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“The organization made significant changes to its governing documents since the prior form 990 was filed, in the form of a reinstated articles of incorporation and a new set of bylaws. These new documents did not change the organization's exempt purposes or mission nor its name or the fact that it does not legally have members as defined by arizona non-profit law. However, these changes did modify the number, composition, qualifications, authority, or duties of the governing body's voting members; the number, composition, qualifications, authority, and duties of the organization's officers or key employees; the provisions to amend the articles of incorporation or the bylaws; the quorum, voting rights, or voting approval requirements of the governing body members; and the policies or procedures contained within the organizing documents or bylaws regarding compensation of officers, directors, trustees, or key employees, conflicts of interest, whistleblowers, or document retention and destruction; as detailed below. "the number, composition, qualifications, authority, or duties of the governing body's voting members" o changed number from 1-12 to 3-20 o changed from minimum of 3 regular meetings each year to 4 o changed from directors having 3-year staggered terms to directors serving indefinitely at the discretion of the board. O introduced the selection of half of the board by lottery from 'veteran contributors' (who are not 'members' according to arizona non-profit law) once as the number of veteran contributors reaches 1000 or sooner at the discretion of the board. "the number, composition, qualifications, authority, or duties of the organization's officers or key employees" o changed from rotating the presiding role of 'director' to a permanent 'chair' with a 1-year term o changed from vesting all of the board's power and authority between board meetings (with some limitations) in an executive committee to vesting this power and authority in 2-3 co-coordinators. "the provisions to amend the organizing or enabling document or bylaws" o changed the provisions to amend the organizing and enabling document or bylaws from a majority vote of the board to unanimous consent of the board with a fallback to 2/3rds vote. "the quorum, voting rights, or voting approval requirements of the governing body members or the organization's stockholders or membership" o changed from simple majority voting to decision making by unanimous consent with a 2/3rds vote as a fallback "the policies or procedures contained within the organizing documents or bylaws regarding compensation of officers, directors, trustees, or key employees, conflicts of interest, whistleblowers, or document retention and destruction" o moved the specifics of our conflict of interest policy out of the bylaws to a separate conflict of interest policy document required by our bylaws o adopted a whistleblower policy o adopted a document retention and destruction policy”

“A complete copy of the 990, with all schedules is delivered to all board members and officers via email in pdf format prior to filing.”

“The agency has a conflict of interest policy which has been reviewed by the board of directors and is available to the public upon request. Board members are asked to disclose conflicts in the annual directors commitment document.”

“The board of directors decide the compensation of the managing officers. During 2020, only minumum stipends were paid for the managing partner. In the future, any salaries and benefits will be decided by the board based on relevant data and determined to be fair and equitable compensation based on compensation of managing officers of agencies of similar size, field and location to the agency.”

“Governing documents are currently available to anyone upon request.”

“Full mission statement: the organization principally exists to (a) develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, and government programs to build real democracy in america that shuts out corrupt special interests, heals our partisan divide, and puts the people front and center; (b) conduct public outreach, grassroots organizing, and movement building to further these issues; (c) solicit and receive funds for the accomplishment of the above purposes; and (d)pursue any other purpose permitted to be pursued by a social welfare organization, as that term is defined in 26 usc 501(a) and (c)(4) and associated regulations, as each may from time to time be amended.”

“Participant stipends 33,275 0 0 other consultants 42,784 256 0 total 76,059 256 0”