American Assoc on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

“American association on intellectual and developmental disabilities is a membership organization, governed by a board of directors elected by the membership. All board nominees and board members must be members of the association.”

“Each member may vote for one board member during the board election process”

“A draft form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm. The draft is reviewed by management and forwarded to each board member, who will then be invited to participate in a conference call and voice any questions or concerns. The return will be updated if needed and filed with the irs after the call.”

“All board members and all employees are required to annually disclose any potential or actual conflicts. Any new (or existing business) is reviewed to determine the extent to which, if any, there may be conflicts of interest. Any board member having a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest should not vote on the matter, use his/her personal influence on the matter, nor be counted as part of a quorum for the meeting. The minutes of the meeting should reflect that a disclosure was made with the abstention from voting and the quorum situation cited.”

“The compensation of the chief executive officer of american association on intellectual and development disabilities is determined by the governing board and is reviewed annually. It was last reviewed in 2012. The ceo, being charged wih assembling the staff of the organization, sets the compensation levels of employees based on market conditions as well as experience levels of individual employees, in addition to budgetary realities.”

“The organization's financial statements are made available upon request.”

“Sis consultants--trainers, assessors: program service expenses 1,074,449. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,074,449. Publications consultants--book and journal fulfillment/editing: program service expenses 362,469. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 362,469. Sis partner commissions: program service expenses 658,671. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 658,671. Web paage design: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 129,140. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 129,140.”