Student Voice Corporation

“The governing body does not have committees.”

“Prior to filing, the Form 990 will be reviewed by the Director of Operations and Director of Strategy and sent to the board of directors for approval.”

“Board Members and Officers discuss any involvement with other organizations within the space with the organization's leadership when they are approached to join the Board. It is the obligation of each employee, Board Member, and Officer to disclose any conflicts as soon as they are known. Individual employees who do disclose conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, are not included in any conversations or decision making pertaining to the conflict of interest.”

“Compensation was determined by the executive team based on weekly hours of committed work. The executive team reviewed and approved the annual budget, which included four pay brackets for employees based on time commitment. This was determined on a part-time employment basis. These time brackets were created using similar structured youth-led organizations as a reference point and with the $15 minimum wage in many employees states. This proposal was reviewed and approved by the Operations Director and Senior Advisor. This payment structure was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors and any deliberation and approval was documented in meeting minutes and retained on file. Implementation of monthly payroll system was put in place by the Director of Operations in October 2020. Annual staff salaries are kept on file.”

“Compensation was determined by the executive team based on weekly hours of committed work. The executive team reviewed and approved the annual budget, which included four pay brackets for employees based on time commitment. This was determined on a part-time employment basis. These time brackets were created using similar structured youth-led organizations as a reference point and with the $15 minimum wage in many employees states. This proposal was reviewed and approved by the Operations Director and Senior Advisor. This payment structure was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors and any deliberation and approval was documented in meeting minutes and retained on file. Implementation of monthly payroll system was put in place by the Director of Operations in October 2020. Annual staff salaries are kept on file.”

“The three most recent Forms 990 (including financial information), the Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, Form 1023 Application for Exemption, and Conflict of Interest Policy are provided to the public upon request.”

“Part of the National Outreach was a program called Student Voice Strategies in which we work with companies, organizations, and school districts to develop youth centered programs and advisories.”

“Ceased School Chapters program.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Online Community: Youth United For Action (YU4A) is a Facebook group of young activists across the United States that are actively addressing solutions to pressing challenges in their communities. The Facebook group is led by Student Voice in partnership with numerous other organizations in the youth activism community. Together, we believe that a connected community of young change-makers, regardless of identity and perspectives, will advance the individual and collective impact of the student voice movement. Tangibly, the group shares opportunities (e.g. scholarships, events, fellowships, etc.) and stories of our members successes and struggles. The Facebook group has a current membership of 740 students. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Student Voice Strategies prepares institutions to accept youth leaders as partners in making change, while challenging systems that have kept marginalized voices out for too long. Student Voice team members work with corporations, organizations, school districts, and other institutions by providing coaching for adults who are seeking to center youth voice, facilitate and co-brand panels, workshops, and trainings on youth voice, conduct focus groups, listening sessions, and stakeholder meetings, and provide comprehensive youth engagement strategies for adult-led organizations. Student Voice executed over 10 Student Voice Strategies projects with corporations, organizations, school districts, and other institutions. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The awareness & outreach program relates to exposing & educating communities regarding systematic inequality issues that schools currently encounter.Throughout 2020, we addressed issues like higher education access (Test Optional Now campaign), the reopening of K-12 public schools (Move School Forward), universal lunch access(Free Lunch for All campaign), the power and potential of school board elections to make local change (Our Schools, Our Boards, Our Election campaign), the importance of youth inclusion in the Department of Education (Start With Students campaign), and student free speech rights (Save Student Speech campaign). OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Our Learning Lab, an ongoing training series open to all students, introduces participants to the fundamentals of how education systems work, who holds decision making power within them, how structural inequities have shaped our schools, and how youth power can address them. Over the course of 2020, 14 Learning Lab sessions were hosted thatstudents aged 13-23 attended.”