Greenpeace Inc

“The organization has voting members, which are all in the same class. These members are designated by the board of directors based on criteria established in the bylaws and hold a term of 2 years.”

“According to the organization's bylaws, the board of directors is elected by voting members.”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The 990 is prepared by an independent public accounting firm based on data and schedules provided by the director of finance, and reviewed by the organization's management team. The 990 is then reviewed and approved by the finance committee. After this approval, the 990 is submitted to the full board prior to filing with the internal revenue service. These various levels of review ensure the information filed is complete, accurate, and in compliance with regulations.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually by each member of the board of directors and acknowledged in writing. On an annual basis, each director also completes a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstance in which he or she believes could contribute to a conflict. Following full disclosure of a possible conflict of interest, the board of directors shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists, and, if so, the board takes any action deemed necessary to address the conflict and protect the organization's best interests. Interested persons are also urged to disclose the existence of potential conflicts as they arise. Interested persons are to disclose new potential conflicts during the year during a meeting of the board of directors. The board of directors then assesses the potiential conflict and vote to determine if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest does exist, employees are required to disqualify themselves from acting or participating in professional duties.”

“The organization periodically benchmarks trying to remain consistent across the industry in terms of salary, responsibilities, seniority. We use relevant market data for each position to determine compensation. Compensation for the executive director and top management is independently reviewed and based on analysis of comparable data obtained from industry resources (e.g. Payscale & companalyst), publicly disclosed 990s, peer organizations, and our payroll processing company. The relevant labor market for greenpeace, inc.: region: mid-atlantic; size: 200-500 fte; revenue: 50m; industry: not for profit. Benchmarking results are assembled and documented by the people and culture director. Senior level salary positions are reviewed by the executive director, the chief operating officer, the people and culture director, and the program director in most cases; while for the executive director and top management, the boards are also involved in the periodic benchmarking reviews. This process was last performed in 2023.”

“The form 990 is posted on the organization's website. The 990 is also made available, as well as form 1023, upon request in accordance with the u.s. Title 26, subtitle f, chapter 61, subchapter b, section 6104(d)(1)(b).”

“Greenpeace, inc.'s organizational documents, code of ethics (which includes conflict of interest policy), annual reports, and related documents are posted on the organization's website. In addition, audited financial statements are posted to the website annually.”

“Oversight of audit: greenpeace fund has an audit committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. The audit committee reviews and approves the audit report and financial statements and recommends their acceptance to the full board.”