Greater Yellowstone Coalition Inc.

“The organization's members pay an annual membership fee which allows them voting privileges in the election of the board of directors.”

“The audit committee reviews and approves the form 990. The audit committee chair then reports to the board of directors. Upon approval by the board, the form 990 is signed by an officer of the corporation and filed with the irs.”

“The organizations bylaws contain a section entitled self-dealings which broadly prohibits conflicts of interests by board members, staff and volunteers. That section describes what proscriptions must be placed on a board members involvement in gyc issues when such a conflict exists. The organizations personnel policies and practices document and a board and staff roles and relationships document also contain written conflict of interest policy sections. Upon hire all new employees are given a copy of the personnel policies and practice document. They sign a statement acknowledging they have read and understand them. When any changes are made to the personnel policies and practices document (which is reviewed periodicaly). All employees are given a copy of these documents andthe changes are reviewed with them. New board members are provided with conflict of interest documents during a board orientation session. In addition, all board members are annually provided with a memo explaining the organization's conflict of interest policy along with a form which they sign acknowledging they have read the provisions, have no conflict of interest with the organization's mission or programs at this time, and that they have an affirmative duty to disclose to the appropriate gyc board and/or staff should they become aware of any activity or interest which represents a material or perceived conflict of interest in their role with the organization in the future. There are several questions to provide answers needed for the irs form 990, and space is provided on the form to disclose possible conflicts.”

“The board executive committee meets at least annually in executive session to review the executive director's performance, salary and benefits, and makes recommendations for any changes to the full board of directors for their approval in an executive session. In doing so, the committee considers data from current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms, and data for comparable positions with other similar organizations. Compensation studies are performed every 2 or 3 years. The board's decision is documented in general in minutes of their meeting, and in detail in a confidential memo to the executive director's personnel file, which is given to the finance manager for implementation and filing. Included in the documentation are the terms of the compensation arrangement; the date approved, the names of the board members who were present during the discussion and who voted on it, and the data relied upon in making the decision.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request in the form of electronic pdf copies or hard copy. In addition, the irs determination letter, audited financial statements and forms 990 are posted on the organization's web site.”

“Other program services 4: cycle greater yellowstone”

“Cycle greater yellowstone dissolution/transfer = -$321610”

“Wildlife protection - as greater yellowstone's human population continues to grow, additional pressure is being placed on the region's iconic wildlife populations. Conflicts associated with increasing recreational uses, livestock grazing and political pressure on policy and management decisions continually challenge our efforts to conserve priority species such as grizzly bears and bison. For bears, we are leading an ecosystem wide strategy that is centered on our 3 c's protecting core habitat, reducing conflicts, and facilitating connectivity between yellowstone bears and those to the north. This important work is resulting in new habitat protections, the expansion of coexistence programs, voluntary grazing allotment retirements, and the construction of highway wildlife crossing structures. We scored a significant win for bison in 2016 that opened up 250,000 acres of year round habitat on the west side of yellowstone. Looking ahead, our efforts revolve around developing a new management plan for yellowstones iconic bison that treats them as wildlife and provides more room to roam.”

“Lands protection - greater yellowstone's tapestry of public and private lands stitch together a stunning backdrop of habitat for the regions celebrated wildlife populations. Gyc's lands program is focused on securing new protections for the most critical parts of this landscape and defending key lands from harmful proposals. Our current priorities include permanently protectimg yellowstone northern gateway from two proposed gold mines and building strong support for conserving public lands in southwest montana such as the gallatin range and lands to the west in the high divide. In wyoming, we are nearing completion of a 10-year effort to protect the wyoming range from energy development and we are helping to lead an emerging wilderness initiative. In eastern idaho, we are building solid momentum behind a partnership that is seeking to protect critical wildlife habitat on private lands in the henry's fork watershed, as well as helping to launch a new phosphate mining mitigation fund that will bring much needed financial resources to land conservation in the blackfoot and salt river watersheds.”