Trail Life USA Inc.

“The organization has one class of members. Members are comprised of a representative from each charter organization operating a trail life usa troop.”

“Members of the organization have the authority to confirm the appointment of the organizations board of directors.”

“Members of the organization have the authority to approve some protected amendments to the organization's bylaws.”

“The organization's top managment and financial officials review the form 990 prior to its filing with the irs. A copy of the final form 990 is also provided to the voting members of the organization's governing body prior to its filing with the irs.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy is distributed to each member of the organization's governing body, its officers and its key employees on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement indicating that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, certifying that: 1) they have no relationships or interest that present a conflict of interest, (2) they have one or more conflicts of interst that have been fully disclosed as required by the policy and have been properly administered in conformity with the policy, or 3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interst and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statements with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.”

“The compensation of the organization's ceo, officers and key employees is set by an independent committee of the board of directors. In setting compensation, the committee annually reviews and approves compensation levels. The deliberations and decisions of the committee are contemporaneously substantiated. The committee utilizes comparability data in its deliberations; updated comparability data is generally obtained every two to three years.”

“The organization provides, upon request, copies of its articles of incorporation, bylaws, confilcts of interest policy, and its financial statements.”

“Form 990, part 1x, line 24a during the inventory review process, the organization discoverd it had overstated its inventory in 2016(understated unrestricted net assets) by 139,043 as the organization inadvertently included a number of items in its inventory twice. The organization has corrected this by reflecting the prior period adjustment as an expense in the current year's form 990 and as a prior period adjustment in its december 31, 2017 financial statements.”

“Volunteers support existing troops and encourage new troop growth. Christian adult volunteers provide support in mentorship, leadership, membership, marketing, and promotion. In 2017, there was a total of approximately 1,264,380 hours of volunteer services.”

“Audio/video/lighting 723 2,141 29 background checks 42,421 0 0 contract labor 198 33 2 creative/graphic arts 5,844 17,299 234 information technology 7,916 23,432 317 marketing 8,773 25,970 351 miscellaneous 1,678 4,965 67 product fulfillment 10,614 31,418 425 total 78,167 105,258 1,425”