A Jewish Voice for Peace

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ACTIVITY OR MISSION: The abraham initiatives is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing coexistence and equality among israel's jewish and arab citizens, by promoting policies based on innovative social models, conducting large scale initiatives, advocacy and public education.

GOVERNANCE

PRINCIPAL OFFICER

GEOFFREY LEWIS

Policies and Practices T=True F=False
Board Meeting Minutes. Minutes are taken at each board meeting.

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Committee Meeting Minutes. Minutes are taken at meetings of committees acting on the board’s behalf.

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Internal Review of Form 990. Copy of Form 990 is provided to each board member prior to filing.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE A COPY OF THE DRAFT 990 ELECTRONICALLY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK. THE TREASURER REVIEWS THE DRAFT 990 LINE BY LINE.

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Conflict of Interest Policy. The organization has a conflict of interest policy. T
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest. Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees are required to disclose annually interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest policy. T
Enforcement of Conflict of Interest Policy. The organization regularly and consistently enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY AND AS NEW BOARD MEMBERS JOIN THE BOARD. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A SMALL BOARD, NONE OF WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN ANY JVP TRANSACTIONS.

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Whistleblower Policy. The organization has a written whistleblower policy.

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Document Retention and Destruction Policy. The organization has a written document retention and destruction policy. T
Process for Setting Salary of Senior Staff, Parts A. and B.:

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSULTED WITH A HEADHUNTER AND THE DIRECTOR OF A FOUNDATION THAT FUNDED SIMILAR SIZED SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE SALARY RANGE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE THE FISCAL HEALTH AND OUTLOOK FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AND WANTING A RELATIVELY FLAT SALARY STRUCTURE IN COMPARISON WITH THE REST OF THE STAFF. THE SALARY RANGE WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AND BASED ON THAT AN OFFER WAS MADE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

Part A. Process for Setting Salary of Top Management Official. The process for determining compensation of the CEO, Executive Director or other top management official includes a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. T
Part B. Process for Setting Salaries of Senior Employees. The process for determining compensation of senior officials includes a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. F
Disclosure of Documents. Disclose how the organization made governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public during the tax year.

THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

NOTE: Tzedakah, Inc. strongly encourages each organization to make its minutes (with suitable redactions to preserve individual privacy) and all governing documents available to the public on its website. Tzedakah. Inc. considers failure to do so a failure in transparency and views requiring specific requests for documents to be an unnecessary burden on the public in view of the availability of internet websites.

PERSONNEL

SENIOR STAFF COMPENSATION
End of fiscal year Name Title Base salary Comp. from related org. Additional compensation
2018-06-30REBECCA VILKOMERSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR92,78000
2017-12-31DAVID HOMANEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR167,17300
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS
End of fiscal year Number of board members Number of paid staff Number of volunteers
2019-12-312832
2018-06-301238500
2017-12-31234

PLEASE NOTE: This is a profile only of the US charity,

A Jewish Voice for Peace

. Information on this profile is from the

A Jewish Voice for Peace

’s Forms 990 filed with the Internal Revenue Service or the organization’s inernet website. A small amount of contact information may be from other sources. Tzedakah, Inc does not verify data provided by the listed charities.

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