Internews Network Inc

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside cpa firm and reviewed by senior management. It was then sent to the audit committee of the board of directors for review and approval. A copy of the final form 990 was provided to each board member before filing with the irs.”

“Description: internews has an extensive suite of ethics policies, including the conflict of interest policy and disclosure form, which form the basis for internews' global ethics program, and which are distributed to all staff at the time of hire. Once per year, extensive trainings are provided to all staff members globally, via webinars, as well as in person trainings in our both corporate and all of our local offices. Every staff member is then required to complete ans re-sign the ethics policies acknolwedgement form each year to indicate their commitment to upholding the ethics policies. This form includes a checkbox to indicate whether or not the staff member has any perceived or actual conflicts of interest to report, and directs them to complete the conflict of interest disclosure form as part of their signature process if they do have something to report.”

“The senior hr director prepares a comparative analysis of the salaries of the 3 corporate officers each year that is submitted to the board of directors for review and approval. The analysis includes researching the titles and job duties of similar positions at other ngo organizations that have been identified as strong matches to internews given their size, scope, budget, and mission, and extracting salary data on the idnetified individuals from the publisehd 990s of those organizations each year. When the 990 information available is out of date by more than one year, the salaries are grossed up proportionally to the average annual increase provided at internews for fair comparison. The board reviews this information and uses it to make decisions about the salaries of the officers and to adjust accordingly.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Professional services: program service expenses 6,823,798. Management and general expenses 912,124. Fundraising expenses 6,000. Total expenses 7,741,922.”

“Affiliates included in consolidated fs -424,703.”

“The process for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant that audited the financial statements has been consistent with prior years.”