International Rivers Network

“All board members and management will receive an electronic copy of the prepared form 990 before it is filed with the irs, and will have one week to review it before it is filed.”

“The organization requires all board members to sign a statement annually declaring any conflict of interest, and excuse themselves from discussions and votes where such a conflict occurs. In the course of meetings or activities, all board members and officers will disclose any interests in a transaction or decision where, to their knowledge, including their businesses or other nonprofit affiliations, their families and/or their significant other, employer, or close associates will receive a benefit or gain. After disclosure, the board members will be asked to leave the room for the discussion and will not be permitted to vote on the question.”

“Every 3-5 years, the organization conducts a salary benchmarking review for all positions, including that of the executive director. The most recent review was in 2020 and implemented in 2021. The organization purchased salary data for regions in which we have staff from an outside salary benchmarking firm, birches. Management worked with birches and an external hr consultant to translate that data to our organization's positions and set salary ranges for different levels of responsibility, cost of living in different geographies, etc. Prior to this, the organization updated its formal pay policy in its global employee handbook, which was updated as a whole in 2020-2021. The governance committee of the board of directors reviewed the pay policy and the salary review process and results, and recommended to the full board that it be approved, which it was by the full board of directors as noted in the minutes of the applicable board meeting. The pay policy and salary data are used by senior management to evaluate salaries for all staff, except the executive director, on an annual basis. Management recommends to the board of directors a lump sum for salary increases as part of its budget recommendations and once approved, management distributes that lump sum among individuals based on its pay policy and the most recent salary comparability data. This same pay policy and salary comparability data is made available to the board of directors to be used as a reference in its annual review of the executive director's compensation. The executive director's salary was not reviewed in 2020 or adjusted in 2020 but will be in 2021.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, part xii: international rivers network is committed to making continual updates and improvements to our accounting practices.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 259,337. Management and general expenses 41,318. Fundraising expenses 6,970. Total expenses 307,625.”