Truth Initiative Foundation

“A total of thirteen persons served on the board of directors during the fiscal year. Those thirteen are shown in part vii of form 990. As of june 30, 2014 there were a total of eleven voting board members serving the organization as dislosed in part vi, lines 1a & 1b, and part i, lines 3 & 4.”

“The national governors association, national association of attorneys general, and national conference of state legislatures each have the authority to appoint two class a directors.”

“Pursuant to board resolution, the board observes the following procedures in the following order: first, the audit committee reviews and approves the draft form 990; second, the approved form 990 is electronically routed to all board members; third, the form is filed with the irs and posted to the foundation's web site.”

“Legacy regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy by: requiring annual review of policy and written disclosures by all directors, senior staff and research investigators which are collected and reviewed by the general counsel; requiring updated filings as necessary by directors and covered staff; requiring contemporaneous disclosures of all conflicts and potential conflicts not disclosed in the annual filings, by all directors and staff; requiring all research investigators who participate in nih-funded research to comply with nih's financial conflict of interest (fcoi) regulation and to annually complete the nih tutorial on conflicts of interest; and placing administrative responsibility for training and compliance with the general counsel.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the ceo and top management includes review and approval by independent persons, comparative data and contemporaneous substantiation. The board regularly retains an independent consulting firm to evaluate the compensation of the ceo and top management against the competitive market, including comparable positions among similarly situated organizations as well as broader, relevant market surveys. Based on that analysis and performance assessments and the review and recommendation of the board's compensation committee, the full board sets the ceo's compensation and approves or amends the ceo's recommendation for the compensation of the cfio, coo, gc, chief marketing officer and executive director of the schroeder institute. The ceo makes compensation decisions for other key employees, upon recommendation of the coo.”

“Legacy's financial statements are available on its corporate website, www.legacyforhealth.org. Its governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Temporary services: program service expenses 16,866. Management and general expenses 31,519. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 48,385. Consulting: program service expenses 246,998. Management and general expenses 128,701. Fundraising expenses 3,706. Total expenses 379,405. Contract services: program service expenses 28,638,851. Management and general expenses 188,441. Fundraising expenses 47,508. Total expenses 28,874,800. Bond fees: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 51,100. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 51,100.”

“Unrealized gain on swaps 923,565.”

“We continue to support the becomeanex.org web site and the ex community through earned media and paid online advertising. For tax year 2013, there were more than 475,000 unique visitors to the website. In an effort to avoid the harmful effects of second-hand smoke on children, legacy's head start tobacco cessation initiative, begun in 2004, provides staff training and other assistance to head start programs so they can identify tobacco users in students' homes and refer them to state and local cessation services, including quitlines. Legacy developed a guide for community health centers and public clinics setting out a systems-based approach to integrating cessation services for their patients. We provided the guide, which is also available on-line, to each state tobacco control program and federally qualified health center. Legacy's youth leadership institute partners with locally based programs to provide training and technical assistance to support the efforts of high school students involved in tobacco control. The kenneth e. Warner lecture series at legacy, which is broadcast on-line to thousands of stakeholders each year, encourages a dialogue among public health leaders on key tobacco policy issues. Each year legacy awards the dr. Alma s. Adams scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students dedicated to improving public health and to raising awareness about the risks of tobacco use. Legacy also supports and conducts research on the causes of tobacco addiction and methods for controlling tobacco use, including by young people, and it regularly publishes scholarly studies which make the results of this research available throughout the public health and broader scientific communities. In taxable year 2013 alone, legacy researchers published 40 articles in peer-reviewed publications. From 2009 to 2012, legacy experts conducted and/or supported research leading to the publication of 85 articles in peer reviewed scientific, medical and other scholarly journals. These publications and journals have included the american journal of preventive medicine, the journal of pediatric psychology, the journal of substance abuse treatment, pediatrics, the journal of the american medical association (jama), plos one, the american journal of drug and alcohol abuse, the american journal of public health, and the journal of cardiopulminary rehabilitation. Recent legacy publications include promise and peril of e-cigarettes: can disruptive technology make cigarettes obsolete? (january 2014); a cost-utility analysis of lung cancer screening and the additional benefits of incorporating smoking cessation interventions (2013); tobacco control in lgbt communities (dec. 2012); pacific partners for tobacco-free islands (may 2012); head start tobacco cessation initiative (may 1012); a hidden epidemic: tobacco use and mental illness (june 2011); and tobacco control in low ses populations (sept. 2010).”