TRANSPARENCY
Financials & Organizational Transparency
TASFGA's entire thesis is that governance, management, and finances should be visible to the people those decisions affect. We hold ourselves to the same standard we ask of the industry — starting now, before incorporation, not after.
The Formation Ledger
Most organizations describe their in-formation phase in a sentence and publish nothing until the paperwork is framed on a wall. TASFGA treats its own formation as a public artifact. Every governing document below will be published here, in full, as it is executed.
| Artifact | Status | Publication commitment |
|---|---|---|
| Certificates of Incorporation — Education Fund (planned 501(c)(3)) and Action arm (planned 501(c)(4)) | Drafts complete, pending filing | Full text on filing |
| IRS Form 1023 (Education Fund) and Form 1024 (Action) | Prepared; filing follows incorporation | Determination letters in full on receipt |
| Bylaws + Conflict-of-Interest Policy + Whistleblower Policy | In drafting | Full text on adoption |
| Accountability Council charter | In drafting | Full text before Council applications open |
| Founding board and advisor roster | Recruitment in progress — letters of intent only until incorporation | Names, affiliations, and disclosed conflicts on seating |
| Research arm — Focus 1 (residential community governance) | Live at condoscoopsnyc.org | Already public, primary-source-cited |
Funding & editorial independence
- Donor disclosure. Once formed, TASFGA will publicly name every donor contributing $5,000 or more in a year, and will accept no anonymous gift above that threshold.
- Independence Policy. TASFGA will accept no funding from any entity whose conduct it audits in an active area of focus. For Focus 1 (residential community governance) that excludes managing-agent firms, the law firms that represent them, and real-estate brokerages operating in the condominium/cooperative space. The policy expands as new areas of focus are activated, and takes effect on TASFGA's date of formation.
- Firewall. No funder — at any amount — will review, approve, or see research before publication. Research conclusions are never conditioned on funding.
- Deductibility, stated plainly. TASFGA is pre-incorporation and is accepting no donations today. Once the Education Fund incorporates and files Form 1023 within 27 months of formation, IRS recognition — if granted — applies retroactively to the incorporation date. Until a determination letter issues, no contribution should be assumed deductible, and this site will never say otherwise.
What we will publish annually, once formed
- IRS Form 990 (or 990-EZ/990-N as applicable — the form is generally required of recognized 501(c)(3) organizations) for every completed tax year.
- Funding sources and material conflicts of interest.
- Compensation policy for officers and key staff.
- An annual report tracking each area of focus against the accountability loop: gaps identified, fixes proposed, outcomes verified.
Form 990, audited financial statements, and the executed Independence Policy will be posted in full once TASFGA is formed and its first fiscal year closes.