Hiv Law Project Inc.

“The organization operates under the whistleblower and document retention policies of its parent organization, housing works, inc.”

“Form 990, part iii, line 1 ...the right to be treated as equal members of society and the right to have their basic human needs fulfilled. These fundamental rights are often elusive for many people living with hiv/aids. Through innovative legal and advocacy programs, hiv law project partners with clients to fight for those rights. Program service activities (cont) form 990, part iii, line 4a the program handles over 20,000 individual legal cases in a wide range of legal areas, including housing and eviction prevention, immigration law, public and private benefit and health insurance issues, discrimination and hiv-related confidentiality issues, last wills and testaments and advanced planning, debtor/creditor law, and family law issues. Hiv law project serves approximately 1,000 clients each year. Policies form 990, part vi, section a, lines 6 & 7a the organization has one member (the "member"), which is housing works, inc. The member shall exercise its membership rights and obligations through a majority of its board of directors and any meeting at which a quorum is present, or through an individual that the member's board of directors appoints to act as the member in accordance with its instructions.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11 the organization's form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm in conjunction with the housing works financial department. A copy of the draft form 990 was made available to the board of directors for their review. Each board member was provided ample opportunity to comment on the information contained in the 990 prior to its filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12 the organization operates under the conflict of interest policy of its parent organization, housing works, inc. Each officer, director, trustee and key employee of housing works is required to annually disclose any conflicts of interest that arise by virtue of their employment, board service, or position with housing works. Housing works monitors compliance with its conflict of interest policy through an annual questionnaire/disclosure statement that is distributed to these individuals. Potential conflicts are investigated immediately.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15 the organization does not provide any compensation to the individuals listed on part vii of the form 990. Compensation paid to these individuals is paid by related organizations, either housing works, inc. Or housing works health services iii, inc. The process used to determine the compensation of these individuals is reported on housing works, inc.'s form 990.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19 the organization makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business. The form 990 is likewise published on the internet at www.guidestar.org. The organization's financial statements are published on the organization's website. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not ordinarily made available to the public, but, if requested, will be provided at management's discretion.”

“Form 990, part v, line 2 and part ix, line 7 all employees providing services to hiv law project, inc. Receive their form w-2 from either hiv law project, inc., or housing works, inc., the parent organization, or housing works health services iii, inc., a related organization. The number of employees reported on form 990, part v, line 2 represent the total number of employees that work for hiv law project, inc. The amounts reported on form 990, part ix, lines 7 and 9 include salary expenditures directly incurred by hiv law project, inc. And an allocation of salary expenditures from the parent organization to hiv law project, inc.”

“The accounts of housing works inc. And its affiliates are audited by an independent accountant and are consolidated for financial statement purposes. In addition, the organization as a whole meets the requirement of an audit as set forth in the single audit act and omb circular a-133. Each affiliate on its own may not meet the requirement but this question was answered yes on each affiliate as housing works inc. And its affiliates on the whole met the requirement and obtained an audit according to the act.”