School for Language & Communication

“Family relationship between dr ellenmorris tiegerman-farber, jeremy tiegerman, and joseph farber, esq family relationship between irene scalfani and john scalfani”

“The finance committee reviewed the 990 and presented it to the board of directors before the 990 was filed. Management reviewed any issues found during the review of the 990 with the auditors.”

“Conflict of interest policy duty to disclose - board member must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the board of directors recusal of self - board member must recuse him/herself at any time from involvement in any decision or discussion in which the board member believes he or she has a conflict of interest determining whether a conflict of interest exists - after disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, he/she shall leave the board meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. Procedures for addressing the conflict of interest - (a) the chairperson of the board will appoint a disinterested person to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction (b) after exercising due diligence, the board shall determine whether tiegerman school can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction from an entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest violations of the conflicts of interest policy (a) if the board has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose (b) if the board determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“The finance committee reviews the executive director's and other officer's compensation by viewing the compensation of other schools to determine if the level of compensation is reasonable. This process was last undertaken in august 2019”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon written request.”

“Telephone: program service expenses 31,104. Management and general expenses 41,530. Fundraising expenses 2. Total expenses 72,636. Miscellaneous expense: program service expenses -3,657. Management and general expenses 9,481. Fundraising expenses 21,781. Total expenses 27,605. Meals: program service expenses 24,938. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 24,938. Postage: program service expenses 1,490. Management and general expenses 15,453. Fundraising expenses 11. Total expenses 16,954. Staff development: program service expenses 5,743. Management and general expenses 189. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,932. Contracted services: program service expenses 33,386. Management and general expenses -303,203. Fundraising expenses 60,000. Total expenses -209,817.”

“Contracted services are equal to $1,128 (304,331) is a management fee that is charged to affiliates.”