Ascend Performing Arts Inc.

“The draft 990 form is sent to all members of the Board of Directors for viewing and input before being filed with the IRS.”

“Board members are required to disclose any conflict of interest before voting on issues before the Board. On the issues on which the Board voted, none involved potential conflicts of interests. Additionally, none of the vendors associated with products or services purchased by the organization are connected to any Board members.”

“Periodically, the Governance Committee reviews compensation data from like organizations and data from the Colorado Nonprofit Association to submit for review by the Board of Directors, the CEO's salary. No other officers are compensated. All Board positions are voluntary. Salary of office staff and contract personnel is set by program directors and subject to approval by the CEO of the organization.”

“The organization's 990 information is available for view through Guidestar.”

“All documents are available, upon request.”

“Section 513(a)(1) provides that, if substantially all work involved in the gaming activity is performed by volunteers, the income, regardless of the type of game being played, will not be income from a trade or business and is not taxable income. Because of the use of volunteers to run the Bingo games for Ascend and because of this Federal Code, Ascend does not have taxable income from an unrelated business and will not be filing a 990T.”

“Program related expenses are for the private contractors who are educators, designers, choreographers, and staff who drive the rigs necessary to transport all of the equipment around during the summer tour as well as cooks, retail merchandise team, and administrative staff necessary to ensure a safe 11 week summer tour for the drum and bugle corps ensemble and for the winter percussion ensemble. Expenses for management are for staff and judges who adjudicate our competitive events and for our contracted human resources/payroll.”