Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain

“Per the organization's bylaws, the executive committee has the authority to make decisions on the board's behalf in between board meetings.”

“The articles of incorporation and bylaws were amended and restated as of december 1, 2024.”

“Draft copies of the form 990, including all required schedules, are provided to the board finance and audit committee to review. A draft version excluding schedule b is made available to the remainder of the governing body. We engage an independent cpa tax professional to prepare our form 990, and board members feel this is the appropriate fiduciary process. The board finance and audit committee's role is to evaluate the firm hired to prepare the return, review the draft return, and determine it is appropriately filed. We have taken those steps with our audit and finance committee.”

“Conflicts of interest are monitored by the president/ceo and board chair. Any reportable incidents are discussed at the executive committee meetings. Junior achievement - rocky mountain inc. Requires all board members and employees to disclose any conflict of interest that they may have with junior achievement - rocky mountain inc. All potential conflicts of interest are reviewed by the president/ceo and board chair and any reportable incidents will be discussed at an executive committee meeting. Junior achievement - rocky mountain inc. Requires annual written disclosure of potential conflicts.”

“Ja usa and junior achievement - rocky mountain inc, in partnership with willis towers watson, uses the career & compensation framework to effectively optimize career and compensation opportunities for employees and to align with market best practices. As part of this framework, a new approach and methodology is being used to develop ja area president salary ranges. This approach can be defined as a "market-based-approach" that is anchored in market competitiveness and closely correlated with each ja area's size and location. Each year junior achievement - rocky mountain inc.'s board chair receives the information that benchmarks the president's position and establishes a range. The board chair reviews this data and the organization performance metrics, and in consultation with the executive committee, determines the annual salary of the president.”

“For all other positions, junior achievement - rocky mountain inc. Uses career and compensation framework data, and employee performance information to determine compensation, and the proposed salaries are approved by the executive committee annually. All deliberations and decisions are documented.”

“Junior achievement - rocky mountain inc.'s audited financial reports, detailed financial statements, and other governing documents, including its conflict of interest policy, are made available to the public upon request.”

“Junior achievement - rocky mountain, inc. (ja) is critical for inspiring and preparing young people to own their economic success. In partnership with business and educators, ja immerses students in disruptive, real-world experiences, challenging their assumptions through mentor-led applied learning experiences.”

“As of september 1, 2024, junior achievement acquired colorado council on economic education d/b/a economic literacy colorado (elc), a colorado nonprofit organization. Elc provided education programs and services for colorado k-12 teachers to improve economic education and personal financial literacy, provided personal financial literacy curriculum resources, and provided services directly to colorado k-12 students. The programs offered by elc were incorporated into the programs provided by junior achievement.”

“Junior achievement - rocky mountain, inc. Provided financial responsibility, entrepreneurship and career readiness programs to elementary, middle, and high school students in metro denver, northern colorado, southern wyoming, and in our mountain communities. Programs include: teaching students financial literacy by giving them the opportunity to participate in a stock market game that taught them about investing their money; giving middle and high school students a chance to learn how to budget their money given real-life scenarios where they learned how to live on a budget and make the types of decisions adults make; and taking financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and career readiness programs into k-12 classrooms in colorado and wyoming.”

“There was no change to the organization's oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”