Greater Washington Educational

“The organization's form 990 undergoes a number of internal and external reviews before it is filed with the irs. The return is prepared by the organization's public accounting firm in collaboration with the controller, then reviewed by the most senior finance officer and management. The 990 is reviewed by the audit committee and the finance & budget committee prior to filing.”

“The conflicts of interest policy applies to: (i) trustees who are entitled to vote on the board of trustees, (ii) principal officers of weta, including without limitation the president and chief executive officer, chief financial and administrative officer, chief revenue officer, general counsel, chief content officer and general manager, newshour productions llc, and treasurer, (iii) and members of board-delegated committees. There is a separate conflict of interest policy for employees in the overall code of conduct policy. An interested person promptly shall disclose to weta any transaction or proposed transaction with weta of which he or she is aware: (a) to which such interested person or a related person is a party, regardless of the dollar amount of the transaction, or (b) with an organization with which such interested person or a related person has an affiliation and in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeds or is likely to exceed $5,000. In addition, disclosure shall be made by each interested person upon election, appointment or initial employment, as the case may be, and annually thereafter on or about the time of the fall meeting, by completing and submitting the disclosure form. All disclosures under this conflicts of interest policy shall be directed to the chief executive officer who, in consultation with the general counsel, shall be responsible for the administration of this policy. The written minutes of the board or committee meeting will include a general description of any transaction that was approved and the basis for the approval, the information considered by the board or committee before voting on the transaction and how that information was obtained, and the members of the board or committee who were present for the discussion and the vote. If the board or committee determines that a transaction should not be approved, the written minutes will reflect the reasons for its determination and its recommendation, if any. The minutes shall be recorded before the next meeting of the board or committee, and reviewed and approved at that meeting.”

“The process for determining compensation of the organization's ceo, or top management official: compensation for weta's officers is reviewed and approved annually by weta's compensation committee and board of trustees with an external consultant based upon comparable market information. This annual compensation review is documented.”

“The process for determining compensation of the organization's officers or key employees: compensation for weta's key employees is reviewed by weta officers using external market information. Compensation reviews are documented.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available on the internal website. The financial statements are available upon request, on our website, as well as on guidestar. These documents are available for the same period of disclosure as set forth by section 6104(d).”

“Hours reflected for employees are the standard hours per week and not actual hours worked.”