United Helpselfhelp Housing for the Elderly Housing Development Fund Coinc

“A management company runs the day to day operations of the entity and performs the bookkeeping function.”

“Drafts of the completed returns are reviewed by senior finance staff. Any comments arising from their review are discussed and if required, changes are made to the draft. That draft will be submitted to the audit committee for its review and approval. Once the audit committee has completed its review copies of the returns will be provided to all board members.”

“All officers and directors of the organization are required to complete an annual conflict of interest statement. If a conflict arises during the year, then such officer or director at their first knowledge of the transaction shall disclose fully the precise nature of the interest or involvement. The conflict of interest policy shall state the following: that they have received a copy of the conflict of interest policy; that they have read and understand the policy; that neither they, nor to the best of their knowledge, their family members, have in the past, are presently, or plan to engage in activity which contravenes this policy; and that they have agreed to comply with this policy. Officers, directors or key employees of the organization who have declared or been found to have a potential conflict of interest in any matter involving transactions with the organization shall refrain from participating in consideration of the proposed transactions, unless requested by the board or the administration to provide information or interpretation concerning the transaction. The person involved shall not vote on such matters and shall not be present at the time of the vote. Executive staff members are required to avoid all conflicts of interest unless they receive prior approval in writing. The chief executive officer shall be responsible for the administration of this policy as it applies to employees. Disclosures required from members of the board or officers of the organization under this policy shall be directed in writing to the president of the board who shall be responsible for the administration of this policy as it applies to directors and officers. In the event that the members of the organization staff or other persons who are not directors or officers become aware of a conflict, they shall disclose such information to the ceo, who will communicate to the president of the board those disclosures that are required by this policy. These disclosures shall be held in confidence except when the best interest of the organization would be served by communicating the information to the board in executive session. Any board member, officer, or staff person who is uncertain about a possible conflict of interest in any matter may request a decision from the president of the board.”

“The process that selfhelp community services uses for determining compensation for the organization's ceo and other top management is modeled after the requirements in the internal revenue code section 4958 to establish the presumption of reasonable compensation. Compensation is reviewed and approved by a compensation committee (the committee) of the board, which is comprised of independent persons. By engaging an independent compensation consultant, the committee considered comparable market data from published surveys and form 990 of comparable organizations in evaluating the compensation for each individual. The committee conducted a review of this comparability data and documented its deliberation and discussion in minutes that are retained with the other governance materials of the organization. The committee followed the process to establish the presumption that compensation paid to the ceo and other top management for purposes of section 4958 by relying on professional advice in the written opinion of reasonableness from the independent compensation consultant. The compensation review process utilizing an independent compensation consultant was last done in 2014 , and included the following employees and / or positions: ceo - stuart c. Kaplan senior vp- financial strategies / cfo senior vp - administration - russell lusak vp - human resources - kevin t. Byrne vp - real estate development evelyn j. Wolff vp - community health, licensed home care services vp - development - lois deutsch vp - nazi victim services - elihu kover independent consultants will be utilized going forward as part of the process noted above should there be changes in the salaries of the above listed employees and / or changes in positions, as well as if there become additional employees and / or positions that compensation levels require the above process. Independent consultants will also be utilized within the above process if the organization becomes aware of significant fluctuations in the market place related to the above noted positions.”

“These documents are available upon request.”

“Security: program service expenses 37,082. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,082. Elderly and congregate service: program service expenses 63,432. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 63,432.”

“The process has not changed from prior year”