Foundation for Sustainable Development

“Electronic copies of audit documents and 990s are provided to the members of the Board of Directors. The Finance Committee reviews the documents and gives their recommendation for approval to the Board. Then the Board votes on approval at the next Board Meeting. Approval can be given by email, phone, or in person by Board Members.”

“Members of the board of directors review all potential conflicts of interest at least annually. The Executive Director and all board members are required to disclose (in writing) potential conflicts and any related party affiliations. Loans between the organization and members of management and the board are strictly prohibited. The organization seeks full transparency on all relationships. Any potential conflicts (in fact or appearance) are discussed openly and resolved in accordance with the organizations policies and procedures.”

“Members of the board of directors review the compensation of all high-level personnel periodically in accordance with IRS rules and regulations. Efforts are made to secure compensation data from industry sources in order to determine competitiveness and appropriateness of salaries. Every effort is made to ensure that the process is thorough and transparent in accordance with IRS guidelines and the organizations policies and procedures. In regards to establishing the compensation of the Executive Director when hired in 2014, the search committee did a comparative sampling of other ED salaries in the San Francisco Bay Area for similarly sized nonprofits. The search committee was comprised of FSD Board members. When negotiating with the current ED, we used the results of the comparative sampling as well as our current and future budgets for the organization.”

“Compensation of other personnel and key employees is reviewed periodically by members of management. Efforts are made to secure compensation data from industry sources in order to determine competitiveness and appropriateness of salaries and all related benefits. All decisions are then documented in personnel files.”

“All of the Organization's governing documents, financial statements and other legalfilings are maintained in a secure environment and help available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public tax returns are posted annually to www.guidestar.org ( where they are available viewing as electronic copies) and are also available for a physical inspection at the organizations office in San Francisco, California).”

“All of the organizations governing documents, financial statements and other legal filings are maintained in a secure environment and held available for inspection by tax authorities and the general public. Tax returns are posted annually to www.guidestar.org ( where they are available for viewing as electronic copies) and are also available for a physical inspection at the organizations office in San Francisco, California.”