Upper White River Basin Foundation Inc.

“The initial review of the 990 is performed by the president. After his approval, the return is provided to the board of trustees.”

“Board members annually sign affirmations of compliance with the organization's conflict of interest policies. Interested persons: any director, principal officer, member of a committee with governing board delegated power, or a person with a financial interest. Interested persons must disclose the existence of a possible conflict of interest. Once disclosed, the board reviews the situation and determines if a conflict exists. The board will vote to accept or reject the transaction with the interested person. The interested person is not allowed to vote.”

“Compensation of the organization's president is reviewed using comparative salaries and compensation information and approved by the board of directors.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“The foundation publishes an email newsletter distributed to over 2,500 subscribers dealing with water quality issues in the upper white river basin watershed. In addition, the foundation's website and social media presence provides access to water quality information for the general public, regulators, and elected officials. The foundation continues an outreach initiative that has 3 objectives: 1. Provide support to other water quality groups; 2. Sponsor other water quality groups events such as cleanups and public education; 3. Provide water quality information to the public. The foundation continues to support public policy which promotes and protects water quality in the ozarks region. Although the foundation does not engage in lobbying activity, staff keep up to date on both legislative and regulatory issues and offers both opinion and recommendations to policymakers. The foundation stays abreast of the discussions between arkansas and missouri pursuant to the bi-state agreement which the foundation facilitated during 2008. The foundation administers annual shoreline cleanups on table rock lake, lake taneycomo, and bull shoals and assists with numerous other cleanup and environmental events. Over 2,000 volunteers participate in these events removing tons of trash and debris from the shoreline and protecting our environment. In partnership with ozarks environmental and water resources institute (oweri), the foundation formed and facilitates an advisory committee to share information and input to guide the watershed management planning, nonpoint modeling, and demonstration project for lake taneycomo - white river watershed writing process. The foundation facilitates stakeholder meetings that include, but is not limited to, the foundation staff, oweri staff, missouri department of conservation staff, officials and/or staff from all cities along lake taneycomo, dam operators, and other community leader and members. The goal of this project is to develop a 9-element watershed-based plan for the lake taneycomo-white river watershed, as well as implement two demonstration projects within the watershed. The foundation will keep local stakeholders informed of the plan writing process and garner input and buy-in with the plan and demonstration projects. The foundation will also tour the demonstration projects during the process to provide information to stakeholders on project progress. The foundation holds quarterly meetings for water quality groups in which a speaker and topic are selected to present to the groups and to gather and discuss water quality issues, partnership opportunities, and projects and events that are occurring.”