Project Chimps

“Billie Joe Armstrong and Adrienne Armstrong jointly hold one board seat. Helen and Simon Law jointly hold another seat on the board of directors.”

“DIRECTORS CALLISON, CONLEE-GRIFFIN, DINN, PAQUETTE AND ROWAN, AND OFFICER WAITE WERE EMPLOYED BY ANOTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION ON WHOSE BOARD DIRECTORS BERNTHAL, BRADHAM AND PERELMAN SERVED. THEREFORE, THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD "BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS" WITH EACH OTHER. - Business relationship, Billie Joe Armstrong, Adrienne Armstrong - Family relationship, Helen Law, Simon Law - Family relationship”

“After internal accounting staff drafts the 990, the draft is submitted to PC's independent tax preparers for their review and revision, as may be appropriate. The revised draft is then given to PC's assistant secretary for further review. Once all staff and professional reviews/revisions are done, the assistant secretary sends the proposed final of the form 990 to the PC board for its consideration. Once the board has had an opportunity to review and comment, the finalized version is filed with the IRS.”

“The Conflict of Interest Policy covers any employee, officer, director or other representative, including volunteer, of Project Chimps. Each covered person shall disclose annually to the Board and the CEO all material facts regarding his or her interest in a transaction or a related party's interest in any transaction being considered by Project Chimps in a timely manner. The Board deliberates and votes on the transaction in his or her absence. If the Board determines any covered person has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, the Board shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“Project Chimps MAKES COPIES OF ITS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS AVAILABLE TO DONORS FREE-OF-CHARGE UPON REQUEST. FORMAL AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FILED WITH STATE CHARITABLE SOLICITATION REGISTRATIONS, AND ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO MAJOR DONORS AND WHERE REQUIRED BY LAW, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MAIL UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN OTHER FORMATS - E.G., THE FORM 990 AND THE ANNUAL REPORT - IS AVAILABLE ON PC'S WEBSITE AND WILL ALSO BE MAILED, ON REQUEST AS SET FORTH IN IRS CODE SECTION 6104(D). THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY HAS NOT BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.”

“Continued from part iii, line 4a pc's leadership developed a 5-year strategic plan to guide sanctuary expansion and operations through 2023. In 2019, pc has prioritized raising capital funds to build the additional infrastructure needed to realize the goal of transporting the remaining 150 chimpanzees still living at the lab to the sanctuary within the next five years.”

“In 2018, The Humane Society of the United States paid wages to the Executive Director of PC and filed all required federal employment tax returns for that individual, including Form W-3. PC reports all other employees on its Form W-3.”

“All direct management and general expenses and fundraising expenses were allocated to those functional areas, respectively. Salaries and benefits were allocated based on estimates of employee time worked on programmatic, management and general, and fundraising activities.”

“The humane society of the united states (hsus), through its audit committee, provides oversight of the audit of the financial statements (which includes project chimps) and selection of an independent accountant (appointed by the audit committee of hsus) that audited the financial statements.”