Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation

“Michael buman, leadership for educational equity foundation's executive director and president, has a business relationship with emma bloomberg, the chairperson of leadership for educational equity foundation's governing body. Michael buman consults for murmuration. Emma bloomberg sits on the governing body of murmuration.”

“A majority of the organization's governing body is appointed by the directors of leadership for educational equity, a related organization. The directors of leadership for educational equity may also remove a director from the organization's governing body with or without cause.”

“The prepared form 990 is provided to the members of the governing body for comment and review. The members of the governing body are allocated two weeks to provide comments on the return prior to its filing. At the close of those two weeks, the organization electronically files the return with the internal revenue service.”

“All individuals serving in the capacity of a director or officer are required to adhere to the conflict of interest policy and complete an annual questionnaire disclosing any potential conflicts with the organization. When a director or officer becomes aware of a potential conflict, the director shall have a duty to (1) immediately disclose the existence and circumstances of the transaction in writing to the governing body; (2) refrain from using their personal influence to encourage the organization to enter into the transaction; and (3) physically excuse themselves from participation in any discussions regarding the transaction with the directors, officers, and employees of the organization. The governing body administers the conflict of interest policy and reviews the annual disclosure statements. The governing body has the sole authority to review the operation of the policy and make changes from time to time as it may deem appropriate.”

“Lee foundation shares employees and other resources with leadership for educational equity. The two organizations operate under a resource sharing agreement that sets forth how resources are shared and paid for. One such resource is the top management official of leadership for educational equity, who performs some work on lee foundation's behalf. The top management official's compensation is determined by a group of independent persons, the leadership for educational equity board of directors.”

“The foundation makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon written request or by calling the foundation directly.”