Engineers Without Borders-Usainc

“The Bylaws of the Organization were amended in the current year as follows: 1. There shall be one (1) category of membership: Individual. 2. The duties and existence of the Fundraising Committee were removed.”

“Students and professionals can become members of the organization.”

“The Governance Committee is responsible for identifying potential candidates and presenting a slate of candidates to the Board for their approval. New Board members are primarily elected by a majority vote of the existing Board of Directors. However, student, professional and faculty members of the Board are selected by committees of the general membership and then forwarded to the Board for concurrence.”

“The return is reviewed by the CFO, Executive Director, Treasurer, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors before the return is filed with the IRS.”

“All officers, directors, and key employees are required to annually disclose potential conflicts of interest to the Board of Directors by completing the conflict of interest statement form. If the Board finds that a conflict of interest exists, the Board will determine the appropriate action to address the conflict. Options include 1) take no action, 2) ask the individual to recuse him/herself from participation in related discussions or decisions within EWB-USA, 3) permit the individual to participate in related discussion, but without voting in the final determination, or 4) ask the individual to resign from his or her position in EWB-USA. EWB-USA's chief employed executive and chief employed finance executive will monitor proposed ongoing transactions for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the Board of Directors in order to deal with potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction occurred.”

“The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors develops the compensation package for the executive director then recommends it to the Board for approval. The Executive Committee reviews several sources of data to determine the compensation which includes Guidestar and surveys.”

“The organization's financial statements, annual reports, IRS determination letter, and Forms 990 are available to the public on the EWB-USA website. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not available to the public.”

“Contract Services: Program service expenses 511,946. Management and general expenses 35,869. Fundraising expenses 40,181. Total expenses 587,996.”

“The audit oversight process did not change during the year.”

“The rating methodology currently used by Charity Navigator does not support organizations that rely heavily on donated services, such as EWB-USA. Consequently, EWB-USA is not currently rated by Charity Navigator.”