Fair Elections Center

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the board before filing with the irs.”

“Each director, officer, key employee and committee member annually signs a statement that affirms that they received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, agreed to comply with the policy, and has completed the annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, a covered person immediately discloses to the board, committee or board designee the existence and nature of his or her financial interest or any disclosable relationships. After a covered person discloses the existence of a financial interest or possible financial interest to the board of directors, committee or board designee, the board or committee determines if a conflict of interest exists and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and if the corporation shall enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination.”

“Compensation of the president and ceo is decided by the board members (excluding the ceo) after reviewing comparabilty information. The deliberation of decision of the board review was included in meeting minutes. The date of the last compensation review was in january 2024.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Poll worker recruitment: in 2016 and 2018, fair elections center created and then expanded its workelections project to provide to the public current poll worker requirements and links to local jurisdictions' applications to facilitate poll worker recruitment, centralize simplified and understandable information on how to become a poll worker. In 2020, as hundreds of older, traditionally active poll workers withdrew because of the pandemic, fair elections center expanded workelections to provide data that facilitated the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of poll workers. Workelections partnered with the us election assistance commission, who used the data from workelections to power their own recruitment effort. In response to the huge demand for new poll workers, fair elections center co-founded power the polls with other non-partisan organizations and media companies which is powered by workelections' data and api. In 2024, during the week of national poll worker recruitment day, over x,xxx people requested information about being a poll worker through power the polls. Throughout the year, the project connected over xxx,xxx potential poll workers to local jurisdictions to apply to be a poll worker. Each year, workelections updates poll worker information in all 50 states and links to applications for over 5,000 jurisdictions. The project encourages groups including civic organizations, businesses, media companies, schools, and fellow voters to promote poll working to their employees, clients, students and members in order to establish a more diverse group of poll workers across the country.”

“This return has been prepared based on preliminary information from the organization's unaudited trial balance. Once the audited financial statements have been issued, this return will be amended as necessary.”

“Description:professional fees total fees:101635”

“Description:contractors total fees:1048588”