Outside the Frame

“Staff review and reconcile the return against financial statements before approval of the final draft by the executive director. This draft is then reviewed with key members of the board including the organizations treasurer prior to finalizing the return. Before filing the return, a copy is distributed to all board members.”

“The president or the presidents designee is required to submit a conflict of interest disclosure form to any potential board members prior to their joining the board. Each board member is also required to submit a conflict of interest disclosure annually. The president or the presidents designee shall monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy by reviewing the list of insiders and the disclosure and acknowledgement forms each year and by bringing potential or actual conflicts to the attention of the president of the board, in the event that the policy is being monitored by a designee.”

“At the end of each year, the board of directors review the executive directors salary and sets their salary for the following year. The board reviews the performance of the executive director, the board votes to approve any salary adjustments and presents to the executive director. The last review was completed in 2022.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and its conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request. The form 990 is available on guidestar.”

“We held 39 open lab events for 61 unique participants. We held 34 weekly workshops events for 56 unique participants. We held 2 production assistant trainings, and 1 editing workshop for our workforce development program for 31 unique participants”

“Payroll fees 5,127 263 318 org development specialist 1,442 3,363 0 grant writer 0 0 8,538 development contracter 0 0 11,481 data management 0 3,447 0 marketing contract work 21,600 3,600 10,800 collaboration work 10,000 0 0 total 38,169 10,673 31,137”