Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children Inc

“Membership in the association is open to all persons who are interested in the welfare of those individuals referred to in the mission statement. There are four classes of membership: general, corporate/organizational, professional and honorary. General members are those who pay annual dues, the amount of which is fixed by the board of directors. General members in good standing shall have the right to vote and hold office. General membership is held by an individual or jointly by family upon payment of the required dues. There is one vote for each membership. Professional members are those who have a professional interest in the field. They also pay annual dues, the amount of which is fixed by the board of directors. Professional members in good standing, excluding employees and their families, have the right to vote and hold office. Corporate/organizational members are those who contribute to the association and express their desire to be considered members. Corporate/organizational members do not have the right to vote or hold office. Honorary members are those persons who have distinguished themselves by their attainments in the field of brain injury, learning disabilities, neurological impairments or related areas or have rendered special service in promoting the interests of persons with brain injuries, learning disabilities, neurological impairments, and developmental disabilities, and who have been elected to such membership by the board of directors. Honorary members do not pay dues and do not have the right to vote or hold office. The membership list of the association is not published, circulated or otherwise made available except as required by law or authorized by the board of directors. A member in good standing is one whose dues are not more than four months in arrears.”

“The annual meeting of the members of the association shall be held each year on a date during the month of june to be designated by the board. The annual meeting and special meetings of the members of the association shall be held at the association's administrative building located at 61-35 220th street, bayside, new york. Notice of the time and place, and in the case of special meetings, the purpose, of each meeting of the members shall be given by the secretary to each member in good standing as of the date the notice is mailed. The secretary shall include in the notice of each annual meeting given to the members the slate of nominees for directors. Only general members and professional members (excluding employees and their families) in good standing have the authority to elect the candidates on the slate for positions on the board of directors. No other nominations for the board shall be considered at the annual meeting except those approved by the board of directors, unless such additional nominations are made by written petition signed by at least twenty (20) members of the society and presented to the secretary at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled time of the annual meeting.”

“All resolutions and elections at any meeting shall be by majority vote of the members.”

“The association has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is submitted electronically and/or in paper to the members of the association's board of directors for any comments prior to its submission. The board of directors is furnished with one week to review the prepared form 990 and provide their comments. Any comments that have been made are then grouped, summarized and provided to the members of management in charge of filing the return for their review. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing by the association's president.”

“The association currently has in place a conflict of interest policy which it annually monitors and enforces. The signed conflict of interest policy is submitted to the cfo who presents the signed documents to the board of directors. The board reviews the signed attestations for potential or actual conflicts. If an actual conflict exists, the member of management or board member will be notified immediately and will not be allowed to vote or be a part of any decisions involving transactions that have to do with the identified conflict until such time that the conflict no longer exists.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the executive director includes 1) comparison data: compare salary information of other non-profits in our sector and/or those with a similar budget 2) compensation in context with the proposed budget; 3) employee annual performance review; 4) approval by the board or compensation committee; and 5) documentation of approved salaries in the board minutes. Anibic has a compensation consultant & study performed as part of the executive compensation review. The process for determining the compensation of the executive director was last undertaken in 2019.”

“The association makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code by posting it on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. Additionally, form 990 and the annual financial statements are available upon written request at 61-35 220th street, bayside, ny. 11364, or by calling the association directly at (718) 423-9550.”

“The organization undertook community habilitation program during fy2019. Community habilitation is a medicaid funded program operated under opwdd to provide one-to-one training to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities to develop or enhance the skills needed to live more independently in their homes or in the community.”

“Anibic has committee chaired by the treasurer that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent auditor. This process did not change from the prior year.”