American Anthropological Association

“The association has three classes of members: members, associates, and institutions. Associates and institutions are nonvoting members.”

“The executive board is elected through a general election process, voted on by the members of the association.”

“Changes to governing documents are subject to approval by the members of the association. The governing body may present other matters for membership approval.”

“The association does not have any committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The association's controller and finance and operations director provide the financial data for the federal form 990 and 990-t to the public accounting firm. The association's finance committee meets by conference call with the association's controller and finance and operations director to review the federal form 990 draft before filing. The draft is reviewed line by line and any significant changes from the prior year are discussed. The chair of the finance committee, who also serves as treasurer, reports on the federal form 990 review to the executive board (which is the entire board) at their next meeting, prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The conflict of interest policy is provided to all staff, executive board members, association officers, heads of sections and members of the nominations committee, finance committee, audit committee, awards committee and resource development committee. On an annual basis, these listed committees all sign the policy acknowledging that they read the policy. The conflict of interest policy will be mentioned and any potential issues documented during the board meeting. New staff and executive board members are asked to sign the policy as a part of their orientation process. In the event that a potential conflict is identified, the executive director will consider (possibly with advice from legal counsel) the issue, determine if a conflict exists, and if so identify the course of action. In the event that the conflict occurs within the leadership, the association president will be notified and participate in the review and resolution of the matter.”

“For the executive director, an annual review is conducted by the vice president. An evaluation form is sent to staff, members of the executive board, heads of sections and the association's committee chairs who are asked to complete the form and return it to the president. All responses are confidential. The executive director is asked to provide a summary 0f his/her accomplishments. Comparative compensation data is compiled by the finance and operations director and sent to the president. The vice president compiles the responses and salary information and reports to the executive board at their annual meeting in the fall. During a closed session the executive board determines the executive director's compensation. During this meeting, near the conclusion of the closed session, the executive director is asked to join the discussion. The decision is documented in a letter to the executive director and the finance and operations director receives a copy for the files. For other compensated officers, performance review results are applied in the context of the merit compensation pool, which is established in advance of the performance reviews. Based on overall budget planning process the executive director, to whom the other officers report directly, completed the performance review and determined the compensation comparability data was asae and cesse survey data.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request. Financial statements and the conflict of interest policy are not available to the public.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 418,249. Management and general expenses 106,446. Fundraising expenses 16,161. Total expenses 540,856.”