Standard 4: Compensated Board Members - Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.
PPB does not meet this Standard because:
- Two members out of the five member board of directors (40%) are compensated. In addition, one of the members is a paid staff member who also serves as treasurer. The second board member is indirectly compensated as the spouse of the paid CEO and also serves as the board's chair.
Standard 13: Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements - Accurately report the charity's expenses, including any joint cost allocations, in its financial statements. For example, audited or unaudited statements which inaccurately claim zero fund raising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fund raising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.
PPB does not meet this Standard because:
- The Alliance disagrees with the organizaton's allocation of fund raising expenses. According to PPB's audit for the year ended December 31, 2009, the only expenses allocated as fund raising were Advertising. It is the Alliance's opinion that this does not accurately represent the organization's allocation of fund raising expenses, as it does not include expenses associated with salaries and other related costs for generating grant revenue.
Standard 16: Annual Report - Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.
PPB does not meet this standard because the most recent annual report did not include:
- Total income.
- Total program expenses.
- Total fund raising expenses.
- Total administrative expenses.
- Total end of year net assets.
Standard 18: Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy - Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.
PPB does not meet this Standard because the privacy policy on its website, www.projectpeanutbutter.org does not indicate:
- How to contact the charity to review personal information that is collected and request corrections.