fundraisers.Some legal services, banking, graphics and certain printing for fundraisers are donated by various corporations. The local media(newspapers, television and radio) help by running public service announcements, press releases and fundraiser promotions free of charge.Many of the organization's donors are and wish to remain anonymous. These are also local businesses who, as part of their policy to be good corporate citizens, make donations of goods and services but do not wish to be recognized for those efforts.A local fast food chain had a fundraiser where the entire proceeds from the purchase of a sausage and egg biscuit or egg biscuit on a specific day, and in-store collections went into their registers and were turned over to the charity at the end of the month. There was no charge for advertising, printing, volunteer aprons, or other promotional items, except postage, courier, rent, and media production, which are underwritten by grants and Board donations.”