Ospirg Foundation Inc.

“The organization's governing body had no committees.”

“A copy of the 990 is provided to all board members for review and comment. The administrator performs a detailed review.”

“To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors and individuals with substantial influence over the organization to complete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must address potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction, and corporate records must be maintained.”

“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.documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“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. Documentation of the compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are not available to the public.”

“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.”

“Significant health insurance rate hike proposals, as part of oregon's rate review process. Since 2010, additional scrutiny by state officials has cut over 300 million in waste from health insurance premiums for individuals and small businesses. In addition, ospirg foundation continued to monitor efforts to 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. 2. Democracy for the people in fy18, ospirg foundation released a report, "big money in oregon state elections," highlighting the disparity between large and small donors in oregon's 2016 elections. According to the report, just 424 large donors contributed over a third of all funding, giving nearly 9 million to candidates running for legislative or statewide races. That's an average of 21,424 per person. By contrast, more than 29,000 small donors contributed a total of 2.4 million, for an average donation of 129. In other words, small donors were outspent nearly 4 to 1 by a small fraction of wealthy donors and special interests. Ospirg foundation's research helped drive the debate about money in politics in oregon. 3. Protect antibiotics with medical authorities warning of that we are in danger of losing antibiotics, ospirg foundation joined a national coalition working to end the overuse of antibiotics on farm animals - a major area of overuse. In fy18, our joint campaign helped convince several fast food chains to move towards serving meat raised without routine antibiotics.”

“Consultants 5,000 0 0 org & programatic srvcs 28,047 6,595 4,871 citizen outreach program 123 0 0 total 33,170 6,595 4,871”