Clean Up the Cayes

“The ceo and board chair review and make any corrections to theform 990. The final form 990 is provided via email to the entire board prior tomailing.”

“When evaluating potential and recruiting board members the organization activelydiscusses any potential conflicts of interest and elects board members who currently and potentially in the future do not/will not have conflicts of interest. Additionally, the board is small and is expected as items of business come up to disclose any potential conflicts that may have arisen. New board members are required to read and acknowledge the conflict of interest policy. Going forward, starting in 2025, annual disclosures will be required.”

“Initially the ceo's compensation was set by the board of directors utilizing comparability data. Annual increases are evaluated and approved by the board of directors with periodic use of comparability data to ensure that wages are reasonable. Deliberation and discussion occurs at regularly scheduled board meetings without the prescence of the ceo of which meeting mintues are retained.salaries for all staff members are presented to the board abd discussed when deemed necessary. Salaries are formally adopted as part of the budget approval process.”

“Board members are not compensated. There are no key employees”

“All documents are available in pdf and can be emailed or printed and sent via us mail per the preference of the requester. Requests can be made via phone, email, or us mail.”

“The organization is currently evaluating its policies and putting anything deemed necessary into place.”

“The organization continues to focus on making a positive difference in the world by recruiting, organizing and enabling volunteers to travel to remote locations to clean up the environment. In addition to direct action, the organization has expanded its activities to advance and support its original mission of environmental conservation and pollution prevention through education and outreach. Clean Up The Lake Environmental Dive Center (EDC) serves as the operational hub for the organization, housing equipment and staff, and operating as a conservation dive training and environmental education facility. The EDC supports cleanup dives, offers environmentally focused dive certifications and equipment rentals for participants, and hosts environmental educational presentations, training sessions, litter sorting and data collection events, environmental film screenings, and other environmentally related community programs.The Litter Education and Awareness Program (LEAP) provides youth group engagement through in-class instruction, presentations, hands-on field experiences, and a variety of youth engagement activities aimed at reducing litter and other pollution at its source while encouraging long-term environmental stewardship.The Aquatic Invasive Species Expansion and Strategic Partnership Program integrates AIS monitoring into cleanup operations while also working on education and prevention methods to stop this form of bio pollution in our freshwater. The organization is also providing training and guidance to partner groups or individuals to help establish similar conservation diving, clean up and freshwater stewardship programs in other regions.The Make A Difference Creative program produces educational and public-awareness media to support pollution prevention efforts and amplify the organizations mission; examples include documentaries, web series, public awareness campaigns & more.”