Interaction Members Dues Policy

InterAction Dues Policy October 31, 2007

InterAction's membership dues are calculated at .15% of internationally related expenses* with minimum dues of $2,000 and maximum dues of $40,000. Excluded from the dues base are: 1. commodities in-kind and ocean freight; 2. domestic programs that have no relationship to international activities, programs or issues; 3. pass-through expenditures, defined as: "an amount of money that is either granted or sub-granted, over which the member has little control with respect to the beneficiaries to whom it is given; the amount and when it will be spent; and for which the agency receives no administrative fee or indirect cost rate." (Management and general expenses allocable to such grants are not excludable.); 4. sub-grants made to an InterAction member. To avoid double counting grants for dues assessment purposes, only the sub-grant recipient includes these funds in the dues base; and, 5. activities ordinarily conducted by an accredited degree-granting educational institution. An example of calculated dues: The organization HelpUS has annual expenses of $10,000,000, but has in-kind expenses of $450,000 and a domestic program with expenses of $975,000. The InterAction dues fee would be calculated as follows: $10,000,000 Annual Expenses - 975,000 Domestic Program Expenses - 450,000 In-kind Expenses $ 8,575,000 Assessable Expenses x .0015 $12,863 Annual Dues Therefore, HelpUS would pay annual dues of $12,863 for membership in InterAction. *Internationally related expense is defined as: “any expense incurred either inside or outside the United States which relates to or supports activities, programs, or issues outside the United States.” Those members that are near or at InterAction’s ceiling of $40,000 have international expense budgets ranging from $20 million to $852 million. Because this is a wide range of financial position, in order to provide equity for our members with larger expenses, a stepped schedule for dues near our maximum levels has been adopted as follows: International Expense Budget Range $20-$27.9 million $28-$49.9 million $50-$99.9 million Over $100 million

Approved Dues Amount beginning in 2007 $30,000 $33,000 $35,000 $40,000

Dues Deadline: All InterAction members are required to pay their dues in full to InterAction within 30 days of invoice receipt.