Lifespire Inc

“Form 990 is prepared by a nationally renowned accounting firm in collaboration with the Controller and CFO. A draft is reviewed by the Controller, CFO and CEO and then shared with the board of directors via email for review and comment. Any questions are addressed by the Controller and CFO but if necessary, the CPA firm will be engaged to help explain any inquires.”

“All board members and key employees sign the company's conflict of interest agreement affirming that they have read, understand and agree to comply with the policy. The policy is reviewed and signed once upon joining the company and annually. The cfo reviews the signed documents and any potential conflict is referred to hr for any employees and the bod for any board member.”

“For the organization's ceo, the board did contact an outside independent company and/or individual to complete a "complete analysis" of similar not-for-profit organizations both in new york city and in larger metropolitan areas. The analysis took into consideration the annual revenue of the organization and all other forms of compensation. Then, the outside independent company provided the findings to the executive board committee with an acceptable range of all forms of reimbursement and a safe harbor letter. Once the executive board committee made their decision, the full board was appraised of the study and was given opportunity to voice their concerns/issues. Then, the full board voted for the compensation package.”

“Review is done annually for the top management or key employees by the ceo. He used data from several sources like tax returns (form 990) of similar sized organizations, the study and document completed by the major professional groups and also not-for-profit press. He used these documents to establish benchmarks and combines this information with a review of the person's goals from the previous year (if any) to determine the compensation or increase.”

“Upon request, the organization will make available only those documents required to be disclosed under the public inspection laws.”

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“Lifespire, inc's mission is to champion and support people with developmental/intellectual disabilities and their families to realize their goals and dreams. The agency is funded through government programs, consumer contributions and gifts. It is the agency's aim to provide individuals with developmental disabilities the assistance and support necessary to achieve a level of functional behaviors and cognitive skills to enable them to maintain themselves in their community in the most integrated and independent manner possible.”

“Waiver services - offers choices for individualized treatment and training to people with deficits in self care and domestic and independent living skills. Some of these services are: 1. Community habilitation: an in-home trainer helps the individual in the privacy of his/her own home and community to acquire and improve skills in many areas. 2. Day habilitation: day programmin which offers training in self-care, domestic, travel and independent livingskills. It provides a unique opportunity to acquire skills in actual community sites. 3. Waiver respite: waiver after-school respite programming offers recreation services to students, children and adults with develpment disabilities; age 14-21 and over. It uses the combination of specialty instructors and community-based recreation, access top recreational activities in the community through the use of technology to enable them to enjoy leisure time parallel to their non-disabled peers.”

“(Expenses $ 1,105,197 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 1,260,865) OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE FAMILY SUPPORT WHICH INCLUDES IN-HOME BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION. COMMUNITY HABILITATION THAT OFFERS IN HOME AND COMMUNITY TRAINING.”

“CONTRACTED CARE - Total Expense: 13066704, Program Service Expense: 12858674, Management and General Expenses: 208030, Fundraising Expenses: ;”

“Pension related change - 4966395; post-retirement health care benefit change - 1741479;”