New York Congregational Community Services

“The organization has no committees with authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Community services 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, and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board for any comments. Any comments or questions from the board are provided to the outside accountants. Once the comments are addressed, the board approves the return, at which point it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“All board members, department directors, management staff, and key employees upon hiring and annually thereafter are required to sign a conflict of interest statement. This disclosure states that the individual received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, understands it, will comply with the rules, and that they completed the corporate compliance program in-service. Additionally, they must make full disclosure of any activities that could result in a possible conflict of interest. If a conflict is deemed to exist, the president must be made aware and possible disciplinary action or even termination is possible upon review with the hr director and the center's risk management council. There is also a compliance helpline which is a total-free and completely confidential serve where an individual can report possible violations to the policy.”

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

“Kendall christiansen, chairperson received compensation in 2020 for various consulting services provided to the new york congregational system. He did not receive any compensation in his capacity as the board chairperson.”