[Kzyxtalk] Form 990 Policy Question

[Scott Peterson]

Dear Ms. Courtney,

As you should know by now, MCPB has had a unique policy regarding

Form 990s over the past five years. It states very clearly on the Form

990s: "No review was or will be conducted." That policy appears on

"Schedule O" -- as an organizational policy. It appears on Form 990s

for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. You can see them all here:

http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/680050440/popup/1

That policy was exercised by MCPB's Executive Director, without the

involvement of MCPB's Board of Directors. And grant revenue hasn't

changed much over that five-year time period. The Executive Director

for that entire time period was John Coate. 

I believe that Mr. Coate was mistaken about the existence of this 

policy. Please see your email of April 10, 2016 below.

According to Mr. Coate's resume, he was once the chief fundraiser at 

the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2002-03. His resume is here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncoate

EFF had a completely different policy about reviewing its Form 990s.

You can see those Form 990s here:

http://nccsweb.urban.org/communityplatform/nccs/organization/profile/id/043091431/popup/1

Here's the policy: "After the Form 990 is prepared, but before it is filed 

with the IRS, the completed form will be presented to all members of

the board of directors, who will be given at least one week to review

and provide feedback and revisions. The Form 990 may be filed with

the IRS only after all board member comments have been addressed

and at least one board member has given final approval." That policy

can also be found on "Schedule O." Over the same time period, EFF's

grant revenue has grown from approximately $2.5 million to well over

$13 million.

So my question to you is this. Do you see any apparent cause-and-effect

relationship between Form 990 review policy and grant revenue?

Sincerely,

Scott M. Peterson

Mendocino

PS: I'm copying this email to a newly seated MCBP Board Member, Mr. 

Jonathan Middlebrook for his information. And also to Mr. Coate for his

information as well.

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Scott,According to our ex- GM John Coate, there IS NO policy.  Where did you get this information? John did not know what I was talking about when I inquired. Please let us know why you think this is the case?Meg CourtneyBoard PresidentKZYX & ZMendocino County Public Broadcasting







 		 	   		  
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