The Painted Turtle

“The following directors serving on the board have family relationships: lou adler and page adler larry brown and shelly brown”

“The executive director, director of finance and finance committee review the tax return in its entirety and present to the board.”

“The organization monitors compliance annually. An interested person may make a presentation at tpt's board of directors or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he or she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest; the chairperson of tpt's board of directors or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement; after exercising due diligence, tpt's board of directors or committee shall determine whether tpt can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest; and if a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, tpt's board of directors or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in tpt's best interest and, based on such determination, decide whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement.”

“To establish compensation for ceo/key employees, the organization hires an independent hr consultant. The organization examines historical salaries and the current going rate. The organization develops a written employment contract and obtains approval from the board.”

“The organization makes governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements to non-profit monitoring sites which donors use to validate organizations. Documents are also available upon request.”

“The 990 is being prepared with the best available information at the time. Upon completion of the audit, if there are any significant changes, appropriate action will be taken.”