American Indian Science and Engineering Society

“Michael laverdure and adrienne laverdure are brother and sister. They do not work together, serve on any committees together, nor do they have any other business connections.”

“The organization has members.”

“The organization has elections for the board of directors. The call for nominations is released to aises members and posted on the website. After the nomination deadline has passed, a ballot along with all complete nominations are copied and e-mailed and mailed out to each general member of aises for voting. The ballots are mailed or e-mailed back to aises and a formal ballot reconciliation and counting process takes place. The individuals with the most member votes are elected to fill the vacant board of directors positions.”

“The organization's members must approve changes to the by-laws.”

“The completed form 990 will first be presented to the finance committee of the board of directors for review. Upon the recommendation of the finance committee, the form 990 will then be submitted to the full board for approval.”

“The board of directors are required to disclose any conflicts of interest to the chief executive officer each year upon becoming aware of the conflict.”

“Officer compensation is derived based on surveys of local as well as national non-profit salary scales. The salary surveys/scales are based on direct requests of data, as well as information publicly available on guidestar.org. All new positions and salaries are discussed/approved at the board of directors level. Officers are further interviewed by both professional staff and board of director members. Median figures for both local and national pay are usually targeted, unless candidate profiles and educational backgrounds exceed the median figures, then a slightly elevated pay scale may be considered and budgeted for. The data used to derive compensation for officers is available for review upon request.”

“The organization's annual audited financial statements and form 990s are available to view/download on the organization's website. Any request for governing documents or conflict of interest policy must be made in writing to the chief executive officer.”

“Form 990, page 12, part xii, line 1: the cash method of accounting box was checked in error on the original return. The organization has consistently prepared its financial statements and form 990 using the accrual method of accounting as reported on the prior year returns. This amended return correctly checks the accrual method of accounting box on line 1. No other changes were made to this form 990.”

“Awards and gifts: program service expenses 44,399. Management and general expenses 5,490. Fundraising expenses 207. Total expenses 50,096. Printing and copying: program service expenses 31,531. Management and general expenses 10,140. Fundraising expenses 506. Total expenses 42,177. Telephone and communications: program service expenses 2,825. Management and general expenses 15,009. Fundraising expenses 75. Total expenses 17,909. Dues and subscriptions: program service expenses 10,223. Management and general expenses 3,182. Fundraising expenses 3,609. Total expenses 17,014. Postage and shipping: program service expenses 7,362. Management and general expenses 2,409. Fundraising expenses 6,193. Total expenses 15,964. Chapter orgnization expenses: program service expenses 5,325. Management and general expenses 2,359. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,684. Bad debt expense: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 6,269. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,269. Contributions and donations: program service expenses 4,000. Management and general expenses 1,500. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,500.”

“Unrealized loss on investment in subsidiary -29,035. Chapter organizations not included in financial stmts -15,332.”

“The organization did not change its oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”