Excellence in Education Foundation

“The organization revised it's bylaws mostly to modernize them. The only change that was significant was that a minimum of seven (7) board members was established. The maximum number of thirty-five (35) remains unchanged.”

“The 990 is distributed to the Board of Directors via email prior to the board meeting. The Foundation's CPA is available for questions via phone or email. The return is then discussed and approved at the Board of Directors meeting prior to mailing to the IRS.”

“Board members are required to read the conflict of interest policy and disclose any related parties or conflicts annually. Conflicts are evaluated by both staff and board members on an ongoing basis. Board members with conflicts abstain from voting.”

“The Executive Director is an employee of the contracted administrative provider (TTCF). TTCF frequently looks at the League of California Community Foundations salary schedule combined with salaries of local nonprofits. This comparison is used as a guiideline for salaries for both TTCF and therefore, Excellence in Education. The President of TTCF discusses salary/compensation and occasional bonuses on an annual basis. Excellence in Education's president and vice president conducts an annual written and verbal review with the Excecutive Director and all documents are kept on file both with TTCF and Excellence in Education. Excellence in Education's Executive Director salary is approved by the full board of directors of Excellence in Education.”

“Other officers are not compensated for board duties. If hired for other services the conflict of interest policy is followed and compensation is expected to be at or below market rates based on proposals received from other local providers. There are no key employees.”

“Excellence in Education is located in an office that is open Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm. Most documents are available on site with others in a nearby offsite facility.The Executive Director is available to pull documents upon request. Documents are also available upon request via phone, mail or email and can be provided via email or snail mail, as needed, by the Executive Director.”