Arizou DBA Basta

“There are no committees to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“When the 990 is complete, it is sent to sheila saremzadeh, ceo, for review. If any changes are required they are made at this time. Ms. Saremzadeh then forwards the 990 to the full board with her recommendation to approve. The board does an additional review and if there are no objections or changes, it is approved and filed.”

“The organization's officers and directors are required to annually disclose or update the board of directors interests that could give rise to possible conflicts of interest. For each interest disclosed to the board of directors, the board will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b)assure full disclosure to the board of directors and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions within the organization; or (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the organization or, if the person refuses to resign, become subject to possible removal in accordance with the organization's removal procedures. The organization's chair and treasurer will monitor proposed or ongoing transactions for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the board of directors in order to deal with potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred.”

“The ceo's compensation was determined using two criteria 1) benchmarks against other education reform organizations 2) the ceo's prior compensation.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Consultants: program service expenses 48,773. Management and general expenses 1,150. Fundraising expenses 11,100. Total expenses 61,023. Other fees: program service expenses 8,118. Management and general expenses 133. Fundraising expenses 399. Total expenses 8,650.”