Philly Rising Inc

“The entity's attorney and Executive Director provided a copy of the completed Form 990 and related documentation to the organization's independent governing board member for his review. The attorney and Executive Director walked through the form with the board member prior to the form's submission to the IRS and answered all questions.”

“All staff and board members are covered by the entity's conflict of interest policy. Conflicts are determined by the Executive Director, except in situations where the Executive Director herself might have a conflict, in which case the determination is made by the independent board member. In the case of conflict, determinations would be resolved by the Executive Director, unless the conflict pertains to the Executive Director, in which case the determination is made by the independent board member. In practice, at no point has the entity sought to engage in transactions with entities or persons raising potential conflicts such that these policies would have been invoked.”

“The process for determining compensation for the entity's Executive Director included review and approval by the entity's independent board member, who reviewed benchmarking data for similar positions as the basis for determining compensation.”

“The organization made its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public by request.”

“The organization made changes to its programs between 2019 and 2020. In 2019, the organization was focused on issue advocacy and education work, voter registration, and a mail and digital program educating voters about important city issues. Due to the pandemic, our programmatic agenda shifted in 2020 to a focus on voter education and content production via our blog and email newsletter.”