Vegan Outreach Inc.

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside cpa firm and is monitored and signed by the director of finance and administration. It is reviewed by the president and treasurer of the board and is then approved by the board.”

“Vegan outreach, inc conflict of interest policy article i purpose the purpose of the conflict of interest policy is to protect vegan outreach, inc's interest when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer or director of vegan outreach, inc or might result in a possible excess of benefit transaction. This policy is intended to supplement, but not replace, any applicable state and federal laws governing conflict of interest applicable to nonprofit and charitable organizations. Article ii definitions 1. Interested person: any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect finanacial interest, as defined below, is an interested person. 2. Financial interest: a person has a financial interst if the person has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment, or family: a. An ownership or investment interest in any entity with which vegan outreach, inc has a transaction arrangement, b. A compensation arrangement with vegan outreach, inc or with any entity or individual with which vegan outreach, inc has a transaction or arrangement, or c. A potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any entity or individual with which vegan outreach, inc is negotiating a transaction or arrangement. Compensation includes direct and indirect renumeration as well as gifts or favors that are not insubstantial. A financial interest is not necessarily a conflict of interest, under article iii, section 2, a person who has financial interest may have a conflict of interest only if the appropriate governing board or committee decides that a conflict of interest exists. Article iii procedures 1. Duty to disclose: in connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. 2. Determining whether a conflict of interest exists: after disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interest person, the governing board shall privately (without the interested person observing) discuss and vote upon whether a conflict of interest exists. 3. Procedures for addressing the conflict of interest: a. An interested person may make a presentation to the governing board or committee, but after the presentation, he/she shall remove themselves from the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. B. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. C. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether vegan outreach, inc can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. D. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in vegan outreach, inc's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination, it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement. 4. Violations of the conflicts of interest policy: a. If the governing board or committee has a reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the”

“Compensation of directors, officers and key employees are compared with comparable positions at similarly situated organizations and voted on by the board. These decisions are contemporaneously documented. Below is a list of directors, officers and key employees whose compensation is decided on through the aforementioned process. Included is the position held by these employees and the year this process was last conducted for each individual: jack norris, president, 2014.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements will be furnished upon request.”

“Vegan outreach (vo) is an animal protection organization whose mission is to prevent violence towards animals. Vo educates people about how a vegan lifestyle can prevent the suffering and death of animals, reduce the environmental impact of food, and positively affect people's health. This is accomplished primarily through signing people up for our 10 weeks to vegan and get healthy challenges where the person receives ten emails providing information on how to eat vegan. They also have access to facebook groups and a mentor program for support. For fiscal year 2019, over 70,000 people signed up for these challenges. We also distribute our booklets, what is speciesism, comapssionate choices, the compassionate athlete, why vegan, and the guide to animal-free eating, and showing virtual reality videos to tens of thousands of people per year. We do outreach at hundreds of colleges per semester in the u.s., canada, mexico, india, australia, and new zealand. Our vegan mentor program is in english and spanish. Vo offers presentations on farmed animal advocacy and works to increase vegan options in restaurants. Vo has a registered dietitian on staff who gives presentations on vegan nutrition and maintains a well-respected website, veganhealth.org, which summarizes the research on vegan nutrition.”