Meridian Education Resource Group Inc.

“The form 990 is presented to and discussed in detail by the operations and finance committee. The form 990 is then presented to the full board before being filed.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy. Annually, each member signs a statement affirming compliance with the policy. Also, in order to ensure that the organization operates in a manner consistent with its charitable purposes, the organization conducts periodic reviews of the policy.”

“A compensation committee, written employment contract, reference to other organization's form 990, a compensation survey or study, and approval by the board or compensation committee are all used in establishing the executive director's compensation. The organization has established salary grade and compensation data that has been approved by the board for all other employees. The operation and finance committee of the board revisits the data, as deemed necessary, to make sure that it reflects current competitive compensation data in the industry.”

“The organization's form 990 is available on a national website for non-profits (guidestar.org). The organization also makes its form 990 available to the public upon request. The organization's bylaws and conflict of interest policy are available to interested parties upon request. Financial statements are available to the general public through its annual report on the organization's website.”

“Leased employees: program service expenses 337,792. Management and general expenses 38,152. Fundraising expenses 678. Total expenses 376,622. Contracted services: program service expenses 130,559. Management and general expenses 14,746. Fundraising expenses 262. Total expenses 145,567. Payroll fees: program service expenses 6,526. Management and general expenses 737. Fundraising expenses 13. Total expenses 7,276.”

“There has been no change to the organization's audit oversight process.”