Arizona Grantmakers Forum

“Article 3.2 of the organizations bylaws were amended to allow for other organizations, including government entities and individuals, to be eligible for membership, without regard to the dollar amount of grants or charitable gifts these organizations or individuals gifted per year. Article 4.1 was amended to define that the composition of the board of directors should reflect the broad categories of arizona grantmakers membership corporations, private foundations both family and independent foundations, public foundations community foundations and federated funds, and government entities. Article 4.5 was amended to allow for board vacancies to either remain vacant or be filled by an election held by the remaining board of directors.”

“The following are eligible to become members of the organization corporations, private foundations both family and independent foundations, public foundations community foundations and federated funds, government entities, and individuals.”

“The members shall have the right to elect the members of the board of directors. The election of new directors and the re-election of directors who are eligible for re-election shall be held at the annual membership meeting. Each member shall be entitled to one vote per vacant position at membership meetings. Votes may not be cumulated or cast by proxy.”

“The finance committee reviews the form 990 initially. After the finance committees approval, a pdf copy of the 990 is distributed to the full board for review and comment prior to the return being filed.”

“At each board and committee meeting, if there is a discussion of selecting or engaging a vendor or service provider, all in attendance are asked to recuse themselves from this discussion if there could be a perceived conflict. Annually, the organization reviews and discusses the conflict of interest policy and requests that each board member list and acknowledge any known conflicts.”

“The board or an executive commitee reviews the compensation for all officers and key employees by comparing their compensation to the compensation of individuals in like positions in comparable organizations using forms 990, compensation studies, and other available data. The board or committee then approves any changes in compensation based on this information. The organization has no officer or employee meeting the definition of a key employee.”

“The organization will provide in a timely manner, copies of all its governing documents, including its conflict of interest policy and financial statements, when requested in writing or in person.”

“Program Service Expenses 103,907, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 ONGOING MEMBER SERVICES - ARIZONA GRANTMAKERS FORUM IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING TIMELY AND VALUABLE SERVICE TO ITS MEMBERS BY OFFERING DIRECT MEMBER CONNECTIONS, RESEARCH, JOB POSTINGS AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH COMMITTEE AND BOARD SERVICE. IN ADDITION, AGF DISTRIBUTES NEWS AND RESOURCES THROUGH MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTERS AND MANAGES A MEMBER DATABASE.”

“PART V, LINE 2a DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE PEO MANAGING THE PAYROLL PROCESS FOR THE ORGANIZATION DURING THE YEAR, EACH EMPLOYEE RECEIVED TWO FORMS W-2, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX FORMS W-2 FOR 2020. AS THIS COUNT OF SIX DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE TRUE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES DURING 2020, WE HAVE REPORTED THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ON THE RETURN.”