2014-04-07T18:12:57-05:00 2013-08-31 364049282 PASQUESI SHEPPARD LLC 585 BANK LANE LAKE FOREST IL 60045 990 2012-09-01 237104524 ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ALLI 3129390838 150 N MICHIGAN AVE NO 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 JOEL BRAMMEIER 3129390838 2014-03-19 1 DENNIS P O'BRIEN P00008832 8472345000 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X JOEL BRAMMEIER 150 N MICHIGAN AVE NO 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 2948656 0 X WWW.GREATLAKES.ORG X 1971 IL TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESH WATER RECOURSE USING POLICY, EDUCATION AND LOCAL EFFORTS, ENSURING A HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND CLEAN WATER FOR THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. 26 26 22 13000 0 0 2495139 2541026 316891 336961 21041 29072 -50776 -90390 2782295 2816669 0 0 0 0 1097151 1212299 0 0 194968 1089032 1189899 2186183 2402198 596112 414471 2106191 2597651 126627 167660 1979564 2429991 X TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESH WATER RESOURCE USING POLICY, EDUCATION AND LOCAL EFFORTS, ENSURING A HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND CLEAN WATER FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. 0 0 524900 87610 BUILDING RESILIENCE: THE ALLIANCE BELIEVES THAT WE CAN HELP OUR GREAT LAKES ADAPT TO CHANGE. SOME DAMAGE DONE CAN BE REVERSED, AND NEW ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS CAN BE CREATED. TOWARD THIS END, THE ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS ON BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS WITHIN NETWORKS OF COMMUNITIES WORKING TO ADAPT THEIR SHORELINES TO A CHANGING GREAT LAKES. PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE RAVINES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI, DETROIT, MI AND CLEVELAND, OH.THIS WINTER THE ALLIANCE COMPLETED ITS MULTIFACETED PROJECT TO REDUCE RUNOFF FROM THE RAVINES THAT LEAD DIRECTLY INTO LAKE MICHIGAN IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSED TWO ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS, AND A CAPACITY BUILDING COMPONENT THAT INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS THAT EMPOWER LAND MANAGERS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE SUCCESS OF RAVINE RESTORATION PROJECTS BEYOND THE TERMS OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT TEAM (SIX ORGANIZATIONS STRONG ) COMPLETED ALL THE CAPACITY BUILDING OUTCOMES, INCLUDING A RAPID RAVINE ASSESSMENT FOR LAND MANAGERS, TRAININGS ON HOW TO USE THIS ASSESSMENT AND A RAVINE DESIGN BOOKLET FOR RESIDENTIAL LANDOWNERS. WE COMPLETED A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON RESIDENTIAL LAND IN BARTLETT RAVINE, INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF 2,500 NATIVE PLANTS, WHICH IS NOW BEING USED TO ENCOURAGE MORE LAND OWNERS TO CARE FOR THEIR RAVINES. PARTICIPANT OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IS VITAL AS 65% OF ILLINOIS RAVINES, BLUFFS AND BEACHES ARE IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. FOR THE LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION PROJECT ON JANES RAVINE A TOTAL OF 43,000 NATIVE PLANT PLUGS OF 31 HERBACEOUS SPECIES AND 1,000 NATIVE SHRUBS REPRESENTING 11 DIFFERENT SPECIES WERE PLANTED THEREBY REDUCING RUNOFF AND IMPROVING WATER QUALITY. ALL THE PROJECTS INCLUDE A CITIZEN ACTION COMPONENT AND DIRECT WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES, PARTNERS AND DECISION-MAKERS TO PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES AND TRAININGS AND TO STIMULATE EVEN MORE SUPPORT FOR GREAT LAKES RESILIENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ALLIANCE IS MANAGING TWO PROJECTS IN INDIANA AND ALONG THE MILWAUKEE-CHICAGO CORRIDOR THAT ARE TRAINING LAND MANAGERS TO INTEGRATE CLIMATE SMART DATA AND METRICS INTO COASTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS.IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, THE ALLIANCE CO-CHAIRED THE HEALING OUR WATERS COALITION AND WORKED CONSISTENTLY TO SUPPORT FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE. IN ADDITION, WE COMMUNICATED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND IN IMPROVING THE TIMELINESS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CRITICAL MUNICIPAL SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 653817 111197 PROTECTION AND PREVENTION: THE ALLIANCE ENDEAVORS TO PREDICT FUTURE IMPACTS TO THE GREAT LAKES, AND TO PROTECT THE LAKES FROM IRREVERSIBLE AND CHRONIC HARM. THE STAFF WORKS EACH DAY TO ASSURE THAT THE GREAT LAKES CAN BE SAFELY ENJOYED BY PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE FOR GENERATIONS. THE ALLIANCE CHAMPIONS AND ENFORCES EXISTING POLICIES, SEARCHES FOR PLACES WHERE EXISTING POLICIES ARE FAILING THE LAKES AND USES POLICY REFORM, LEGAL TOOLS AND CITIZEN ACTIONS TO FORCE IMPROVEMENTS.IN 2013, THE ALLIANCE CONTINUED ITS LEADERSHIP OF REGIONAL AND ILLINOIS-BASED EFFORTS TO PERMANENTLY PREVENT INVASIVE ASIAN CARP FROM ENTERING THE GREAT LAKES. THE ALLIANCE FACILITATES THE HEALTHY WATER SOLUTIONS COALITIONAN ILLINOIS COALITION COMMITTED TO BRINGING CHICAGO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE 21ST CENTURYWHICH THE ALLIANCE BELIEVES WILL PERMANENTLY ADDRESS THE THREAT OF ASIAN CARP AND OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES BY SUPPORTING THE SEPARATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS. THE ALLIANCES YEARS OF WORK ON ADDRESSING COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AROUND THE REGION IS PAYING OFF WITH NEW, STRONGER PERMITS ISSUED IN MILWAUKEE, WI AND DETROIT, MI, AS WELL AS COURT ORDERED IMPROVEMENTS IN CHICAGO, IL. THE MILWAUKEE AND DETROIT SEWAGE TREATMENT PERMITS WERE THE FIRST NATIONALLY TO INCLUDE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. THE ALLIANCE CONTINUED ITS LEGAL INTERVENTION IN THE COURT REVIEW OF THE CONSENT DECREE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO IN SUPPORT OF REDUCING ELIMINATING COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS TO LAKE MICHIGAN. LAST YEAR, THE ALLIANCE HELPED SHEPHERD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IMPROVED BI-NATIONAL GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A PRECAUTIONARY STAND ON EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, AS WELL AS NEW FOCUS AREAS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, HABITAT AND INVASIVE SPECIES. THIS EXPANDED AGREEMENT COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESSES THE FULL RANGE OF CONCERNS IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN BUT WILL DEPEND ON ADEQUATE DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION FOR SUCCESS.WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL PERMIT AT THE BP-WHITING REFINERY FACILITY IN INDIANA. THE ALLIANCE IS IN THE MIDST OF A NEW PROJECT IN BROWN AND OUTGAMIE COUNTIES, WISCONSIN TO ESTABLISH AN URBAN-RURAL COLLABORATIVE THAT CAN IMPLEMENT WISCONSINS PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION STANDARD UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT ON A WATERSHED BASIS IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER. THIS PRECEDENT SETTING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WILL HELP ADDRESS THE GROWING PROBLEM OF ALGAE BLOOMS IN GREEN BAY AND THROUGHOUT THE BASIN. ADDITIONALLY, THE ALLIANCE HAS BEEN WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE WATER RESOURCE COMPACT COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT IT IS FULLY STAFFED, FUNDED AND EMPOWERED TO GOVERN THE HISTORIC COMPACT, WHICH BANS DIVERSIONS OF WATER WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS AND SETS RESPONSIBLE STANDARDS FOR WATER USE AND CONSERVATION WITHIN THE BASIN. TOWARD THIS END, IN SEPTEMBER ALLIANCE RELEASED A 5TH-ANNIVERSARY REPORT ON COMMUNITIES THAT STRADDLE THE GREAT LAKES WATERSHED BOUNDARY, THE IMPACT THEY COULD HAVE AS DIVERSION APPLICANTS FOR GREAT LAKES WATER AND THE REGIONS LACK OF LEGAL READINESS TO HANDLE THESE PROPOSALS. THE REPORT WAS INTRODUCED WITH A SIGNED LETTER FROM FORMER GOVERNORS BOB TAFT (OH) AND JIM DOYLE (WI) RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE GREAT LAKES COMPACT. THE ALLIANCE WAS INVITED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) TO HELP DEVELOP A MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM TARGETED SPECIFICALLY TO THE GREAT LAKES. TRADITIONALLY, NOAAS MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM HAS FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE OCEANS AND THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE, GREAT LAKES FOCUSED PLAN WE WILL GENERATE MORE FUNDING, AWARENESS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. 804490 138154 CULTURE OF CLEAN WATER: THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION DEPENDS ON MAKING THE LAKES A CORNERSTONE OF EVERY DECISION MADE BY THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE REGION. THE ALLIANCES PROGRAMS FOSTER THIS PHILOSOPHY THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT REACH INDIVIDUALS, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. THE ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM INVOLVES MORE THAN 13,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO CLEAN UP AND MONITOR 352 COASTAL SITES ON ALL FIVE OF THE GREAT LAKES. FROM PICKING UP THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TRASH TO RESTORING MANY ACRES OF VITAL DUNE HABITAT TO COLLECTING DATA THAT HAS INFLUENCED STATE AND FEDERAL LAKE POLICY, THE ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM SHOWS TIME AND AGAIN THAT LOCAL ACTION CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT. RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FROM THE ALLIANCE HELPED TO EXPAND MONITORING AT PENNSYLVANIAS PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK. FRUSTRATED THAT ONE-AND-DONE BEACH CLEANUPS FAILED TO GAIN MOMENTUM AT PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK, THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR WAS CONFIDENT THE ALLIANCES ADOPT-A-BEACH COULD GAIN TRACTION. SINCE LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM THERE A YEAR AGO, MORE THAN 60 VOLUNTEERS MONITOR 16 BEACHES AT THE PARK, WHICH DRAWS 4 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE PROGRAMS DATA-TRACKING COMPONENT KEEPS INTEREST HIGH. BEACHES ARE CLEANER AND DATA GATHERED THROUGH THE PROGRAM WILL HELP DISCOVER SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND HOW TO PREVENT IT. THE ALLIANCE WORKED WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO CLEAN-UP AND RESTORATION DETROITS BELLE ISLE, A COMMUNITY RESOURCE IN NEED OF ATTENTION. VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 375 TONS OF LARGE DEBRISSUCH AS A SUBMERGED FISHING DOCK, STEEL REBAR AND OLD BUILDING MATERIAL AT NORTH FISHING PIER ON BELLE ISLE IN DETROIT, MI. THE 72 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE WAS THEN RESTORED BY PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS. A MONOFILAMENT FISHING RECYCLING PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED WITH FIVE BINS, ALONG WITH A PERMANENT EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE DETROIT NATURE ZOO WHICH IS SEEN BY THOUSANDS OF VISITORS EVERY YEAR. MORE THAN 440 VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED 1,425 HOURS OF SERVICE REMOVING SMALL MARINE DEBRIS AT THE SITE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS TYPE OF COASTAL STEWARDSHIP EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN ON BELLE ISLE TO ADDRESS LITTER ISSUES.LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ALLIANCE COMPLETED ITS FIRST-EVER THIRD-PARTY EVALUATION OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE GREAT LAKES IN MY WORLD CURRICULUM, WHICH IS IN THE HANDS OF 2,750 EDUCATORS AND REACHES UPWARDS OF 60,000 STUDENTS A YEAR. EVALUATORS FOUND THAT THE CURRICULUM HELPS TEACHERS GET STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING IN DYNAMIC WAYS THAT ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING, WHILE TEACHING ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS. BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REPORTED POSITIVE CHANGES IN THEIR ATTITUDES ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO THE CURRICULUM. THE FULL REPORT, WHICH IS FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND STORIES, CAN BE SEEN ON THE WEBSITE AT WWW.GREATLAKES.ORG/EDUCATION. AN EXCITING COMBINATION OF THE ALLIANCES ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM AND GREAT LAKES IN MY WORLD CURRICULUM ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE STUDENT TEST SCORES AND REDUCE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AT KRUEGER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN CITY, IND. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE THEMED SCHOOL TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT ITS COASTAL REGION FROM RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION, WHILE ENGAGING STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON LEARNING INCLUDING ACTIVITIES FROM THE ALLIANCES GREAT LAKES IN MY WORLD CURRICULUM. EDUCATORS AT THE SCHOOL NOTE THAT STUDENTS RAISING AWARENESS OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT HAS RESULTED IN A DIFFERENT, POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD LIFE. 1983207 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL IN NY OH MI WI MN X X THE ORGANIZATION 3129390838 150 N MICHIGAN AVE SUITE 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 JIM RIDGWAY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM BLACK 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATE BARTTER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TINA RONGERS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUE CONATSER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL BOTTS 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW BRETT 1.00 X 0 0 0 LORI COLMAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN COOPER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL CULHANE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEN DEBEAUSSAERT 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA NINHAM HOEFT 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID M KELLER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH LOESER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY MACDONALD 1.00 X 0 0 0 TED MARTIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN MIHALO 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOY MULINEX 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN ROTHENBERG 1.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL SCHNEIDER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK SHADLE 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM J SHELDRAKE 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANJIV SINHA 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE SOLBERG 1.00 X 0 0 0 UNMI SONG 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOB TAFT 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOEL BRAMMEIER 40.00 X 135200 0 5369 CAROLYN SCHOLZ 40.00 X 105098 0 4201 240298 0 9570 2 0 0 0 0 196367 2344659 113884 2541026 CONTRACT REVENUES 541900 322707 322707 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 14254 14254 336961 29072 29072 41597 196367 131987 -90390 -90390 2816669 336961 0 -61318 X 135199 95447 33653 6099 856493 705965 62066 88462 143601 116047 13861 13693 77006 62230 7433 7343 23216 23216 720739 629518 51717 39504 97755 75299 259 22197 16151 13721 989 1441 87663 74472 5368 7823 64090 61861 720 1509 49146 43074 5301 771 24351 20687 1491 2173 SUPPLIES 37436 35444 1458 534 MISCELLANEOUS 22100 6706 14888 506 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 20877 17735 1279 1863 POSTAGE AND SHIPPING 19032 18104 324 604 7343 6897 446 2402198 1983207 224023 194968 X 270163 779905 400350 625000 179943 153272 10560 30647 38358 150766 129538 43261 21228 1171267 979888 2106191 2597651 93553 140078 33074 27582 126627 167660 X 1172860 1449907 806704 980084 1979564 2429991 2106191 2597651 414471 35956 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1326394 1610017 1738972 2438832 2541026 9655241 1326394 1610017 1738972 2438832 2541026 9655241 1698361 7956880 31523 11726 11939 21041 29072 105301 1373 1373 9761915 1399363 0.81510 0.72380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1000 0 0 1000 0 EXPLANATION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES: PART II-B, LINE 1: THE ALLIANCE SOUGHT CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR FUNDING THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AT $300 MILLION DURING 2013. 968552 1296376 3447 1097996 1170379 510621 1183500 12229 737798 968552 139906 361772 8993 510621 99763 30576 9567 139906 96536 3227 99763 0.16260 0.00000 0.83740 0 0 59043 43812 15231 91723 85726 5997 21228 DEFERRED RENT 27582 27582 4108617 35956 1124005 131987 1291948 2816669 0 2816669 3658190 1124005 131987 1255992 2402198 0 2402198 DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: PART V, LINE 4: THE BOARD DESIGNATED FUNDS ARE FOR THE LONG TERM PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED FOR FUTURE PERIODS, OPERATIONS AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUND RAISING EVENT EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST EVENT REVENUES. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUND RAISING EVENT EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST EVENT REVENUES. SOCIAL 237964 196367 41597 42146 5250 14969 2250 67372 237964 196367 41597 42146 5250 14969 2250 67372 131987 -90390 X 7 25083 MARKET VALUE X VARIOUS AUCTION ITEMS 71 88302 RETAIL VALUE X SUPPLIES 5 499 RETAIL VALUE 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD TREASURER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ALLIANCE MONITORS ALL SITUATIONS OR TRANSACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND ALSO EXPRECTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WOULD BRING ANY SUCH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED POLICY OF THE ALLIANCE. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST ARE MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPON REVIEW OF THE SITUATION OR TRANSACTION IN QUESTION. IF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A PERSON WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT PERSON IS THEN PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BOARD'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE SITUATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD AND APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH INPUT FROM INDEPENDENT PERSONS AS DEEMED NECESSARY. INFORMATION IS OBTAINED FROM SURVEYS AND OTHER SOURCES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. DELIBERATIONS IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION AND THE BASIS FOR DECISIONS REACHED ARE DOCUMENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE YEAR UPON REQUEST. ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE. OTHER FEES FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 629,518. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 51,717. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 39,504. TOTAL EXPENSES 720,739. SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED A FOOTNOTE STATING THAT THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED THE "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" CRITERIA AND DETERMINED THAT ALL OF ITS TAX POSITIONS MEET THAT CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT RECORD ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR DISCLOSE ANY SITUATIONS THAT AROSE FROM UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. FORM 990: PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT. THIS PROCESS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.