Republican Jewish Coalition

“The organization utilized a financial services organization to fulfill the duties of a controller/chief financial officer. The coalition compensated professional recruiters, inc. In the amount of $142,604 for accounting services rita cook provides as a controller/cfo of the republican jewish coalition and jewish policy center. The controller/cfo is listed in part vii and the transaction is also disclosed on schedule l.”

“The coalition may have one or more classes of members. The members shall have no right to vote with respect to the affairs of the coalition.”

“An outside accounting firm prepares the federal form 990 using information provided to them. The return is reviewed by senior management and general counsel. The finance and audit committee reviews the federal form 990 and then distributes the form to the board of directors prior to submission with the irs.”

“The coalition has a conflict of interest disclosure policy under which directors, officers, committee members, employees, volunteers, and other individuals are required to disclose any conflict of interest. If the conflict of interest arises in connection with the activities of any deliberative body (e.g., the board of directors), the individual with the conflict must immediately disclose the conflict to the other members of the body and the individual must not participate in the deliberation, consideration or vote on the transaction or matter at issue. A notation must be made in the minutes of any meeting at which deliberation, consideration or vote on the transaction or matter at issue is undertaken indicating that the individual with a conflict or potential conflict of interest was excused from the meeting during the time that consideration of the transaction or matter was undertaken, took no part in any discussion pertaining to the transaction or matter and refrained from voting on the transaction or matter.”

“The rjc chairman appoints a compensation committee of no less than 5 members of the governing board. The committee, along with the chairman, reviews and approves the compensation for the executive director and staff of the rjc and related entities based on performance metrics and comparable salary data. In addition, outside consultants advise the board on compensation matters. No staff member has any role in the determination by the compensation committee of their own compensation. All meetings of the compensation committee are memorialized by contemporaneous minutes of the deliberations and decisions.”

“The organization provides this information as requested consistent with all applicable governing laws and regulations.”