Share Our Strength Inc

“Wally doolin, board director, is married to joni doolin, who is also a board director. William h. Shore, founder, chairman, ceo, and board director, is the brother of debbie shore, co-founder.”

“The federal form 990 is reviewed in detail and approved by the audit committee and distributed to the full board of directors before filing.”

“We regularly monitor any conflicts of interest and none have been brought to our attention. The human resources department encourages staff to bring any situations to their attention and make prompt and full disclosure in writing any potential situations that may involve a conflict of interest. The policy is included in our employee handbook and whistleblower policy. Each member of the board of directors also signs share our strength's conflict of interest policy.”

“A compensation committee composed of independent directors reviews market data annually, for changes in the marketplace and specific job functions and recommends the founder & executive chairman's compensation to the full board of directors for approval in executive session without the founder & executive chairman present. In-depth market surveys are executed every three years using an outside consultant, and the most recent study was conducted in april 2017. Further, the president & ceo, chief people officer, and managing director of finance & controller speak with the independent compensation consultant every year to get updates on any significant compensation trend changes. The president & ceo, chief people officer, and managing director of finance & controller determine compensation for the other officers in consultation with the compensation committee, using the same market data developed and used to evaluate the compensation for the founder & executive chairman.”

“Share our strength makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public via email or us mail.”

“Share our strength is a co-beneficiary along with the food bank for new york city of the net proceeds raised by the new york city wine & food festival (nycwff). This is a four-day event held in october each year and is directed by southern glazer's wine and spirits, llc. Share our strength's role is to provide contract review, financial reporting and accounting support. The organization consolidates the festival's entire financials within share our strength. The presentation of share our strength's functional expense allocation and business model is most accurately reflected with nycwff costs excluded.”

“Share our strength is committed to efficiency and transparency. In applying the accounting standards from the financial accounting standards board (fasb) and the internal revenue service (irs) related to joint costs of informational materials and activities that include a fundraising appeal, share our strength identified activities as program, management and general, and fundraising in the following categories: a) education and awareness about hunger and food insecurity and b) volunteer recruitment, mobilization and management. Taste of the nation, no kid hungry dinners, chefs cycle, and the like are platforms or vehicles used to accomplish one or more of the goals defined above (education and awareness, volunteers). As such, the activities performed for each platform may be program-specific, fundraising, management and general, or joint (i.e., a combination of fundraising and program). These efforts help advance our mission to end hunger and poverty in the u.s. And abroad. As a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal taxation, we ensure our donors' money is spent as efficiently and effectively as possible.”