Portal

“Caleb spear jim bolton president treasurer family-in-law relationship”

“Form 990 reviewed by caleb spear (president) and by j. Hugh jones (general counsel). Distributed to all directors.”

“Disclosure as to any conflict of interest (or confirmation that there are not any conflicts of interests) must be made annually in writing by all officers and directors, and responsible individuals. In the event that a conflict of interest arises that has not been previously disclosed, the responsible individual shall disclose such conflict of interest as soon as possible. All information disclosed shall remain on file in the corporate records of the organization.”

“The compensation, if any, of each officer shall be as determined from time to time by the board of directors, or by an officer or a committee to which such authority has been delegated by the board of directors. To the extent reasonably feasible, the person or persons determining compensation shall obtain data on the comepnsation of officers holding similar positions of authority within comparable organizations, shall set the compensation based on such data and an evaluation of the position, and shall document the basis for the determination including the comparison data used, the requirements of the position, and the evaluation of the officer's performance and experience.”

“The compensation, if any, of each officer shall be as determined from time to time by the board of directors, or by an officer or a committee to which such authority has been delegated by the board of directors. To the extent reasonably feasible, the person or persons determining compensation shall obtain data on the comepnsation of officers holding similar positions of authority within comparable organizations, shall set the compensation based on such data and an evaluation of the position, and shall document the basis for the determination including the comparison data used, the requirements of the position, and the evaluation of the officer's performance and experience.”

“The policy of the organization is to make its articles of incorporation, bylaws, and conflict of interest policy, available upon request.”

“Portal expanded the scope of it's grant-making to include earthquake emergency assistance as well as assistance for the reconstruction of transitional and long term housing to help people get their lives back together.”

“Immediate response to the earthquake by providing tarps, cgi sheets, lanterns, solar charging stations, blankets, and personal hygiene items to villagers in quake affected areas. We quickly identified that shelter was a significant need and provided funds for the construction of hundreds of transitional shelters. Our executive director, caleb spear, developed an open source, rapidly deployable shelter design that was made available to individuals and organizations responding to the earthquake. This open source design was utilized by hundreds of organizations to built thousands more shelters for affected families. This was an incredible testament to the strengths of a small but nimble organization, as well as social media and open source platforms, all of which allowed portal to make a much larger impact in response to this natural disaster than would have traditionally been possible. We estimate that somewhere between 10 and 15 thousand shelters have been built using the open source design developed by portal. With an average of over 5 people per household in nepal, this project provided transitional shelter for 50 to 75 thousand people. Another contributing factor to the success of this project was the fact that caleb and his family live in nepal and were there when the earthquake struck. This allowed portal to respond immediately and effectively to the earthquake in an innovative way that made a significant impact. In addition to the earthquake response, portal worked to establish a supply chain capable of providing the portal cargo bike to a greater number of people around the globe. Design and procurement assistance was provided pro-bono from gsd global, a design firm we partnered with in 2014. We also returned to the 2015 interbike bicycle trade show where our work was presented before an attending audience of over 25,000. We forged fantastic partnerships with that bike show as well as momentum magazine, both of which featured our work through their media platforms. The core of portals work is "transforming lives and communities by creating pathways out of poverty. While our mission is bicycle centric, we feel that our work during the earthquake response aligned with our core as we helped people rebuild their lives, allowing them to return to their work and their businesses having a much better chance of escaping poverty than they would while living under a tent. Though 2015 brought a significant delay to the development of our bicycle project, it was a year of incredible impact in the lives of thousands of nepalis whose lives were forever changed by the earthquake.”