Brooklyn United Methodist Health Services Foundation Inc

“The sole member of the organization is brooklyn united methodist church health services inc.”

“The board of directors shall be elected by the member at the annual meeting. Vacancies on the board of directors occurring between annual meetings may be filled by election by the member.”

“Any of the directors may be removed at any time without cause by vote of the member.”

“Brooklyn united methodist health services foundation 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 electronically sent to the audit committee for review and approval. Once the audit committee has approved the return it is electronically sent to the entire board before filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is applicable to all directors and officers. All directors shall provide immediate, written disclosure of all potential conflicts of interest to the board of directors. Any duality or possible conflict of interest on the part of any member of the board of directors shall be disclosed to the other members of the board of directors and made a matter of record, either through an annual procedure or when the interest becomes a matter of board action. Any member of the board of directors having a duality of interest of possible conflict of interest on any matter shall not vote or use his personal influence on the matter and he shall not be counted in determining the quorum for the meeting, even where permitted by law. The minuets of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made, the abstention from voting and the quorum situation. The foregoing requirements should not be construed as preventing a member of the board of directors from briefly stating his position on the matter, nor from answering pertinent question of other members of the board of directors since his knowledge may be of great assistance.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org, charitiesnys.com and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation, form 990, form 1023, and by-laws are also available upon written request or by calling the organization directly.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process did not change from the prior year.”