Accountability Counsel

“The tax return is prepared by an outside accounting firm. After completion of said returns, the organization is sent a draft of the tax returns to be reviewed and examined. The organization makes copies of the returns and distributes to those individuals charged with governance. Those individuals at that time can review and if applicable discuss any line items in the return with the accountant who has prepared the return. If all items are found to be acceptable, an authorization is signed and provided to authorize the outside accounting firm to process, sign and provide copies of the returns to be filed (paper or electronically) with the designated governmental agencies. The tax returns are then signed by the organization, stamped and mailed with certified return receipt or the signed form 8879 is provided to the outside accounting firm allowing electronic filing.”

“The Directors, Officers, and Key Employees of Accountability Counsel must complete a Compliance Form on an annual basis, which includes an affirmation that they have received a copy of the Conflict of Interest Policy, have read and understand the Policy, agree to comply with the Policy, and information on all actual or potential Conflicts of Interest involving them or their family members. The Compliance Form also contains an affirmation that the they understand that Accountability Counsel is charitable in nature and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption, it must engage primarily in activities that accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt charitable purposes.”

“The Executive Directors compensation is set by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors (Board members minus the Board President, who is the Executive Director). The Board sets compensation based on Executive Director performance and benchmarking to other leaders of social enterprises making similar levels of impact. The compensation of other key employees is set by the Executive Director, reviewing performance and benchmarking to similar key roles, with a goal of being a competitive leader to attract and retain key talent.”

“Federal Tax Returns are available at guidestar.org & charitynavigator.org.”

“Governing documents are available for public inspection at the principal place of business.The conflict of interest policy and the organization's financial statements are available upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Continuation from line 4a, Communities Program Services - (4) IN KENYA, WE SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES IN LAMU CHALLENGING A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT. (5) IN HAITI, WE SUPPORTED FAMILIES DISPLACED BY AN INDUSTRIAL PARK IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (6) WE TRAINED CIVIL SOCIETY COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITIES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STRATEGY.”

“IN ADDITION TO THE REVENUE REPORTED in Contributions and grants, ACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL RECEIVED PRO BONO SUPPORT FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES DURING THE TAX YEAR THAT WAS VALUED AT $214,259. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED PRO BONO SUPPORT FOR EACH OF ITS PROGRAM AREAS FROM: LAW FIRMS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, DIGITAL SECURITY FIRMS, VIDEOGRAPHERS, POLICY CONSULTING FIRMS, AND DATA SCIENCE EXPERTS.”