Lighthawk

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent cpa and is reviewed by the chief financial officer and chief executive officer. The treasurer performs a final review and signs the form 990 before electronic submission to the irs.”

“Employees are expected to avoid situations that could result in a conflict of interest between lighthawk and their personal or other business activities. The ceo should be approached with a potential conflict and she will review the situation and determine whether the employee should participate in the activity. Board members are required to disclose annually to the board secretary any potential conflicts with persons or groups doing business with lighthawk. Board members who have a potential conflict of interest may not participate in discussions or vote on matters involving relations between lighthawk and other affected persons or groups.”

“The cfo compiles compensation information from several national salary and benefit surveys including nonprofit times. This information is reviewed by the board of directors. Salary ranges and recommendations for individual salaries are set based on this comparable information and lighthawk's internal salary structure. This information is periodically reviewed by the executive committee of the board of directors of lighthawk.”

“Compensation for the cfo is reviewed and adjusted annually by the board of directors based on a combination of merit, annual budget constraints, and data comiled from several national salary and benefit surveys including nonprofit times.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to members of the public upon request. It is also available on the organization's website.”

“Lighthawk flies to save the earth. Lighthawk exists because we know excellent conservation work can be done with aircraft. Most conservation groups are unaware of the efficiency savings and impact to perceptions aerial views can provide. Even when they do, flights may seem unaffordable to them. Lighthawk's conservation professionals identify significant conservation issues and work with leading conservation partner organizations to co-design effective flight campaigns where aviation can quickly accelerate the work to more quickly achieve significant outcomes. Once campaigns are designed, we leverage a nationwide network of more than 350 highly-experienced volunteer pilots who make flights affordable by donating their time, aircraft, expertise and fuel. We are able provide flights to our partners without charge because of the charitable support of our pilots.”

“Consulting fees 41,122 4,267 0 professional fees 11,240 43,386 1,573 total 52,362 47,653 1,573”