Association of Organ Procurement

“Aopo has two categories of membership: opo member and emeritus member. Aopo membership is available to any organ procurement organization that is a member of the organ procurement and transplantation network (optn) and has been designated by the secretary of health and human services.”

“Aopo members who have been approved for membership and are in good standing shall be entitled to appoint a representative to exercise the rights of opo membership which includes, but is not limited to, the following: a) one vote in any matter submitted to opo membership for response by ballot. B) being elected as an officer or director of aopo except as stated elsewhere in the bylaws. C) having its representative or employees serve on committees or task forces except as elsewhere stated in the bylaws. D) having its representative, medical director and/or employees serve as a committee or task force chairperson except as elsewhere stated in the bylaws.”

“The board of directors may, in its discretion, authorize other types of organizations to participate in aopo that will not constitute membership, but would permit interested parties to support and participate in the aopo mission.”

“It is aopo's policy for the executive committee of the board of directors(executive committee) to review and approve aopo's federal form 990 prior to being filed with the internal revenue service. Practice/procedure: a) the aopo ceo works with the outside accountant, the cpa/audit firm and the treasurer to provide for a timely preparation of the federal form 990; b) the aopo ceo provides the draft form 990 to the executive committee for discussion during its next meeting or conference call; c) the aopo executive committee reviews all information provided in the draft form 990 and makes any recommendations for changes to the ceo; d) the aopo executive committee votes to approve the draft form 990, prior to filing with the internal revenue service; and e) the aopo's federal form 990 is posted on the aopo portal to allow presubmission review by the entire board of directors.”

“It is the policy of aopo to prohibit employees from engaging in conduct which conflicts with the interests of aopo or which gives the appearance of a conflict of interest. Each employee is asked to annually review the conflict of interest policy and complete a declaration of integrity, attesting to his/her review and acknowledement of any conflicts of interest. Practice/procedure: a) each employee must avoid making any investments or entering into any relationships which might conflict with his/her responsibilities to aopo; b) each employee must inform the ceo of any investments or outside relationships, such as consultative functions, receipt of any gift, favor, or commission, which may be construed as compromising the individual's position. The ceo must inform the aopo president and secretary/treasurer; and c) failure to report such incidents will be considered justification for immediate dismissal from aopo employment. The conflict of interest policy also applies to members of the board of aopo, including the executive committee, chairs and cochairs of aopo working groups (i.e. Councils, committees, task forces, etc). Board members are required to read the conflict of interest policy and sign a compliance statement at the annual meeting.”

“The ceo's salary is reviewed annually by representatives of the aopo executive committee. It was most recently reviewed and determined at a meeting in july 2025. Other officers and key employees' salaries are reviewed annually by the ceo. Any salary increase granted is based on employee performance for the year. If granted a salary increase, it will normally be effective on the employee's anniversary date. In order to administer salary planning in the most equitable and efficient manner, the following factors are considered: 1) demonstrated competence of the employee and ability to perform every aspect of the job; 2) salary relationships to supervisor, subordinates and/or peers; 3) prevailing rates paid for similar positions in the marketplace. Rates are based on compensation studies and information that can be found in a variety of sources, such as those published by asae & the center for association leadership, or the compensation study of our own membership organizations (for comparable positions), or by utilizing various other online job and salary search engines for similar positions with similar sized organizations and location; 4) time in present position; and 5) fiscal state of the organization.”

“Aopo's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Write off of prior uncollectible pledges -5,345.”

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