A friend of mine (really!) wants to write a letter to the board of directors of a non-profit organization his wife used to work at. Basically it’s one of those “you really screwed up” type letters that probably shouldn’t be sent, but he’s adamant and as I’m in the area and he’s not, he’s asked me to see if I can find out names and contact addresses for the board.
Their web site doesn’t list them. Given that they’re a non-profit organization, is there some sort of state or federal agency that has that information? Is it publicly available at all? Any hints?
I am the President of a non-profit corporation, and I’m not aware of anything that requires us to report the names of our board members to any state or federal agency. We do have them on our website, but that’s our choice.
Director at large non-profit here - as anson2995 said, we are not required to list them on anything but Business plans and grants and the occasional fundraising campaign…It is public info unless the board is a private / quiet board. You should be able to call and get the list… Is it a national NP?
Some information available with free subscription. You should at least be able to see a recent IRS 990 form, which lists the officers, directors and key employees.
More detailed info available if you get a paid membership.
Might not find board members, but they should at least have their Form 990, (assuming the group is required to file a 990 with the IRS) which will be signed by an officer of the organization, as well as their business address and phone.
Umm… his wife worked there and he doesn’t have the contact info for the BODs? This sounds (possibly) like she might not have been consulted on (or aware of) his cunning plan to send a bridge burning letter.
You might try contacting the Secretary of State of your own state to request copies of their corporate file. Once in a while, non-profits (in MN, at least) decide to file info about their board of directors, even though they don’t have to do so. Usually, you’ll just find incorporator names and addresses, though.
Section V-A of IRS form 990 requires entry of information on Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees. This includes their name and address.
And each non-profit is required to keep a public file copy of their Form 990 in their office, and make it available to anyone who asks to see it.
So he could just go to their office, and ask to see their file copy of Form 990. They must show it to him. Then he can copy down the info he wants.
Small non-profits do not have to file a form 990. It used to be those with an annual income of less than $25,000. But if this one was big enough to have had a person working there, they were probably bigger than that.