Nysarc Inc Rockland County Chapter

“The organizational structure caps the size of the board at one for each chapter, who receive a weighted vote of between 1 and 10 based on a published chart of the number of members.”

“Nysarc, inc. Is a unitary corporation consisting of its 42 chapters. Nysarc, inc. Rockland county chapter is one division of the corporation. The corporation and chapter's governing body is the board of governors representing the individual membership in each chapter's jurisdiction. Each chapter has one primary and one alternate governor with a weighted vote based on membership. The corporation through its bylaws delegates day-to-day operating authority to the chapter's board of directors. The executive committee of the board of governors (see part vi, line 7a below) comprises the corporation's elected officers and exercises all powers of the board of governors between plenary meetings of the governors.”

“The organization's members elect the officers and directors of the chapter annually. In turn, those chapter board members nominate the officers and directors of the corporation.”

“Form 990 was prepared by a nationally recognized accounting firm in conjunction with the organization's financial department. Draft of 990 was reviewed by the c.f.o., c.e.o. And controller and then to all members of the board of directors in draft in our board meeting via electronic mail, with the opportunity for them to comment or make inquiry before it was filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Each member of the board of directors and key employees, prior to assuming their responsibilities for the corporation, an annually thereafter, shall sign and submit to the secretary of the corporation, a statement or statements which affirm such person has read and understand the conflict of interest policy, agrees to comply with the policy, and understand that the corporation is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. A conflict of interest committee will review any potential conflict of interest referred by the human resource department.”

“The arc rockland utilizes an independent outsource firm, delark hr solutions performs a compensation study for all executive level staff (i.e., including executive director and other officers and key employees of the organization). The results for 2022 determined that compensation for all executives was below the 75th percentile for both base and total compensation. After consideration of the compensation studies, the compensation of these individuals was approved by all independent board members and the board minutes reflect the approval, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of their deliberation and decision.”

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

“Self-Advocacy Program, Prime Time for Kids Preschool Program, and The Arc Health Resources services.”

“Forgiveness of debt expense..............$(229,823.) ALLOWANCE ON RELATED PARTY RECEIVABLE: ARC HEALTH RESOURCES OF ROCKLAND, INC. IS A TAX-EXEMPT RELATED PARTY AND REPORTED ON SCHEDULE R, PART II ........$(75,000.) Total....................................$(304,823.)”