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“Eric chapman officer and lorenzo chapman officer are brothers. Vanessa martinez board president is the mother of eric chapman and lorenzo chapman. The chapman-martinez family have served as the backbone of the awoke since its founding, and are taking on program and leadership roles in the organization as it continues growing.”

“Awokes board of directors has delegated authority over form 990 filings, and other similar filings, to the executive director who works closely with a financial consultant to review the organizations finances and a certified public accountant to prepare the filings. Upon completion of the filings, the completed forms are reviewed by the executive director and financial consultant and shared via electronic communication to the board of directors for ratification before they are submitted to the irs. Pursuant to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of awoke, authority is granted to the board of directors to take action by unanimous consent without a meeting.”

“Pursuant to awokes conflict of interest policy, the board of directors, officers, and employees of the organization are required to disclose all ongoing relationships or interests that may present a conflict of interest annually so that the potential conflicts can be evaluated and addressed. Interested persons are not allowed to make the decision about whether a conflict of interest exists unilaterally. Furthermore, an interested person shall make an appropriate disclosure of all material facts, including the existence of any financial interest, at any time that any actual or potential conflict of interest or ethical question arises. Potential conflicts should be reported to the board president, executive director or other member of the governing body to be discussed by the governing body. At the beginning of every fiscal year awoke revisits its conflict of interest policy to ensure overall organizational compliance.”

“As co-directors and officers of awoke, the compensation of the executive director, artistic director and creative director of the organization is determined by the board of directors in advance and is informed by comparability data from similar organizations locally prior to making decisions. The board documents the basis for its decisions concurrently with making the decisions. This process was last undertaken in december 2021.”

“Awoke made its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. These documents are stored in a secure cloud server that can be accessed by the public with the appropriate permissions granted upon request. The documents are shared in electronic format, unless otherwise requested, in furtherance of environmental considerations.”

“During the course of the 2021 form 990 preparation, adjustments were identified that were not reflected in the 2020 form 990. Specifically, equipment purchases previously expensed have now been properly capitalized in this return. The aggregate amount of the adjustments is 4,266.”

“Included in this line are payments made to independent contractors to conduct the programs as described in part iii. Approximately 20 such contractors were utilized and the average payment per contractor was approximately 1,500.”

“The sheldon project, as fully described in part iii line 4a, is new in 2021.”