Lemnis

“The audit and finance committee of the board of directors reviews and approves the form 990 prior to filing. A full copy of the tax return is distributed to the board prior to filing with the irs.”

“Signed statements are collected annually from each director, officer, committee member of the board of directors, and key employees that affirm that each individual has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, complies with the policy, and understands that nwea is a charitable organization that must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. The failure of any director, officer, or committee member of the board of directors to sign such a statement at least once every twelve (12) months will disqualify that individual from further service as a director, officer, or committee member of the board of directors until the required statement is signed. Failure to sign by a key employee will result in immediate review under the direction of the director of human resources in conjunction with the chief operating officer. All directors and officers down to the company director level are required to annually complete conflict of interest disclosures. These are reviewed by the corporate secretary to determine whether there are any potential conflicts of interest. If there is a potential conflict of interest at the company director to vice president level, a review is conducted by the corporate secretary in conjunction with the vice president of human resources to determine whether there is an actual conflict of interest. If there is a potential conflict of interest at the executive officer or board level, the potential conflict is brought to the board for review and determination regarding the potential conflict.”

“The setting of the ceo and other executive compensation was done in connection with an independent compensation consultant who reviewed market information and made recommendations to the board of directors. The board reviewed the independent analysis and recommendations and approved compensation and pay ranges for the ceo and other members of the executive team. This same approach was performed by a separate compensation consultant for the rest of the organization, including the board of directors, in order to maintain independence with human resources functions. The last compensation review was in august, 2017.”

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

“Volunteers are composed of uncompensated board members.”

“Nwea satisfies the reasonable effort standard in the following manner: annually, nwea collects signed conflict of interest disclosure statements (a "statement") from its officers, board of directors, and key employees. The signed statements affirm each such individual received a copy of the conflict of interest policy (the "policy"), read and understood the policy, complied (and will continue to comply) with the policy, and understands nwea is a charitable organization that engages primarily in activities that accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. Nwea also uses the annual statement to collect information from each member of the board of directors, officer, and key employee regarding the existence of related parties, legal proceedings, and other affiliations that could pose an actual or potential conflict. If any officer or member of the board of directors fails to sign a statement at least once every twelve (12) months, said officer or member of the board of directors is disqualified from serving in his/her capacity until the required statement is signed. If a key employee fails to sign, said key employee is subject to immediate review under the direction of the director of human resources in conjunction with the chief operating officer. As part of this annual process, nwea also reviews the form 990 questions to determine whether scrutiny of board members, officers or key employees above and beyond the annual statements is required to confirm the veracity of form 990. Nwea believes the questions requiring such additional scrutiny, including but not limited to questions 27 and 28 of part iv of the form 990 (2016), are addressed by the statements and therefore does not require additional questionnaires be completed by board members, officers, and/or key employees. Furthermore, nwea does not engage in fundraising activities or generate expenses related to fundraising, nor does nwea make grants or loans to board members or employees.”

“Contracted staff: program service expenses 8,893,767. Management and general expenses 3,124,837. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,018,604. Other contracted services: program service expenses 5,980,313. Management and general expenses 3,986,876. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,967,189.”

“Loss on contracts 1,119,713.”