Sustained Leaders

“The draft 990 was sent in advance of the October board meeting to all board members to review in advance of the vote to approve the 990 at the October 1 board meeting.”

“Each board member reviews and signs the Conflict of Interest policy to disclose any conflicts on an annual basis.”

“Compensation for the Executive Director was reviewed by the Finance Committee which provided recommendations to the board for the annual budget. The compensation was based on comparative data for education non-profits both in our region and national education non-profits focused on professional learning for school leaders and teachers. We looked at metrics such as staff size and budget, but also recognized that nearly all our staff are former school principals and assistant principals/deans so district salaries also influenced the comparative data for all of our staff. The board delegates the authority for salaries for other employees to the Executive Director, but all salaries are reviewed and approved as part of the overall budget each year.”

“We did not make our governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements during the year public, but they are available upon request. We will publish our annual report this fall and it will be available on our website.”

“SustainED Leaders uses a PEO, Justworks, for payroll and access to better benefits, so SustainED Leaders is not considered the employer of record as payroll is filed under their EIN. Justworks also provides accounting for the payments for both employees and contractors. The W-2s for the employees and 1099s for the consultants were issued by Justworks who filed all the employment IRS reports under their EIN. However, we have included all the data for compensation in the financial statements throughout the 990 and in Part VII.”

“SustainED Leaders uses a PEO, Justworks, for payroll and access to better benefits, so SustainED Leaders is not considered the employer of record as payroll is filed under their EIN. Justworks also provides accounting for the payments for both employees and contractors. The W-2s for the employees and 1099s for the consultants were issued by Justworks who filed all the employment IRS reports under their EIN. However, we have included all the data for compensation in the financial statements throughout the 990 and in Part VII.”