National Center for Learning Disabilities Inc.

“The chairman, frederic m. Poses and board member, nancy poses have a family relationship.”

“The President & CEO and the finance director review the Form 990 for any adjustments and it is compared to the audited financial statements. The President & CEO reviews all the text. After the executive review is complete, the Form 990 is forwarded to the board by e-mail. Paper copies of the Form 990 are also provided to those Board members who prefer them. The organization's officers address any questions that the board may have. When all questions and issues are resolved, the President & CEO approves and the 990 is electronically filed.”

“Any possible conflict of interest should be promptly disclosed to the board of directors by the person concerned. This policy includes any director, officer, staff member and members of the immediate family thereof, or any party, group or organization that is associated with the organization. Any contract proposed for this organization is reviewed and approved by the Board of directors or a committee thereof. Any interested person bringing a potential conflict of interest to the attention of the board of directors (or its committee) may provide the Board or committee with any and all relevant information, but shall retire from the room in which the board (or committee) is meeting and shall not participate in the final deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration. The interested person shall not vote on the matter. The minutes of the board (or committee) shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final decision or vote and did not vote. When there is a doubt that a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by a vote of the Board of directors (or committee), excluding the person concerning whose situation the doubt has arisen. A conflict of interest disclosure statement is furnished annually by each director, officer, and staff member who is presently serving the organization, or who may hereafter become associated with it. The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually for the information and guidance of the directors, officers, and staff members. Any new directors, officers or staff members are advised of the policy and shall furnish a disclosure statement prior to undertaking the duties of such office.”

“The process for determining compensation for the President & CEO of the organization includes all of the following elements: 1. Review and approval by the board of directors: Executive Compensation is reviewed and approved by the executive committee of the board of directors. All individuals with conflicts of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement are excluded from the room for discussions and decisions regarding executive compensation. 2. Use of comparable compensation data: Compensation data from similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations are the Data sources utilized to establish executive compensation. 3. Contemporaneous documentation: there is contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement in the books and records of the organization. The process for establishing executive compensation was last performed on June 30, 2017. Compensation arrangements for other officers and key employees are determined by the President & CEO, and may include cost of living increases and merit increases, Salary surveys are used to assist the organization in setting compensation arrangements. The President & CEO presents the proposed compensation for the officers and key employees to the Board of directors for review and approval. This process was last performed on June 30, 2017.”

“The Form 990 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 websites. In addition, forms 990 and 1023, as well as the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and bylaws are available upon written request of the organization at 32 Laight Street (2nd Floor), New York, NY 10013-2152; or by calling the organization at 212-545-7510.”

“Educator Project: We made significant progress toward defining the mindsets, knowledge and skills educators need to be effective in supporting students with learning and attention issues, and have begun to build out the internal capacity to develop and carry forward this new initiative in 2018 across the areas of research, content, partnership and talent. We conducted a literature review of empirically-driven studies, and vetted articles in comprehensive meta analyses and synthesis studies. These findings helped inform the market research of our learning agenda focused on educator attitudes toward students with learning and attention issues, perspectives on inclusion, and overall attitudes and beliefs around professional learning opportunities. We conducted focus groups with more than 60 K-12 public general educators in three geographies across the U.S. representing urban, rural and suburban districts. The findings from these focus groups informed a large-scale quantitative survey of over 1,000 educators to be fielded in January 2018. To better understand how educators might benefit from and engage with content on learning and attention issues, we conducted a teacher-led audit of nearly 2,000 pieces of existing, parent-facing, content on Understood.org. Lastly, we conducted a landscape analysis of potential partners and key players supporting K-12 professional development for general educators. The outputs of our research in FY 2017 will be used to inform our program design and implementation efforts.”

“consulting fees: Program service expenses 29,278. Management and general expenses 92,564. Fundraising expenses 132,399. Total expenses 254,241. Other Professional: Program service expenses 31,017. Management and general expenses 4,044. Fundraising expenses 5,866. Total expenses 40,927. Payroll Processing: Program service expenses 8,234. Management and general expenses 516. Fundraising expenses 1,255. Total expenses 10,005. Program and Evaluation Consultants: Program service expenses 879,532. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 879,532.”

“Bad debt expenses - uncollectible pledge receivables -44,275.”

“The process for oversight of the audit and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the process employed in the prior year.”