Isabella Home Geriatric Center

“The organization revised its' bylaws to comply with the non-profit revitalization act of 2013 and to adjust board term limits. The new board term limits are as follows: no director shall serve more than three consecutive three year terms, except that, any director currently serving at the time of the adoption of the amendment to this provision of the by-laws establishing term limits (a "current director") shall, following the completion of their current term, be eligible to serve no more than two additional consecutive three year terms. A director who has served for three consecutive three year terms or a current director who has served for two additional consecutive three year terms, may be eligible to again serve as a director after being off the board for a period of at least one full year.”

“Isabella home 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 finance committee of the organization for any comments. Any comments are then grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized. After the finance committee's review, the form 990 will be presented to the full board with recommendation to approve and file the form 990.”

“The conflict of interest policy is applicable to any director, principal officer, or member of a committee; the policy is annually updated by the applicable persons. In connection with any actual or possible conflicts of interest, a person must disclose the existence of his or her conflict and must be given the opportunity disclose all material facts to the executive committee of the board of directors of the corporation. After disclosure of the conflict and all material facts, and after any discussion with the person, they shall leave the executive committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. Procedures for addressing the conflict of interest an interested person may make a presentation at the executive committee meeting, but after such presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest. The chairperson of the executive committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After exercising due diligence, the executive committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable under circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the executive committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and shall make its recommendation as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination to the board of directors of the corporation who shall approve or disapprove the transaction based on a majority vote of disinterested directors. Any interested director shall not be present at the board meeting during which the decision on the transaction is made. If the board or executive committee has reasonable cause to believe that 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. If, after hearing the response of the member and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board or executive committee determines that the member has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, consistent with state law. The minutes of the executive committee shall contain the names of the persons who disclosed or otherwise were found to have a financial interest in connection with an actual or possible conflict of interest, the nature of the financial interest, any action taken to determine whether a conflict of interest was present, any alternatives discussed with respect to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and the committee's decision as to whether a conflict of interest in fact existed and the committee's recommendation to the board of directors. The minutes of the board of directors shall contain the names of the persons who were present for discussions and votes relating to the transaction or arrangement, the content of the discussion, including any alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and a record of any votes taken in connection therewith.”

“The organization makes its form 990 and form 1023 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code making it available on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, form 1023, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 515 audubon avenue, new york, ny 10040 or by calling the organization directly at (212)-342-9200.”

“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.”