Citymeals-On-Wheels

“Joan tisch, vice chair, and lizzie tisch, board member - family relationship”

“The audit committee was established by the board of directors to do the following: oversee citymeals-on-wheels' financial reporting process, monitor the choice of accounting policies and principles, monitor the internal control processes, and oversee the engagement and performance of external auditors. The audit committee reviews the external auditors' audit and the resulting financial statements before presenting the financial statements to the entire board. The audit committee also reviews the prepared 990. Before the audit committee's final review of the tax documents as prepared by mcgladrey llp, the entire tax documents package has been reviewed by the chief operating officer and the treasurer. The audit committee then reviews the prepared 990 submission and approves (or initiates appropriate action to adjust) the presented 990 submission. The finalized documents that the audit committee reviews and approves (990 and other ny state tax documents) will be provided to the entire board of directors either electronically or in hard copy format prior to submission to the irs and ny state.”

“The management provides conflict policy documents and questions to board members, officers and key employees annually or as they become members or key employees. These conflict of interest questionnaires have been reviewed by our external auditors and our pro-bono counsel. Upon the completion of the conflict of interest questionnaires, they are reviewed internally by management, and any possible conflicts that are determined are reviewed with the board and noted.”

“Annually, the compensation committee meets to determine the compensation of the executive director, chief operating officer, and all key employees, as well as reviewing the overall raises and any bonuses recommended to the compensation committee for the entire staff. At this review meeting the committee is given data on comparable organizations obtained from reliable third party information. Information based upon the available 990s of similar organizations, published compensation reviews and purchased compensation reviews are made available as needed for the committee. The compensation committee's decisions are substantiated and minutes of the decisions and the meeting are produced for the charity's records. The total compensation of the charity is presented to the entire board in budget form and voted on at the board meeting that is held in june prior to the start of a new fiscal year.”

“The organization makes the 990, audited financial statements and an annual report available to the public (as they become available) in several ways: the form 990, the audited financial statements and annual report are posted on the charity's website (www.citymeals.org); any direct inquiries to the charity for information are directed to the website or the documents will be mailed to the inquirer's address. The conflict of interest policy is available upon request.”

“The organization, in a full transparency posture to reporting, is reporting all benefits in full in part vii, column f, and not applying the $10,000 per item exception for certain benefits.”

“Number of volunteers: the number of volunteers is based on actual records of the volunteer coordinators.”