Tides Advocacy

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent tax preparer, in conjunction with the organization's internal accounting staff. A draft form 990 is then reviewed by the internal accounting staff; adjustments are made, as necessary. The form 990 is then reviewed by the audit committee of the board, the ceo, general counsel, and distributed to all members of the board prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy in place, which covers all "covered individuals" (which includes all members of the board of directors, officers, and key employees). Under the policy, each covered individual is required to provide disclosure statements: (i) when the person becomes a covered individual, (ii) annually thereafter, and/or (iii) upon the occurrence of any event requiring disclosure under the conflict of interest policy. The board secretary collects the disclosure statements, and submits (in conjunction with the ceo) an annual report regarding all conflicts of interest disclosed by or concerning covered individuals to the board of directors. If the board of directors or a board level committee is considering a business transaction in which a covered individual is an interested person, the following procedures shall apply: (i) the conflict of interest must be fully disclosed to the board or committee prior to consideration of an affected business transaction; (ii) a director designated an interested person may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board or committee which authorizes, approves, or ratifies a particular contract or transaction, but the interested person may not vote on such contract or transaction; and (iii) the interested person may, with the approval of the chairperson of the board or committee, participate in discussions regarding the affected business, so long as such interested person is excused from the meeting prior to completion of the discussion, and does not return until discussion and voting on the matter have been concluded.”

“The board meets annually with the ceo and officers and determines appropriate compensation by considering comparability data, job performance, progress towards goals, and performance management reviews.”

“Tides advocacy's financial statements and forms 990 are made available on the organization's website. Currently, the governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public.”

“Other fees for services: program service expenses 17,917,316. Management and general expenses 1,243,559. Fundraising expenses 125,485. Total expenses 19,286,360. Recruiting services: program service expenses 35,153. Management and general expenses 6,907. Fundraising expenses 6,858. Total expenses 48,918. Payroll processing fees: program service expenses 45,955. Management and general expenses 9,030. Fundraising expenses 8,966. Total expenses 63,951.”

“Reversal of prior year contribution revenue -2,050,000.”