Densho

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“Mission -the organization updated its mission statement from: 1. Educate, preserve information, collaborate and inspire action from human equality; 2. Educate future generations with an empowering resource that links past and present. 3. Preserve personal stories and historical accounts in our vast online archive; 4. Collaborate with organizations and communities throughout the nation; and 5. Inspire individuals to act with respect, compassion and fairness. To 1. To preserve historical materials and information for the purpose of education and research. 2. To make contributions exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. 3. To engage in any other lawful business activity whatsoever which may hereafter from time to time be authorized by the board of directors. Densho's mission is to preserve and share the history of the wwii incarceration of japanese americans to promote equity and justice today. The organization also made updates to it's directors section whereby the directors duties are to supervise and control the business, property and affairs of the corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the articles of incorporation of the corporation, of its bylaws. The organization also changed its quorum for meetings from 40% to 50% of directors. The organization also added a section regarding limitation of liability of directors and nsurance for corporate agents. The organization also modified the responsibilities of its executive committee, governance and nominating committee, programs committee, and finance committee. The organization also made slight edits to its officers election and terms of office whereby the officers must be nominated one-month prior to the board of directors meeting. The organization also made slight edits to their change in duties of the vice-chair, secretary and treasurer.”

“The form 990 and schedule b is reviewed by the executive director and board members before filing with the internal revenue service. A copy of the form 990 is available upon request.”

“Full disclosure should be made by officers, directors, volunteers and staff to the full board. Following full disclosure of a possible conflict of interest, the board shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and, if so the board shall vote to authorize or reject the transaction or take any other action deemed necessary to address the conflict and protect the organization's best interests. Both votes shall be by a majority vote of the disinterested board members present, even if the disinterested board members are less than a quorum provided that at least one consenting board member is disinterested. Interested board members must recuse themselves from the deliberations of the board and abstain from voting.”

“Compensation of the executive director is determined by the board. The board uses other comparable nonprofit organizations salaries as a base for the excutive directors' compensation. The board does a yearly performance review of the executive director. The compensation increases are documented yearly as part of the annual budget approval. Compensation of other employees is drafted by the executive director including cost-of-living adjustments for the board to review and approve.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. In addition, audited financial statements are available including the organization's annual report.”

“Fiscal sponsorship -103,848.”