Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc

“The president of the corporation may designate up to two directors.”

“The organization does not have a committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the organization's accountants, business manager, cfo and at least one corporate officer. Additionally the form is presented to the board members before it is filed.”

“Each responsible person who is a director or officer has a duty to disclose to the board (or to any committee of the board that is considering a decision to which the conflict applied) the material facts of any proposed transaction or action of the organization in which such responsible person has any conflicts. Each responsible person who is a staff member has a duty to disclose to the business manager of the organization and his/her immediate supervisor the material facts of any proposed transaction of the organization in which such person has any conflict. Implementation of the conflict of interest policy relies on such disclosure. A responsible person who fails to follow the protocols established in the conflict of interest policy shall be subjected to meaningful disciplinary action by the board of directors up to and including removal from the board or their position within the organization.”

“All services performed are from shared employees of a shared services company. This company has an oversight committee made up of board members of nonprofit organizations that it serves. This oversight committee has been charged by the nonprofit organization boards to oversee personnel matters including executive and staff compensation. Staff prepared a salary benchmarking report for all staff positions that described each position and compared the position to a state nonprofit organization's 2012 salary survey. Top positions were also compared to data in guidestar's compensation report released in september 2012. In addition salaries were also reported on form 990 for the last three years. This report and supporting documentation was reviewed in depth by the oversight committee which summarized its review to all of the boards.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Ebs support services, llc (d/b/a voqal) is owned by five members which are all nonprofit organizations. Itf is a member of voqal and has an 39.47% interest. Voqal was created for the purpose of leasing personnel and providing shared administrative services to its members. Certain directors and officers, including the ones listed above in part vii, section a, work with voqal to provide their services to voqal's members and other companies the members jointly own. Itf reimburses voqal for the personnel cost of the directors and officers. The amounts listed above includes compensation paid to these directors and officers. Significant changes in how we conduct and deliver program services have been made. The broadcast antennas were de-installed in most markets in fiscal year 2014. All antenas will be de-installed by the end of fy 2015. All programming is now available over the internet.”

“The corporation is organized and will be operated exclusively for "charitable, scientific and educational" and "social welfare" purposes within the meaning of sections 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), respectively, of the internal revenue code. To this end, the nonprofit shall undertake activities to: support the provision of quality and diverse instructional media content and capabilities to educators and students, including, but not limited to, data services and instructional video; foster open, honest and outspoken media that help users to be a popular democratic check on both government power and concentrated private privilege; expand the dissemination of media, and points of view carried by them, that offer dissenting, alternative, or critically constructive information and concepts to the marketplace of ideas in both local and global contexts; engage in additional social welfare, charitable, scientific, and/or educational activities as are consistent with operations that may be undertaken by organizations described in, and thus exempt from taxation under, section 501(c)(4) of the internal revenue code, as now enacted or hereafter amended.”

“The broadcast antennas were de-installed in most markets in fiscal year 2014. All antenas will be de-installed by the end of fy 2015. All programming is now available over the internet.”