Share Our Strength Inc

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

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

“Share our strength has a conflict of interest policy that applies to officers, directors and employees. The policy requires that all transactions that may present an actual or appearance of a conflict of interest be disclosed to the president & ceo, the chief financial officer, or the appropriate board of directors member as soon as the person becomes aware of the conflict. Persons who may have a conflict of interest are prohibited from taking action with respect to any decision regarding the transaction or matter. The conflict of interest policy is included in the employee handbook. Further, each member of the board of directors and the executive team completes and signs a conflict of interest disclosure form every year, acknowledging that the recipient has read and reviewed and is in compliance with the policy.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the organization's top executive, officers and key employees is reviewed and approved by a compensation committee, which is comprised solely of independent directors. Using an outside consultant, the compensation committee conducts an in-depth market survey every three years to produce comparability data, with the most recent study in april 2017. The compensation committee, in addition to the organization's president & ceo, chief financial officer and chief people officer, also reviews market data annually for changes in the marketplace and specific job functions. The compensation committee recommends the compensation of the executive chairman to the full board of directors for approval. The board's decision is substantiated in the minutes. The compensation committee also reviews and approves the compensation recommendations for the next four highest compensated officers and key employees and is informed of the compensation determinations for remaining officers, key employees and/or members of the executive team of the organization. All of these compensation determinations are developed using the same market data used to evaluate the 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 as well as direct mail/email communications 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 or vehicle 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.”