The Center for Cultural Power

“Prior to submission to the IRS, the completed IRS Form 990 is emailed to all directors for review and comment.”

“Every board member is required to complete and sign the conflict of interest declaration annually. On the declaration they disclose whether they or any member of their immediate family have affiliations or interests which, when considered in conjunction with their position with or relation to celef, might constitute or be perceived as a conflict of interest. Each director must abstain from both deliberation and voting on any decision in which a conflict of interest might provide material financial benefit to that director or a member of their immediate family. Further, at the beginning of each board meeting, the chair or meeting facilitator will ask if any director has a conflict of interest to declare regarding any item on the meeting agenda. If such conflict is declared, and rises to the level of material financial benefit, the director will then abstain from both deliberation and voting on that item. Further, if, during the meeting a director becomes aware of a conflict or potential conflict with an item on the agenda, and that item rises to the level of material financial benefit, the director must then declare the conflict or potential conflict and recuse themselves from both deliberation and voting on that item. Finally, if a board member is uncertain whether they have a conflict or whether the conflict rises to the level of material financial benefit, the chair of the board is empowered to make that determination.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request. The financial statements are not made available to the public.”

“All of the employees listed on Form 990 Part VII Section A--Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees and Highest Compensated Employees--are employed and compensated by Citizen Engagement Laboratory Education Fund (CELEF). CELEF reports 100% of the individual's compensation on W-2's issued by CELEF. Some of these employees are assigned duties for Citizen Engagement Laboratory (CEL), a related organization. As a result of these assignments, wage and benefit costs are allocated to related organization. The wage and benefit costs allocated to each organization are reported for each individual as being compensated directly from that organization and the balance of compensation is reported as compensation from related organizations.”

“OTHER FEES FOR SERVICES: Program service expenses 1,235,691. Management and general expenses 268,468. Fundraising expenses 31,950. Total expenses 1,536,109.”