International Justice Mission

“Review of the form 990: first, information is gathered by the organization and assimilated by the key staff from the accounting team. Then, the vp, controller and officer of statutory reporting reviews all the information which is then submitted to the tax preparers (at grant thornton). The cfo reviews the draft of the form 990 that has been prepared by grant thornton and suggest corrections/modifications as may be needed. After the final draft of the form 990 is prepared. This is shared with the ijm board for review. Following approval, grant thornton prepares and remits the final 990 to the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy: the board conflict of interest policy is detailed as an appendix to the ijm board policy manual. Each officer, director and key employee affirms during onboarding and annually thereafter intent to comply with the policy, and affirmatively discloses any potential conflicts. Staff are likewise required to affirm intent to comply with the version of the policy governing all employees, contained in ijm's policy library. The policies further provide guidance on how to communicate conflicts that arise, and a process for disclosure and review of related party transactions is built into ijm's contracts process.”

“Process of determining compensation: executive compensation: the board of directors (the "board") has the responsibility for overseeing ijm's executive compensation program. The board recognizes that in order for ijm to achieve its ambitious strategic goals, ijm must be able to attract, retain and reward qualified executives who will be able to operate effectively in a challenging, complex environment. Chief executive officer: the board independently determines the salary and benefits for the chief executive officer. The cpo provides the board with competitive market salary data obtained from external compensation surveys. Based on the information presented, the board discusses the chief executive officer's performance, the overall performance of ijm, and the competitive market. The board independently makes compensation decisions in an executive session, without the chief executive officer present. Senior executives (vice president level and above): the board has delegated to the chief executive officer the authority to determine the salary and benefits for all subordinate executives and employees. The cpo provides competitive market salary data obtained from external compensation surveys, and makes recommendations.”

“Documents available to the public: the organization makes its financial statements available to the public on its website. Additionally, the organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request, for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Other fees: program service expenses 9,564,215. Management and general expenses 1,712,262. Fundraising expenses 2,338,839. Total expenses 13,615,316.”

“Foreign currency translation adjustment -1,237,543. Reclass of fundraising and other recovered expenses 794,571.”