Fulfillment Fund

“Gary gitnick, late co-founder and chair emeritus, was married to cherna gitnick, co-founder of the organization. Wendy spinner, chair of the board, is married to harlan spinner, a director of the board. Carmen ward, a director of the board, is married to jim ward, a director of the board. Tracy herriott, a director of the board, is the daughter of gary gitnick and cherna gitnick, co-founders of the organization.”

“The audit committee of the board of directors reviews and approves the form 990 on behalf of the board of directors. Management prepares the form 990 with the assistance of its tax preparer and provides a draft of the form 990 to the audit committee so that the committee members may review the tax return, ask their questions of, provide comments to and speak with management and the tax preparer. Once committee members have satisfied themselves of their questions or comments to the form 990, committee members then approve the filing of form 990 as presented. The approved form 990 is then distributed to the broader board of directors at the subsequent board meeting.”

“The organization's form 1023 is available to the public through the organization's website or upon request. Form 990 is available to the public through the organization's website, through www.guidestar.org, which is a public website, or upon request.”

“Board members receive annual training on completing the conflict of interest policy and are required to recommit to the policy each year, disclosing conflicts as applicable.”

“All salaries, including those of key employees and officers, are initially established based on compensation surveys and related industry benchmarks and are re-evaulated periodically against subsequent compensation studies, with adjustments made as neccessary based upon said studies. The board reviews the salary budget in the aggregate on an annual basis, requesting more specific information as needed. A compensation subcommittee of the board was established to set the ceo's salary specifically.”

“The organization's financial statements are made available to the public as a part of its annual report, available on its website. Additionally, governing documents, conflict of interest of policies and financial statements are all available upon request from the organization's office.”

“Outside services: program service expenses 149,833. Management and general expenses 30,632. Fundraising expenses 101,429. Total expenses 281,894.”

“Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies: 12,278.”

“The organization used gursey schneider llp as their auditors.”