Shes the First Inc.

“The organization's federal form 990 was provided to the board of directors for review prior to filing with the internal revenue service ("irs"). The co-founder/chief executive officer has the responsiblity to oversee and coordinate the form 990 preparation, review and filing process. As part of the tax return preparation process the organization hired a professional certified public accounting ("cpa") firm with experience and expertise in not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990. The cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the organization's co-founder/chief executive officer to obtain the information needed to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the organization's co-founder/chief executive officer for her review. The co-founder/chief executive officer reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comments with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990 where necessary and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the organization's co-founder/chief executive officer for final review and approval prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization regularly monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy. Annually all members of the board of directors are required to review the existing conflict of interest policy and complete a questionnaire. The completed questionnaires are returned to the organization's co-founder/chief executive officer for review. If a conflict is noted, the organization's co-founder/chief executive officer presents this to the organization's board of directors for its review and discussion and any follow-up action; if necessary.”

“The compensation and benefits of senior management, including the co-founder/chief executive officer and co-founder/chief programs officer, are reviewed by the executive compensation committee ("committee") to ensure fair market value compensation is paid. Where appropriate, the committee reviews external comparable data and seeks advice of external consultants to ensure total compensation of these individuals is reasonable and fair market value.”

“The organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed either through the state of new york department of the treasury or at the organization's office.”

“Core form, part vii reflects certain board members and officers receiving compensation and benefits from the organization. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of the organization; not for services rendered as a voting member or officer of the organization's board of directors.”

“Shes the First exists to fight gender inequality through education. In our programs, every student, regardless of where she is from, receives the schooling, mentorship, and global leadership training she needs to control her life outcomes and challenge unjust systems. We provide scholarships to girls in low-income countries and capacity-building grants to the community-led organizations serving them, while also implementing our own global leadership curriculum and training across 200+ high school and college campus chapters within the U.S. and 10 other countries. We are dedicated to our mission because we recognize that 63 million girls are out of secondary school worldwide and 2/3 of the worlds 781 million illiterate adults are women. The cycle of poverty breaks in families when a girl is educated. At the end of 2017, Shes the First had 918 Shes the First Scholars on our roster. Combined with our campus chapter membership, that means that we trained 4,845 students in 21 countries to be global leaders this year. To meet some of the students weve impacted and learn more about our programs, please visit shesthefirst.org.”

“An independent cpa firm audited the financial statements of the taxpayer for the years ended december 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016; respectively, and issued a certified audited financial statement. An unmodified opinion was issued by an independent cpa firm for each year. The organization's board of directors assumes the responsiblity for oversight of the audit and the selection of its independent auditor.”