Educational Media Foundation

“The purpose of the corporation was changed to the following: the specific purpose of the corporation is to provide, in person and via radio and other media, religious and educational programming of benefit to the general public and other activities, and to engage in all other lawful activities permitted under the california nonprofit religious corporation law.”

“The form 990 is completed by an outside accounting firm. Thereafter, the form 990 is reviewed internally by members of the accounting department, senior management and outside legal counsel. Once their questions are resolved, the document is distributed to each member of the board of directors for review. When their review is complete, the form 990 is filed.”

“All board members are aware of the policy on conflicts of interest and are required to disclose any conflicts. Once the conflict is disclosed, the full board, less the conflicted member, will determine the appropriate action to be taken. Additionally, employees, at the time of their employment, are required to sign a conflict of interest statement that imposes an on-going obligation to disclose any conflicts that might arise. In the event an employee has a potential conflict of interest, the potential conflict is raised to the general counsel, and appropriate measures are taken. In the case of an employee with a financial interest in a vendor that does business with the ministry, the transaction is reviewed by disinterested members of executive management, and in appropriate cases, competitive bids are obtained to assure that the transaction is fair and equitable.”

“The compensation of the ceo and cfo is under the direction of the independent board of directors. The board of directors deliberates in executive session (without the ceo and cfo present) to approve the compensation of the ceo and cfo. The compensation of officers and other key employees is established by the ceo and cfo and approved by the board. Comparability studies of market compensation levels are conducted for each of these positions and reviewed and approved by the board's compensation committee. The process was last undertaken in 2014.”

“The organization's financial statements and conflicts of interest policy, as well as other pertinent documents are available upon request. Financial statements are also available on the organization's website as well as guidestar's and ecfa's websites.”

“Crisis response training is provided to anyone who currently responds to or is interested in joining a team that responds to traumatic events. The classes are provided at no charge and teach the basics of critical incident stress management (cism). This program was developed as an outgrowth of our pastoral ministry and local outreach.”

“The process has not changed from prior years.”