Pacific Science Center Foundation

“The 990 is reviewed internally by the cfoo. Then it is presented to the board finance committee who reviews it with the accounting firm, the president and cfoo. Lastly, the board finance committee presents the public disclosure copy of form 990 to the full board indicating their recommendations as to its completeness and accuracy. All board members receive a copy of the public disclosure copy before it is filed.”

“All board members and officers are required to complete the questionnaire annually. Management reviews the policies and considers the source and impact of any conflicts. If a conflict is found, that board member refrains from discussing or voting on that particular matter.”

“In july 2013, the board reviewed the ceo's compensation and established a new contract. The cfo's compensation was also reviewed by the board. For all officers of the organization, compensation is determined by review of data from local 990s, salary surveys, input from human resource professionals and board member review.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Financial statements are also available on the pacific science center's website which is available to the public.”

“In 2014, dennis schatz worked for the national science foundation. His compensation was fully funded by a grant from the foundation”

“Beginning march 1, ellen lettvin was a fellow at the department of education. Her compensation was fully funded by a grant from the noyce foundation and the mott foundation.”

“Volunteers are involved in many aspects of the pacific science center. Some provide assistance through our science interpretation program by assisting our visitors with science exploration and informal education, and some assist with our offsite summer camps by running activities with campers and monitoring their behavior on field trips. We also have volunteers who assist with maintaining exhibits, animal care, horticulture, as well as assisting with various office tasks. This past year volunteers contributed 34,109 hours. All 34 members of the board of directors are volunteers as well.”