Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

“Washington grantmakers has organizational members.”

“The nominating committee of the board reaches out to all potential board candidates. A slate of nominations is presented at the annual meeting and the membership votes to approve or disapprove the nominations.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the organization's senior management and finance committee. The final form 990 was distributed to the board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“The cfo maintains and annually updates a file of mandatory disclosure statements signed by each individual. If a conflict arises in connection with the activities of any deliberative body (e.g., the board of directors), the individual with the conflict immediately discloses the conflict to the other members of the body and the individual does not participate in the deliberation, consideration or vote on the transaction or matter at issue. Notations made in the minutes indicating the individual with a conflict or potential conflict of interest was excused from the transaction or matter. New employees and board members are asked to submit a signed copy of the conflict of interest policy.”

“The board is sent a questionnaire regarding the president's performance. The chair of the board aggregates the information and discusses the findings with the president. Using a questionnaire format, the board evaluates the president's performance, in the context of the annual expectations which the president prepared and submitted to the board at its first meeting of the year. The chair of the board aggregates the information from the evaluation instrument and discusses the findings with the board in an executive session. During this review at calendar-year-end, the board also reviews the president's compensation, and evaluates it against comparable data provided by a professional consultant. The board discusses the president's performance and compensation and votes on future compensation based upon the overall results of the evaluation and the financial position of the organization. The board chair subsequently discusses the review findings with the president and gives notice of any adjustment in compensation. The most recent compensation review was completed in december 2016.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. The audited financial statements are made available for public inspection.”

“The organization ceased conducting the education design lab program, because it spun off into its own 501(c)(3) organization.”

“Contract expense: program service expenses 296,134. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 296,134. Consultants: program service expenses 47,348. Management and general expenses 2,591. Fundraising expenses 2,896. Total expenses 52,835. Americorps consultants: program service expenses 8,385. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,385. Affordable housing action team: program service expenses 10,683. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,683. Corporate certification: program service expenses 34,122. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,122. Research reports: program service expenses 3,615. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,615. Putting racism on the table: program service expenses 112,028. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 112,028. Csr 101: program service expenses 18,216. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 18,216. Loudoun conference: program service expenses 12,265. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,265. Loudoun initiative: program service expenses 26,009. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,009. Philanthropy fellows: program service expenses 244. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 244. Other program expenses: program service expenses 563,928. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 563,928. Comprehensive medical mentoring: program service expenses 1,467. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,467. Food funders: program service expenses 33,075. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 33,075. Brightest minds: program service expenses 7,970. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,970. Employee search: program service expenses 35. Management and general expenses 9. Fundraising expenses 11. Total expenses 55. Health corp program expenses: program service expenses 153,274. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 153,274.”