Lower East Side Harm Reduction Inc

“The organization did not have any committees during fiscal 6/30/15.”

“Leshrc 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, it was reviewed by appointed board members. It was then presented to those board members and management by the outside accounting firm. When ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board members 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 and approved for filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is applicable to all employees, board members and officers. In the engagement of consultants, we would, prior to any engagement, attempt to determine if any conflict of interest existed in any case. Consultant agreements provide for the non-disclosure of confidential information. The policy relative to conflict of interest is detailed in the bylaws for directors and officers, as well as in the employee handbook for staff. Currently the policy requests disclosures from the party who may have a conflict of interest. Thus, the policy is monitored on a case-by-case basis as the need arises. There is not, for example, an annual re-affirmation required of board of directors, officers or staff. A member of the board shall disclose the conduct or potential conflict as soon as he/she recognizes the conflict. If self-disclosure is not made, the board chair or any member of the board of directors can, prior to voting on a specific matter in which a potential conflict of interest exists, inquire whether any member of the board desires to abstain from voting. If no conflict of interest is disclosed, but the chair or any other member of the board is aware of one and the potential conflicted board member refuses to abstain from the deliberations or voting as requested, the chair shall immediately call for a vote of the directors to determine whether the challenged director is in a conflict position. If a majority of the directors present vote to require the abstention of the challenged director, that director shall not be premitted to vote.”

“An annual standardized performance review in areas of financial management, leadership, development and supervision to assess competence and achievement of expected outcomes is conducted in board members, leadership team, staff and funders. The board shares the aggregated findings with the executive director and determines the compensation based on whether the deliverables are met. The review is then placed in the executive directors personal file.”

“Copies of internal policies and financial statements are available upon request at the officers during regular business hours. Form 990 is available upon request at the offices during regular business hours and on the website of the office of attorney general of the state of new york.”

“Form 990 tax return disclosures - 6/30/2015 during fiscal 2015, leshrc continued to have financial difficulty, generating a $72,906 loss from operations which decreased its net assets at june 30, 2015 to $358,461. With a loss of some of its funding occurring during fiscal 2015 and additional drops expected in fiscal 2016, management from leshrc has decided to merge with aids service center of lower manhattan (asc) and become a satellite location for asc once approval is received from the office of the attorney general. Also during the last six weeks of fiscal 2015, most of the organization's top management personnel left, and those positions were assumed by asc staff. As a result of the above, some information included in this return has been estimated. The financial amounts on the 990 are from audited financial statements. Some of the supplemental details could not be obtained. It is our belief, with the estimated amounts, the continents of the 990 are fairly presented.”