Seattle Art Museum

“The executive committee consists of the chair, the president, each vice president, the secretary, the treasurer, the immediate past chair, the immediate past president, each standing committee chair and other at-large members of the board of trustees, recommended by the president and appointed by the board. The total membership of the executive committee is no less than seven (7) and no more than twenty (20) members. The executive committee has all of the powers of the board of trustees between board meetings subject to the limitations set forth in the bylaws.”

“Robert strong and brooks ragen have a business relationship. Susan brotman and jeffrey brotman have a family relationship. Virginia wright and charles wright have a family relationship. Ann wyckoff and martha wyckoff have a family relationship. Janet ketcham, sylvia ketcham and sam ketcham have a family relationship. Brooks ragen and jon shirley have a business relationship. Michael corliss and doug norberg have a business relationship.”

“The museum's board has entrusted the audit committee with reviewing the draft form 990 in detail. The audit committee makes recommendations for changes or approval to the executive committee. Due to the size and complexity of the organization's board, a copy of the return is not provided to each board member before filing; however, each board member is notified that he or she can review a copy of the return if interested.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy applies to staff and volunteers. A determination of whether a conflict of interest exists is made by the board's audit committee in conjunction with the museum's senior management team. When an actual conflict is determined to exist, the specifics of the conflict are reviewed by the audit committee or senior management team. Anyone with a conflict of interest must recuse themselves from discussion and the decision making process in whatever capacity they may have authority over the decision. If the conflicted individual is a voting member of the board, they will recuse themselves from discussion and voting on matters where they are conflicted.”

“The museum's compensation committee, a subset of the board of directors, is responsible for the setting of and annual review of the executive director's compensation. The compensation committee of the board of trustees annually reviews the compensation of the ceo/executive director and uses compensation survey data. The annual budget including this arrangement is then approved by the entire board based on recommendations from the executive committee. There is contemporaneous substantiation of this deliberation and decision. Generally, the executive director determines the salary for the chief operating officer and vice director. The last compensation review occurred in june 2014.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Volunteers provide customer service, supporting administrative tasks and work with specific audiences to facilitate art experiences. All board members are also volunteers.”

“Loss on prior year pledges -258,162.”