Wildflower Foundation

“There are no committees that have been granted authority to act on behalf of the governing board.”

“After staff have completed and reviewed the 990, the board, as a whole, will review. All board members will have access to the 990. A vote will be taken to approve before filing.”

“The wildflower foundation has a conflict of interest policy in place to help with any issues that may arise where a board member enters into a contract or transaction between the foundation and an organization that will cause a conflict with the board members financial interest. Monitoring is performed regularly by the officers to identify potential conflicts of interest. In connection with any actual or potential conflict of interest, an interested person, which can be any director, officer, or member of a committee with board delegated powers who has an outside interest, outside activity, or a direct or indirect financial interest, must disclose the existence and nature of any outside interest, outside activity and financial interest to the board of directors, or the board committee delegated the authority to receive such disclosures, and to any board committee considering a proposed transaction or arrangement where a potential conflict of interests exists. It is determined that an interested person has outside interest when they hold, indirectly or directly, a position or a material financial interest in any outside concern from which the individual has reason to believe the organization secures goods or services of that provides services competitive with the organization. The material facts of this contract must be fully disclosed or known to the other board of directors prior to approval of said contract or transaction, and the interested board member may not be present during the vote. The monitoring of this policy is currently ongoing. The policy is revisited with the board of directors once a year.”

“The non-conflicted members of the foundation's board of directors approved the compensation of the ceo and the other officers/key employees. The ceo abstained from the approval due to his conflict of interest. The foundation's board of directors approved the compensation by meeting the "rebuttable presumption of compensation". Non-conflicted members of the board approve the compensation. Process for determining ceo compensation and other officers/key employees included assessing performance against goals and expectations, reviewing the relative competitive position within the market and the industry utilizing external sources and based on this information, adjustments were made as needed. The process described here was last completed in 2025.”

“Form 990, as well as governing documents, document retention policy, etc. Are available upon request.”

“Contractors: program service expenses 401,061. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 401,061. All other fees: program service expenses 465,123. Management and general expenses 83,906. Fundraising expenses 33,884. Total expenses 582,913.”

“The process for oversight and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”