Be Present Inc.

“The President/Board Member, Lillie P. Allen, and the Treasurer, Kathleen Lillis are married.”

“The Treasurer and other staff members draft relevant parts of the Form 990 and Schedules and email them to the accountant. The accountant completes the draft of the Form 990 and emails it to the Treasurer, who reviews it and contacts the accountant with any clarifications or corrections. After this review, the Treasurer forwards the revised draft to the President, Co-Leaders for Transformative Action, Director of Programs and Development, Director of People and Operations and the Finance Manager to review and contract the accountant if they have questions. When this process is complete, the Treasurer sends the draft to the full Board of Directors. The draft is reviewed, corrected as necessary and then approved by the Board of Directors by consensus. The Treasurer then sends the final, approved copy to the accountant to prepare the final Form 990, which is then signed by the President and filed with the IRS, GA, WA and CA. Electronic copies of the final, signed Form 990 are emailed to the Board of Directors.”

“BPI is a small NPO where the Board, Officers and Staff are in regular communication on an almost weekly basis. As part of the beginning of each meeting, there are "check-in's", where each person brings the other people at the meeting up-to-date on what activities they are engaged in, among other things. This process works well to monitor if any conflicts of interest arise. In addition, the Board, employees and officers complete a conflict of interest and board independence questionnaire annually.”

“BPI staff includes two certified HR professionals, one with a Global certification, who, in collaboration with the Treasurer, followed the following compensation review process: Salaries/pay structures for all positions were derived by conducting a review of publicly posted salary structures on various job sites for each staff role, as well as benchmarks with similarly structured nonprofits. In addition, the geographic location of each staff role, years of experience, and the knowledge level needed was considered. The proposed compensation structure was presented to the Board of Directors who, after discussion and review of the budget, approved the compensation recommendations for staff in each role.”

“All of Be Present, Inc.'s governing documents, conflict of interest policy, board of directors' independence questionnaires, and financial statements are available to the public by request. The requested documents can be reviewed at the Be Present, Inc. office, sent electronically or by mail. When funding permits, some of the documents will be available on the Be Present website.”

“Robert S. Holzman, MD - 2155 34th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106. Carletta Joy Walker - 898 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032. Medea Pluim - 3718 Magee Avenue, Oakland, CA 94619. Nancy M. Thurston - 4341 NE Halsey Street #19, Portland, OR 97213. Kathleen Lillis - 1264 Ginger Wood Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083. Deborah Edwards - 812 Brielle Court, Simpsonville, SC 29681. Lillie P. Allen - 1264 Ginger Wood Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083. Lauri Leaverton - 4204 Richey Road, Yakima, WA 98908.”

“Training Consultants: Program service expenses 84,494. Management and general expenses 61,205. Fundraising expenses 28,800. Total expenses 174,499.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”