Movember Foundation

“The sole member of movember foundation is the australia based charity movember group pty ltd as trustee for the movember foundation.”

“The irs form 990 is reviewed by senior management (ceo and cfo) of movember. After management is satisfied that the 990 is accurate and complete, the 990 is made available to the directors prior to filing the forms.”

“The movember group pty ltd maintains a "conflicts register" that is regularly reviewed and approved by the board of directors. Every effort is made to identify potential areas of conflict and where they are identified action is taken to remove the conflict. This would normally result in exclusion of the conflictee from deliberations around operational areas where the conflict arises.”

“The ceo of the organization remains the global ceo of the movember group pty limited. His salary was benchmarked by an independent third party in april 2016 and will be benchmarked annually thereafter.”

“The organization will make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available on request.”

“Movember group pty ltd may be reached at the following telephone number, +61 3 8416 3900. The organization's phone number was used at section c line 20 in order to electronically file the return to the irs.”

“Adam garone, global ceo in the current period, carried out a global role for the affiliated entity (movember group pty ltd), while being listed as a director of the organization. He devoted 100% of his time to the affiliated entity. As the associated costs are reimbursed in full, the organization has no expense for him in its audited financial statements and therefore shows the costs incurred as $0 on part vii of the 990 form. The affiliated entity reimbursed the organization for reportable w-2 compensation of $300,401 and health care premiums of $6,933. In addition, mr. Garone devotes an average of two hours per week to the organization in his role as director; this role is unpaid.”

“Mission statement the movember foundation is the global charity raising funds and awareness for men's health. We want to help men live longer, healthier and happier lives through investing in four key areas: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity. The annual movember campaign - results we seek to achieve every movember, we challenge men to grow and women to support a moustache or to make a commitment to get active and move, both of which spark conversations and raise vital funds and awareness for men's health that will result in: - funding for the movember foundation's men's health programs - conversations about men's health that lead to: - awareness and understanding of the health risks men face - men taking action to remain well prostate and testicular cancer results we seek to achieve - programs that contribute to less men dying from prostate and testicular cancer and that those living with these diseases have greatly improved quality of life, both physically and mentally poor mental health results we seek to achieve - programs that assist men and boys in being comfortable discussing the impact of significant life events and that they remain connected to those that can positively influence their lives. Physical inactivity results we seek to achieve- - programs that encourage men and boys to be physically active and get them to move more, with the intent to change behavior for the better.”

“Movember group pty ltd charged the organization for its share of certain costs for central services. These services are conducted centrally to achieve economies of scale for movember's global programs, thereby resulting in lower costs in each country. The services carried out centrally include: website development; hosting and maintenance; campaign theme design and related materials; financial & accounting services; human resources legal services and general management which includes program implementation and beneficiary partner management services. The charge from mgpl is significantly less than if movember foundation were to conduct all of these activities on a stand-alone local basis. As of april 30, 2016, the organization's receivable from mgpl for the cross charges totaled $281,568. This balance of related party receivable is included in the accounts receivable balance in the amount of $313,244.”

“Of the total $10,702,641 of total net assets, $6,526,405 has been designated by the board of directors to fund specific men's health programs. The remaining balance of net assets, the undesignated reserves, are to cover future campaigns and ensure the long-term continuity of the organization. The organization's undesignated reserves are being progressively built over multiple campaigns and once the board of directors are satisfied the undesignated reserves are at a sufficient level no further funds will be retained.”

“The organization has a separate audit committee and is responsible for engaging independent auditors and monitoring the audit process. This committee is comprised fully of independent directors. The ceo attends the committee meetings but is not a member. This structure has been in effect in prior year and was not changed in 2015.”