North Carolina Conservation Network

“A designated staff person sends the form 990 to the entire board of directors prior to filing the return with the irs.”

“The organization requires all employees to sign a conflict of interest policy upon joining the organization. All board members are required to disclose to the executive director any situations where a conflict of interest arises. Board members are also required to sign a conflict of interest policy at the beginning of each year.”

“The organization periodically conducts an organization-wide salary adjustment review to set salary levels for all staff. This salary review includes a survey to compare salary levels with similar organizations in north carolina and across the united states. In addition, the board conducts an annual performance review and salary adjustment for the executive director. This process begins with the executive director meeting with the executive committee of the board and ends with the entire board discussing and approving an annual review and salary adjustment.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request. Financial statements are available on the organization's website and also upon request.”

“In 2024, our grassroots base of over 48,000 email activists and over 20,000 text alert subscribers sent emails and made phone calls to their decision-makers to reduce carbon emissions, increase clean energy, clean up forever chemicals, fight for environmental justice, build resilient communities, and more. This resulted in over 24,000 online actions to support our environment. Our volunteers also generated over 1,500 offline actions including: attending public hearings and events, collecting postcards, connecting with legislators, participating in activist meetings, and recruiting volunteers for affiliate events. Volunteers wrote and mailed over 32,000 voter-to-voter letters with non-partisan get-out-the-vote information. Nc conservation network works to increase awareness of-and provide ways to take action on-key issues impacting the health of our state through social media. In 2024, we maintained lists of approximately 173,000 facebook followers, 70,000 x followers, 41,000 tiktok followers, and 16,000 instagram followers. Nc conservation network works to continually support our affiliates-over 60 environmental, community, and enviromental justice organizations. We provide this support in many ways, including: coordinating on the creation of complimentary, comprehensive strategies for the community's most pressing issues; developing local campaigns to win environmental protections; and building the groups' capacities to be more successful and sustainable.”

“The organization has a finance committee that oversees and assumes responsibility for the audit.”