Propel America

“The organization does not have any committees authorized to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“When the form 990 is complete, it is sent to paymon rouhanifard, ceo, and debra kurshan, coo, for review. If any changes are required, they are made at this time. Mr. Rouhanifard then forwards the form 990 to the full board with his recommendation to approve. The full board does an additional review and, if there are no objections or additional changes, it is approved and filed.”

“In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with powers delegated by the board of directors (interested person), who have a direct or indirect financial interest, have a duty to disclose the existence of such interest and all material facts related thereto to the board. Under propel america's conflict of interest policy, an interested person may make a presentation at the board, but must leave the meeting during the discussion of, and vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. If the board has reasonable cause to believe an interested person has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If further investigation warrants, the organization takes appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. The minutes of the board shall contain the names of the persons who disclosed or otherwise were found to have a financial interest in connection with an actual or possible conflict of interest, the nature of the financial interest, any action taken to determine whether a conflict of interest was present, and the board's decision as to whether a conflict of interest in fact existed. Each interested person shall annually sign a statement affirming each person has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, has read and understands and has agreed to comply with the policy, and understands the corporation is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“Propel america engages an outside consultant to conduct compensation and benchmarking studies for the leveling of all compensation, the information is regularly updated as new roles are added. The purpose of the compensation leveling is to ensure that every role is mapped using external matches at similar organizations and adjusted for the appropriate cost of labor based on where the role is based. Once the compensation levels are established, the board of directors reviews and approves. All data, deliberations and decisions were documented contemporaneously. Those members of the board whose compensation was being determined did not participate in the review of approval.”

“The organization provides copies of the governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements upon request. Contact information is available on the organization's website.”

“Administrative: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 29,400. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 29,400. Coaches: program service expenses 475. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 475. Consultants: program service expenses 561,873. Management and general expenses 67,863. Fundraising expenses 10,500. Total expenses 640,236. Peo fees: program service expenses 32,410. Management and general expenses 1,098. Fundraising expenses 2,258. Total expenses 35,766. Technology consultants: program service expenses 321,506. Management and general expenses 11,782. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 333,288. Website & brand and marketing: program service expenses 2,207. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,207.”