Environment California Inc

“The organization has members. See description below for form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a.”

“Members have the right to vote for one member of the board of directors. Members are permitted subject to payment of an annual membership fee in the amount determined by the board of directors or executive director. There is also an affirmation membership class. Under this class, membership is accomplished by making an affirmative declaration of their desire to join the organization and signing a statement of support of the organizations mission.”

“The draft of the form 990 is sent to all board members prior to the return being finalized.”

“To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors, and individuals with substantial influence over the organization to comlete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must address potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction and corporate records must be maintained.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations. Documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations. Documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“No documents were made availabe to the public, except for those that were included with the organizations form 1024 application for exempt status, which are made available upon request as indicated in line 18.”

“All employees are compensated by environment california, inc., under a common paymaster arrangement, and some are shared by environment california research and policy center, inc., as well as other entities.”

“Other expenses: consultants-other/programatic, administrative, fundraising activities, canvass, telephone outreach project, direct mail, membership services, sustainer, internet, and web expenses.”