Society for Science and the Public

“The executive committee is made up of the chair of the board, the vice chair, the chair of the finance committee, the chair of the committee on trustees, and one other trustee, who shall be elected at the annual meeting to serve for a term of one year or until replaced. The chair of the board shall serve as committee chair. The committee shall meet at the call of its chair or upon the request of two members. The executive committee is authorized to exercise all the powers of the board, excepting the power to amend the bylaws, while the board is not in session.”

“The form 990 was provided to ssp's audit committee for review and comments. Prior to filing, the form 990 was also provided to the rest of ssp's board for review.”

“Once a year, officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and all other employees are required to affirmatively disclose any potential conflicts by filling out a form responding to this inquiry. These reponses are reviewed by ssp management and the ssp audit committee.”

“Compensation for the ceo, as well as the officers and key employees, was reviewed and approved by the executive committee, which is independent and has its deliberations and decisions documented. Ssp hired an independent outside compensation consultant to benchmark salaries for each organizational position. This data was provided to the executive committee and considered when making the compensation decisions for the ceo, officers, and key employees.”

“Documents are made available upon request and on ssp's website.”

“The form 990 was amended to add schedule g and report fees paid to professional fundraisers that were misclassified as "other professional fees" in the return as originally filed. Form 990, part ix statement of functional expenses and form 990, part iii program expenses were adjusted to reflect the reclassification of expense from "other professional fees" to "professional fundraising fees". Form 990, part vi, line 17 was also adjusted to include hawaii in the list of states.”

“Av production and exhibit services: program service expenses 924,149. Management and general expenses 100,107. Fundraising expenses 7,737. Total expenses 1,031,993. Temporary help: program service expenses 64,732. Management and general expenses 7,012. Fundraising expenses 542. Total expenses 72,286. Magazine consultants: program service expenses 140,077. Management and general expenses 15,174. Fundraising expenses 378. Total expenses 155,629. Translation services: program service expenses 17,817. Management and general expenses 1,930. Fundraising expenses 149. Total expenses 19,896. Copy editor: program service expenses 66,893. Management and general expenses 7,246. Fundraising expenses 560. Total expenses 74,699. Freelance writers: program service expenses 385,869. Management and general expenses 41,799. Fundraising expenses 3,230. Total expenses 430,898. Security services: program service expenses 163,112. Management and general expenses 17,669. Fundraising expenses 1,365. Total expenses 182,146. Public relations: program service expenses 493,357. Management and general expenses 53,442. Fundraising expenses 4,130. Total expenses 550,929. Recruitment: program service expenses 134,875. Management and general expenses 14,610. Fundraising expenses 1,129. Total expenses 150,614. Honorariums: program service expenses 168,286. Management and general expenses 18,229. Fundraising expenses 1,409. Total expenses 187,924. Entertainment/talent services: program service expenses 157,626. Management and general expenses 17,075. Fundraising expenses 1,320. Total expenses 176,021. Hr consulting: program service expenses 14,495. Management and general expenses 1,570. Fundraising expenses 121. Total expenses 16,186. Freelance photographers: program service expenses 47,675. Management and general expenses 5,164. Fundraising expenses 399. Total expenses 53,238. Other services: program service expenses 557,194. Management and general expenses 80,508. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 637,702.”

“Accrued postretirement adjustment benefit -82,671.”

“The audit committee oversees the audit and selection of the audit firm. The process has not changed from the prior year.”