Election Administration Resource Center

“The board does not currently use committees. Board growth currently underway should allow for the creation of committees in the future.”

“The organization's policy for reviewing form 990 includes an initial internal discussion among members of the board of directors. A copy of the form 990 draft is made available to the executive director, the finance department, and all board members for the purpose of review and solicitation of comments. The organization also uses an outside consultant to review form 990. Several rounds of review are conducted, and any external follow-ups are made directly with the outside public accounting firm that prepares form 990.”

“Copies of the adopted conflict of interest policies are distributed annually for signatures to all board members and staff. The executive director maintains signed copies. Officers and directors are required to fully disclose any potential conflicts of interest to the board of directors. All transactions with potential conflicts must be approved by the board of directors.”

“The board of directors approves the salary of the executive director on an annual basis. The current salary is compared to the market and to that of other similar organizations both in size and scope. Salary reviews are documented in the minutes of the organization. The board of directors approves the salary of all employees on an annual basis during the budgeting process.”

“The organization makes its financial statements available to the public via its website, www.rcvresources.org. Copies of our form 1023, governing documents, and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Such requests may be made in writing to the executive director, rosemary f. Blizzard, via email: [email protected]. You may also find our financials and other information about the election administration resource center dba ranked choice voting resource center via our profiles on both guidestar and charity navigator. We are happy to provide a copy of the financials upon request, and we invite you to reach out to staff with any questions or requests or meet us at any of the numerous state and local conferences we attend each year.”

“For the 2022 and 2023 form 990s, the question was answered no; however, the organization has had a section 501(h) election in effect since december 2019. This will be corrected moving forward. The organization did not engage in any lobbying activities during that time.”