Windward Rotary Education Foundation

“ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION - Article VIII The corporation shall have no members”

“The current sitting President of the Rotary Club of Windward Oahu appoints each member (of the governing body)/trustee/director for a three year term”

“A copy of this Return was emailed, reviewed and approved individually by members of the Board of Directors.”

“Minutes are taken at each Board meeting, held approximately four times each year, then reviewed and approved at the subsequent meeting.”

“During the period of November 2023 to February 2024 the Scholarship Chair spent approximately 30 hours working with the local high school guidance counselors and answering student inquiries. Interviews for WREF scholarships were conduucted on Saturday, February 17, 2024. The scholarship selection commitee, consisting of Mrs. Katherine Braden, Mr. Dudley Foster, Mr. Steve Comes, Mr. Murray Visser and Mrs. Roberta Cestare interviewed six (6) candidates via Zoom from 9:00am to 12:30 pm. A seventh candidated was interviewed via Zoom on Wednesday, February 14 for half an hour. The committee spent another hour discussing and ranking the candidates and then made their final decisions. The Windward Rotary Education Foundation (WREF) awarded two scholarships this year. The WREF scholarship of $5,000 per year for four years for a total of $20,000 was awarded to Chloe Ishigo, a senior at Kailua High School and the Ross Mikey award of $1,000 was awarded to Noah Donnelly, a senior at Kailua High School. The applications of the awardees will be retained together with the WREF awardees transcripts for the four year academic period of the student. The records are retained by the Scholarship Chair .”

“The decisions of the trustee/directors aka Board of Directors are governed by the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws adopted May 24, 1993.”

“This organization will make its Form 1023, Application for Recognition of exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, available for public inspection upon request.”

“This organization will make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public if and when such request is made. There have been no requests.”