California School Boards Foundation

“Foundation officers rotate, except for csba staff members, based on the position they are elected to by csba at the delegate assembly. Board members throughout the state whose districts and/or county offices of education are members of csba, elect board members to serve as delegates to csba's delegate assembly. The delegates then elect the members of csba's board of directors as well as the officers of the association.”

“See explanation for part vi, section a, line 6”

“There are no such committees.”

“The form 990 will be reviewed prior to filing. The appropriate association staff will review all documents prior to discussion and review with the foundation board of directors.”

“The conflict of interest policy applies to all csba officers, directors, employees, certain former employees, and specified independent contractors, as well as the officers, directors, employees, certain former employees and specified independent contractors of related organizations such as csbadsc, csbafc, and csba foundation. All officers, directors, key employees, certain former employees, and specified independent contractors are required to submit annually a disclosure statement to the csba general counsel. The general counsel, csba chief financial officer, csba ceo/executive director, the csba president, and the president of the board of directors of each related entity shall review the statements for any facts or circumstances that may reflect an actual, potential or apparent conflict of interest. Upon review of each disclosure statement, the csba president and csba general counsel will disclose any identified actual, potential or apparent conflicts of interest to the csba board of directors or the directors of the board of any related entity, with a recommendation as to possible action. The board(s) will then determine appropriate action. The conflict of interest policy has been specifically approved by the foundation board of directors.”

“The csba foundation executive director is an employee of csba, a related entity. Csba is responsible for determining the compensation of all its staff. All csba foundation officers are considered employees of csba and therefore subject to that organization's policies and procedures.”

“Form 990s are posted on the csba website. Other documents are available upon request.”

“Document destruction and retention policies are not foundation policies, but policies of california school boards association, a related organization. All employees are governed by the association's policies.”

“All foundation employees are employees of csba, a related entity. Csba is responsible for reporting wage information on form w-3.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 108,889. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 108,889.”

“Prior year change in overhead allocation 30,593.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year. The csba audit committee reviews the audit, done on a consolidated basis, which includes the foundation.”