Dan River Basin Association

“MARK BISHOPRIC”

“The organization has members, but the organization does not have shareholders.”

“The members of the organization elect the governing body (board of directors). The board of directors elects the officers.”

“Organizational decisions are subject to the board of directors' approval.”

“The board of directors of the dan river basin assocition will review the final draft of the 2015 form 990 at a special board meeting on june 15, 2016. The form 990 was prepared by rouse, rouse, penn, and rouse cpa firm in conjunction with drba staff and input by board members and others. The final draft will be distributed to the board members at the board meeting on june 15, 2016. For those not at the meeting, the final draft will be delivered via email or in person for their review and approval prior to june 22, 2016. Board members were asked to forward questions to mark bishopric, treasurer.”

“The organization distributed a copy of the conflict of interest policy, with request that each member disclose an actual or potentional conflict of interest, sign, and return a copy of the policy. This distribution and request was made (1) at our board meeting (may 11, 2016), (2) by mail or email on may 25, 2016 to any board members that had not returned the forms. This information was assimilated into the 990 form as to related party transactions and potential conflicts of interest have been disclosed in this filing.”

“The personnel committee meets periodically (at least annually) to review the performance of the executive director and evaluate the competitiveness of the compensation package and the organization's capability to retain its staff, while evaluating information from other regional non profits as it relates to their disclosed compensation package information. When the executive director initially hired the personnel (then the committee consisted of the executive committee of the board), research was done concerning salary scales in similar organizations in order to establish a reasonable budget for compensation to discuss with candidates for the position.”

“The organization's bylaws, other governing documents, policies, and audited financial statements are available for review by appointment at the headquarters office location of the organization at 413 church street, suite 401, eden, nc 27288. The organization's form 990 tax return is posted on another's website, www.guidestar.org, for review annually.”

“Identified areas of concern with little or no buffer to waterways. Drba's environmental education programs continued to impact thousands of students in virginia (martinsville city, henry county, patrick county, city of danville, pittsylvania county and franklin county) and in north carolina (rockingham county, caswell county, stokes county) in 2015. Drba provided stem programs, trout in the classroom programs, streamside trees in the classroom, tub of bugs, bio blitz, interpretive hikes and other environmental programs. Drba provided environmental education to elementary, middle, high school and college-aged students. Many of drba's educational programs reach underserved youth from low-income families. Drba recruited 1,150 volunteers during 2015 to participate in education and stewardship projects. In addition, drba also participated in the eden riverfest, danville river district festival, smith riverfest, wild blue river festival, philpott lake safety day and rooster walk to promote education and stewardship and recruit volunteers. Drba also continued to invest resources in educating the public about the issues related to hydraulic fracturing, uranium mining, and coal ash waste.”

“From philpott dam to bring consistency to the river water quality and recreational usability.”

“Fundraising expense 2,070 fundraising expense -2,070”