Free the Slaves

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants in consultation with the organization's senior management the board treasurer reviews the draft of the 990 on behalf of the board prior to its filing with the irs a full copy of the return was provided to the board prior to filing with the irs”

“Free the slaves expects all employees to avoid any and all potential conflicts of interest. It is the responsibility of the employee to alert the executive director to any issues that may result in such a conflict or the appearance of a conflict of interest if an interest raises a conflict or potential conflict the employee may be asked to refrain from the activities that cause this to arise. Beginning of each calendar year, officers, directors, board members and key employees are required to submit a written disclosure, either to the chair of the board of directors or the executive director, that identifies interests that could potentially give rise to conflicts such reportable interests may include - having a financial interest in a business, nonprofit organization or project that addresses issues related to free the slaves' mission, - serving as a board member of an organization working on issues related to modern day slavery, - supervising a relative and/or determining his or her promotions or pay, - engaging in a romantic relationship with another employee with whom he or she is in a supervisory or reporting relationship. Free the slaves maintains a conflict of interest policy that must be observed by staff and board members. Should a board or staff member report a potential conflict of interest, the matter will be referred to the board chair and executive director for investigation and action depending on the facts of the case, one of the following actions may result - a determination that the potential conflict does not actually manifest or is not material and no action is required - recusing the staff member or board member from decisions that may give the appearance of a conflict of interest -asking that the board or staff member divest themselves of interests that may conflict with those of free the slaves - requesting or requiring that the board or staff member resign from free the slaves if the conflict cannot otherwise be resolved, or - imposing sanctions, up to and including termination and seeking restitution, if there has been deliberate failure to disclose a conflict of interest and/or the material interests of free the slaves have been harmed.”

“The board makes the offer, reviews and approves the salary of the executive director in establishing the salary of the executive director, the board took into account the salary being paid to the previous executive director and market trends decisions were documented in the board minutes”

“Mississippi, north carolina, new hampshire, north dakota, new mexico, new york, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, virginia, west virginia, wisconsin”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements, and form 990s are available to the public upon request theorganization's financial statements are also available on the organization's website”

“Front-line anti-slavery programs fts and its partner organizations use a community-based model to help communities resist forced and bonded labor and sex trafficking of adults and children in india, nepal, haiti, ghana, and senegal. We provide the structure and training for collective action by slaves and former slaves to demand freedom, payment of wages, and protection from violence. We organize leaders to educate their communities about slavery, to take action to rescue their family members and neighbors who are in slavery, and to work to develop new systems that address key vulnerabilities within the community. These vulnerabilities may include ensuring the availability of education for children, vocational projects for communities, or access to affordable health care and legal representation. We engage local, regional and national officials to press for enforcement and strengthening of antislavery laws. We support lawyers who press for justice for victims. We support operation of shelters for survivors of trafficking and slavery. We educate and prepare people who are migrating abroad for work on ways to avoid the tricks of traffickers, and we educate children to prevent their enslavement later in life.”

“Monitoring, learning & evaluation fts rigorously assesses the impact, effectiveness, relevance, efficacy and sustainability of our community- based approach to ending slavery using well-defined indicators, we track accomplishments of our grassroots partners in work planning, quarterly reporting, training and capacity building to improve accountability and learning mle contributes to the development of strong proposals and accurate reporting to funders, and supports continual learning and increased knowledge for the organization and the anti-slavery movement”

“GHANA”

“Long-term advisors 376,448 0 0 temporary help 420 0 405 other consultants 56,578 0 0 total 433,446 0 405”