Shout Mouse Press Inc.

“Executive Director fills out 990 form and then shares with Board Treasurer, including supporting documentation and reports. Treasurer reviews, raise any questions or concerns, and if none, gives their approval to file. Completed 990 is then shared with all board members.”

“Board members take annual Conflict of Interest survey and disclose any potential conflicts. Any conflicts are discussed by the board and dealt with accordingly (approve, recuse member from relevant decisions, or otherwise remove conflict.)”

“Salary for all employees (Executive Director and Communications / Development Associate) were benchmarked against 6-8 peer nonprofit salaries, discussed at board meetings, and approved by governing body. Because the Executive Director is a member of the board, discussion of her salary was conducted via phone by remaining members of the board and approved. Salary benchmarking occurred for both employees during 2018.”

“We submit 990s to Guidestar (Candid) annually where they are available for public inspection. We also provide 990s upon request to all interested parties.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policies, and all financial information is available upon request. We submitted this documentation to numerous funders, including local government agencies and foundations, when submitting funding proposals.”

“We use project-based independent contractors to fulfill the following program roles: Teaching Artists, Artists / Designers, Programming Contractor, Outreach Contractors, Editorial Contractors, Interns. This line represents the sum of all fees paid to program-related independent contractors (as reported on 1099s.)”