American Bird Conservancy

“The form 990 was prepared by an outside accountant and reviewed by management. The board of directors adopted a policy that the draft of the 990 be sent to each board member for review two weeks before it is filed. A copy of the final form 990 was provided to all members before filing with the irs.”

“Board and staff members are required to fill out conflict of interest statements each year. In the case of the president finding him or herself with a conflict of interest, disclosures are first made orally to the chair of the board. The duty to disclose extends also to situations where an interest or connection of a director or employee may give rise to an appearance of a conflict of interest. Where the potential of an appearance of conflict exists, the pertinent director or employee discusses the danger of the adverse appearance with the board chair (in the case of a director or the president) or with the president (in the case of an employee). Where a director has made a disclosure pursuant to the above procedures, that director recuses him/herself from that portion of the board or committee meeting in which the pertinent transaction is discussed.”

“A compensation survey is conducted from time to time and shared with the board. The compensation survey is used by the president to help determine the salaries for all other employees as well. The chair and the two vice chairs review the performance of the president and report to the board for their approval. The decision of the board was documented in the president's personnel file. The president's last salary review was january 2016.”

“Abc's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. The annual report is available on the organization's website.”

“William sheehan received compensation unrelated to his board duties. He was paid $50,000 for compensation related to his duties as general counsel.”

“Communications: program service expenses 185,324. Management and general expenses 4,247. Fundraising expenses 244. Total expenses 189,815. Bird monitoring and translocation: program service expenses 208,911. Management and general expenses 4,788. Fundraising expenses 274. Total expenses 213,973. Meeting planning: program service expenses 19,501. Management and general expenses 447. Fundraising expenses 26. Total expenses 19,974. Habitat restoration: program service expenses 684,678. Management and general expenses 15,691. Fundraising expenses 899. Total expenses 701,268. Bird consrvation project consulting: program service expenses 63,794. Management and general expenses 1,462. Fundraising expenses 84. Total expenses 65,340. Mapping: program service expenses 98,595. Management and general expenses 2,259. Fundraising expenses 129. Total expenses 100,983. Habitat management: program service expenses 50,577. Management and general expenses 1,159. Fundraising expenses 66. Total expenses 51,802. Conservation planning: program service expenses 356,007. Management and general expenses 8,159. Fundraising expenses 468. Total expenses 364,634.”