Environmental Defense Center

“Once there is a final draft sent for review to edc, the accounting manager (am), executive director (ed) and treasurer all review it. A draft is then circulated to the finance committee. The executive director provides final copy of the form 990 to board members before filing with irs and signs the 990.”

“Edc has weekly staff meetings attended by all employees. We discuss any and all new cases, case activity, and issues of potential concern. Any potential conflicts are raised and discussed in these meetings. The board also monitors directors' compliance to the corporation's conflict of interest policy, annually evaluating director's disclosures of potential conflicts.”

“Each year, edc's board of directors sets the salary for senior staff members (executive director and the chief counsel) only. An annual budget is proposed to the board of directors by the executive director, in consultation with the accounting manager, which includes line items for salaries, benefits, payroll taxes, etc. The budget is usually discussed and approved in the first quarter of each calendar year. The amount of those line items, less the allocation for senior staff salaries made by the board, create the pool from which the rest of staff salaries can be paid. Staff compensation is adjusted for each employee on the first day of the anniversary month of their hiring after an evaluation of their performance and discussion of available resources. The chief counsel makes recommendations to the executive director for salary adjustments for all program staff. The executive director sets salary adjustments for administrative staff. So long as the total of all compensation is within the budget set by the board, no other consultation with the board takes place. In the event there is a desire to increase the budget for staff salaries, either to create a new position, to pay bonuses, etc., a recommendation is first brought to the executive and finance committees by the executive director and, if approved, presented to the board of directors for approval.”

“These documents are not generally available. A financial summary is published on our website. Otherwise, the 990 is publically available.”

“THERE WAS NO CHANGE.”

“The organization incurred $1,064 in lobbying costs in 2015 and they are reported on schecule c. These costs are not reported on part ix, page 10, line 11d since none of the costs were professional fees.”