Speech First Inc.

“Any individual who seeks to support the organization, pays membership dues, if any, and meets any additional standards and procedures that may be established by the board of directors is eligible to become a member.”

“Up to four directors are elected by the board. One director may be elected by the members.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and other key staff prior to submission to the irs.”

“Directors and officers are required to review the conflict of interest policy and disclose any conflicts on an annual basis.”

“Compensation of the president is reviewed annually by the board of directors and is established based on available data of compensation at similarly-sized organizations.”

“Minnesota, mississippi, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, virginia, west virginia, wisconsin”

“The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. The organization's form 990 and exemption application are available to the public upon request.”

“Speech first's mission is to support students who seek to protect their rights to free speech, expression or association. By joining together, the speech first community is an assurance to students that they will not fight these battles alone, they will find support every step of the way; on campus, in the courts and in the media.”

“Speech first defends students' free speech rights on campus through litigation, advocacy, and education. In fy21, speech first filed an additional motion to intervene in federal title ix lawsuits as well as submitted public comments to the us department of education on its newly proposed title ix rules. Speech first also filed 2 amicus briefs for scotus cases, and filed federal lawsuits against the university of central florida and virginia tech university alleging that various policies violated students' first amendment rights through overbroad, vague policies designed to chill student speech and expression. Cherise trump was hired as executive director. In 2021, cherise trump made a number of media appearances and published multiple op-eds addressing the free speech crisis on college campuses. On a regular basis, trump speaks and meets with student groups and individual activists and visits campuses around the country. Speech first initiated its first in-depth research projects on bias reporting systems and freshman orientations.”