Innovate Birmingham

“The return is prepared by an independent cpa. Upon completion of the preparation and prior to the filing of the return, the return is provided to the progam director. The progam director is responsible for reviewing the return and forwarding the return to the directors. The directors and program director will determine if any changes or adjustments need to be made. Any changes or adjustments will be provided to and discussed with the independent cpa. Once all changes have been made and the directors have completed a final review, the return will be filed.”

“To ensure the organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax- exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects: (a) whether compensation arragements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining, and (b) whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the organization's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurement, impermissible private benefit or in an excess benefit transaction.”

“The governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“I am bham, inc. Is an alabama non-profit corporation and is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "code"), and may carry on any activity contemplated by such section. Specifically, the organization is organized for the purpose of providing education and training in information technology field to young adults, ages 17 through 26, who are in groups and communities which are disconnected from the traditional labor market and who would otherwise be unable to receive such education and training. By providing access to specialized education and training to young adults to which such education and training would otherwise be unavailable, the organization hopes to foster growth, development, and enhanced job opportunities for the young adults who participate in the curriculum. By providing these opportunities the organization hopes to encourage economic growth and development broadly across the entire greater birmingham metropolitan area and central alabama. The organization eductional program will consist of two primary curriculums. One curriculum is the generation program, a skills training program developed by the mckinsey social initiative. The second curriculum is covalence extended, a technology skills training program with a heavy emphasis on immersive technical courses and coding. The selection of individuals to participate in the skills training programs to be operated by the organization will be made by dannon project, a birmingham, alabama bosed non-profit corporation. Initially the organization will be funded through a grant from the innovate birmingham regional workforce partnership through the u.s. Department of labor education and training administration's america's promise grant program. The organization plans to use the grant to fund its educational programs through hiring instructors, developing a curriculum, and acquiring specialized equipment and supplies.”

“The organization is organized for the purpose of providing education and training in information technology field to young adults, ages 17 through 26, who are in groups and communities which are disconnected from the traditional labor market and who would otherwise be unable to receive such education and training.”