Endeavor Catalyst Inc.

“The 990 draft filing is reviewed by the senior vice president, finance for accuracy. A copy of the 990 is made available to the board members of endeavor catalyst and the controlling organization, endeavor global. Board members of both organizations are given several days to review and to submit comments/questions before the 990 is filed with the irs.”

“Annually, endeavor requires that all board members, officers and key employees receive, read/understand and sign a conflict of interest policy statement in which any/all potential conflicts are noted. Further, all individuals affirm that he/she understands endeavor's charitable purpose and that disclosure is an imperative condition under which one may serve on the board of directors or as an officer or key employee. The signed conflict of interest statements are reviewed by the senior vp, finance and discussed with the ceo. Any conflicts or potential conflicts are brought to the attention of the board of directors and dealt with appropriately. If a conflict arises, the individual affected will recuse himself/herself from participating in the deliberation and decision making related to the transaction. Endeavor also engages in periodic reviews to ensure that compensation/benefits are reasonable and that partnerships, joint-ventures, contracts and other arrangements with third-party organizations, firms or entities conform to endeavor's written policies, including the conflict of interest policy. Endeavor uses outside, third-party advisors, experts and other professionals. These third-parties include but are not limited to, hr consultants, executive recruiting firms, law firms, etc.”

“All salaries are paid by catalyst's related entity, endeavor global. The following procedures for determining compensation are those of endeavor global, as described here: salaries are decided upon by the compensation committee, market data and an independent, third-party hr firm, which provides comprehensive market data and compensation analysis. The compensation study covers all executive team salaries. The last study was conducted in 2013 and is performed every three years. In the interim years, salary increases are discussed with the hr firm to ensure that they are reasonable and in line with current compensation ranges. The finance committee and ultimately the entire board of directors, ratifies the annual budget, which includes department and aggregate personnel lines.”

“Endeavor's financial statements and form 1023 documents are all available via the "get involved" tab of www.endeavor.org (one click from the main page). Further, audited financial statements are made available in summary form in endeavor's annual report. These documents are also made available on public websites (e.g., guidestar). Upon request, endeavor will make copies of all these, the form 990, governing documents and the conflict of interest policy available to the general public for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“The organization, in a full transparency posture to reporting, is reporting all benefits in full in part vii, column f and not applying the $10,000 per item exception for certain benefits.”

“The taxpayer has a relationship with a common paymaster, endeavor global, inc. (tax id #13-3931449). The w-2s and required employment tax returns were filed by endeavor global, inc.”