Ospirg Foundation Inc.

“A copy of the 990 is provided to all board members for review and comment. Executive director and administrator review in detail.”

“Ospirg foundation requires the board members and key employees to sign a conflict of interest policy at the beginning of each fiscal year and report any subsequent conflicts that may arise during the year.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensation paid by similarly situated tax-exempt organizations for similar services; 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms; or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations.”

“The organization's form 990 and exempt applications are kept in our office and are available to the public upon request.”

“With public debate around important issues often dominated by special interests pursuing their own narrow agendas, ospirg foundation offers an independent voice that works on behalf of the public interest. Cont'd sch o ospirg foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, works to protect consumers and promote good government. We investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public, and offer oregonians meaningful opportunities for civic participation.”

“Ospirg foundation is working to ensure that the health care industry does more to cut unnecessary waste and focus on preventive care that gets results, rather than passing the costs of this waste onto consumers. In fiscal year 2014, ospirg foundation continued working under a contract with the oregon department of business and consumer services to conduct in-depth analysis of significant health insurance rate hike proposals, as part of oregon's rate review process. Since 2010, additional scrutiny by state officials has cut over 180 million in waste from health insurance premiums for individuals and small businesses. In addition, ospirg foundation saw progress towards our goal of requiring insurers to more clearly quantify their progress in lowering costs and boosting prevention, and holding insurers accountable to strong benchmarks through oregon's rate review program. In part thanks to research and public education conducted by ospirg foundation the previous year, insurers were required to disclose more robust information about these cost-containment efforts, and there is a strong likelihood this aspect of the program will become even more robust in coming years. To see this through ospirg foundation ran a joint public education program with the oregon state public interest research group, educating over 70,000 oregonians face-to-face about this effort; gathering over 20,000 petition signatures to governor kitzhaber and state officials; and distributing information to 100,000 households about options available under the new health care law. 2. Tax transparency and accountability how government collects and spends money is critically important. Tax and budgeting decisions are the most concrete way that government declares its public priorities and balances between competing values. Tax dollars should only be used to promote the public interest. When tax dollars are given to private interests, to stimulate economic development for example, it is critical that the public can clearly see whether or not they are getting their money's worth. Yet, until recently, the details of over 600 million in state corporate tax subsidies were kept out of reach from the public. As a result the public had virtually no way to evaluate these subsidies. Ospirg foundation, working closely with the oregon state public interest research group, helped pry open critical details from some of these programs after a series of public records requests to the state that culminated in an oregon department of justice order to disclose the information. Shortly after, governor kitzhaber's administration committed to disclosing most of the remaining critical details of all the major economic development subsidy programs on oregon's transparency website by the close of 2013. However, it took all of fiscal year 2014 to hold the kitzhaber administration to this commitment. Ospirg foundation continued to provide the policy analysis and background to inform administration officials, the public and members of the media of the importance of the administration's actions. Our efforts paid off; by the turn of the year more information was posted than ever before about corporate tax subsidies - setting an important precedent for future efforts.”

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