Sustainable Conservation

“The organization did not have a committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“A draft of form 990 is sent to all members of the governing body and reviewed by management and the audit committee of the board of directors prior to filing. The committee meets with management and the tax preparer as necessary to review the form 990, related schedules and supporting documentation. If changes to the form are requested, a revised copy is reviewed by management and sent to the committee. The committee approves the filing and makes a recommendation to the full board to ratify the filing at the next board meeting.”

“The organization requests all board members to sign a conflict of interest statement once a year.”

“The governance committee is composed entirely of people that have no conflict of interest with sustainable conservation, its officers or its compensation arrangements. It is responsible for conducting the performance and compensation review of the executive director. The performance review process includes a self review by the executive director, discussion with the committee and a discussion amongst the committee then by the board. A written performance review is included in the personnel file of the executive director. The committee also reviews compensation information of comparable positions at environmental organization of similar sizes in the bay area and makes a compensation recommendation to the full board. The full board then discusses the recommendation and decides on the compensation annually and a record is put in the executive director's personnel file. Chief executive officer last compensation review was in 2015.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Honorarium: program service expenses 300. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 300. Facilitation: program service expenses 1,344. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,344. Recruitment: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 11,575. Total expenses 11,575. Communications: program service expenses 12,450. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,450. Graphic/promotional mat design: program service expenses 10,750. Management and general expenses 42,600. Fundraising expenses 8,733. Total expenses 62,083. Technical/research consulting: program service expenses 845,437. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 845,437. Environmental advocacy: program service expenses 46,600. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 46,600. Other: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 26. Total expenses 26. Payroll service: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 4,875. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,875.”

“Licenses, fees & miscellaneous: program service expenses 10. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 1. Total expenses 11.”