Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation

“The return preparer emails a copy of the final Form 990 to the Foundation's Program Administrator who reviews it for accuracy and clarity. The Program Administrator provides an electronic copy to the Executive Director who reviews it and provides final approval of the 990 for filing. Prior to filing, the Form 990 is distributed by email to each member of the Board of Directors for informational purposes.”

“It is the responsibility of each member of the Board of Directors to disclose the existence of a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest as defined by the Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy. Staff tracks these disclosures, notifies the Director about a potential conflict, and alerts the Board Chair and Vice Chair should a proposed transaction present a potential conflict. Any directors with a conflict of interest refrain from participating in discussion or voting on proposed transactions. The Chair may, at the Chair's discretion, ask the Director to withdraw from the meeting if the Director does not do so voluntarily.”

“The Foundation Board of Directors met in executive session at their December 16, 2013 meeting to decide the salary for the Foundation's Executive Director, J. Miles Batchelder. They reviewed a chart of the current salaries and job responsibilities of the other six directors of salmon recovery regions in the state, upon which they based their decision. In addition, three of the at-the-time four board members had retired from closely aligned executive positions at the state or county levels, which gave them substantial background information and knowledge about similar positions responsibilities, salary levels and benefits. Discussions were also held with state officials managing Washington's salmon recovery funding, as well as board members from other salmon regions. After deliberation, Foundation board members determined a salary and benefits package for the Executive Director effective 12-9-2013 until changed by future Board action.”

“The Foundation's Form 990 is also available at www.guidestar.org. Both its Form 990 and Form 1023 will be available at the Foundation's own website once the website is completed.”

“The Articles of Incorporation are available through the Washington Secretary of State's website. The Articles of Incorporation and other governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”