Queens College Foundation Inc

“The form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm in conjunction with the organization's financial department. A copy of the draft form 990 is circulated to the full board of trustees for discussion and comment. Each board member is provided ample opportunity to comment on the information contained in the 990 prior to its filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Conflict of interest policy enforcement and monitoring: each officer, director, trustee, and key employee of the foundation is required to annually disclose any conflicts of interest that arise by virtue of their employment, board service, or position with the foundation. The foundation monitors compliance with its conflict of interest policy through an annual questionnaire/disclosure statement that is distributed to these individuals. Potential conflicts are investigated immediately.”

“Process for determining compensation: the foundation does not compensate any of the individuals reported in part vii of the form 990. All officer compensation is paid by a related organization, queens college of the city university of new york. Queens college is a municipal employer and all officer salaries are governed by contracts negotiated between the state, new york city and trade municipal unions.”

“Public disclosure of documents: the foundation makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business. The form 990 is likewise published on the internet at www.guidestar.org. The foundation's financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy will be available to the public upon request and at management's discretion.”

“Whistleblower and retention policies the foundation is serviced by individuals that are compensated by a related party, queens college of the city of new york, and by an unrelated third party, the research foundation of the city of new york. All individuals providing services to the foundation operate under the whistleblower policy and document retention policy of the organization from which they hail. Queens college foundation does not have its own standalone whistleblower or document retention policy.”

“Queens college foundation receives contributions from various entities within the queens college of cuny related entities. These organizations are not related. However, in the interest of full disclosure, the foundation is reporting that it is receiving $361,700 in contributions from other cuny entities.”

“Other consultants: program service expenses 953,599. Management and general expenses 34,042. Fundraising expenses 9,828. Total expenses 997,469.”