Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund

“Mark barden and jackie barden have a family relationship.”

“The organization amended its bylaws to require a majority of the board present to constitute a quorum.”

“Key takeaways of committee meetings are communicated to the board of directors during subsequent board meetings.”

“The board of directors shall be supplied with a full package containing the current audited financial statements, form 990 and auditor's governance and internal control communications to review and approve prior to acceptance and publication.”

“Conflict of interest policies are reviewed annually by the board and conflict of interest disclosure statements are completed and signed by all board members on an annual basis. Conflict of interest disclosure statements are reviewed by the board for potential issues and addressed on a case by case basis. Action fund's conflict of interest policy is included within its employee handbook. All employees are required to sign annually that they have read the handbook and that they agree to abide by all policies contained therein. Action fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion and on a case-by-case basis, to make decisions regarding the transfer, reassignment or termination of the involved teammates in order to avoid an actual or perceived conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict of interest.”

“Compensation for all employees is based upon market research and survey data for non-profits of a similar budget size. Executive compensation is approved by action fund's board. Salaries are benchmarked against independent salary surveys and are updated every two years. Salaries are banded by level and by step to determine salary ranges. The sr. Vp of people prepares a spreadsheet of those salary ranges and share the spreadsheet with co-ceo's and cfo to substantiate salary recommendations and to receive their approval. The process described here was last completed in 2025 but the last benchmark was performed in 2024.”

“The organization does not have a form 1023. The organization has self-identified as a 501(c)(4).”

“All control documents such as the conflict of interest statement and organizing resolutions were made available upon request to anyone interested through the offices of action fund. Financial statements are available to the public via sandy hook promise action fund's website.”

“Advertising services: program service expenses 793,006. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 793,006. Recruitment & other professional services: program service expenses 283,573. Management and general expenses 498. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 284,071. Copywriting / production services: program service expenses 85,252. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 85,252. Public relations: program service expenses 30,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 30,000. Research: program service expenses 27,500. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 27,500.”