Manhattan Straford Arms Inc C/O American Musical & Dramatic Academy

“Jan martin, president/director, and david martin, director, have a family relationship.”

“Msa does not have any committee with authority to act on behalf of the organization.”

“Stratford process for review of the annual form 990 include the following: 1. Each year, our independent auditor prepares a draft of the form 990, with input from the chief financial officer. 2. The draft is reviewed by the cfo and the president/executive director. 3. The draft is reviewed by all members of the board of directors. 4. Any necessary changes are sent to the independent auditor to update the form. 5. Once all necessary changes are made and the cfo and president/executive director are in agreement with the board of directors on the completed 990, it will be signed by the cfo, dated and submitted by the filing deadline. 6. All members of the board of directors must email the cfo to acknowledge the review of the 990 and approve the filing. A verbal approval is acceptable if presented to the cfo or executive director. The cfo or president/executive director must record the verbal approval as a memo to the file. 7. The cfo prepares a memorandum for the file each year describing the above process, including all email approvals and memos of any verbal approvals. The cfo and president/executive director must also include a memo to the file noting they have approved the 990 to be filed.”

“The officers of stratford are employees of our related affiliate amda. Individuals covered by the stratford conflict of interest policy are asked to annually disclose to the chair of the board of directors via the amda conflict of interest policy form their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest. This disclosure could include a list of family members, business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members, in which an individual or their family may benefit financially. Individuals covered by the conflict of interest policy are the board of directors, executive directors, and chief financial officer. For each conflict of interest disclosed to the chair of the board of directors, the chairman will: 1. Decide no action is necessary. 2. Assure full disclosure to the rest of the board of directors and officers and all covered under the policy. 3. Ask the person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions. 4. Ask the person to resign from his or her position. 5. Remove the person from his or her position. The executive directors, and chief financial officer will monitor ongoing transactions for conflicts of interest and disclose them to the chair of the board of directors in order to deal with the potential or actual conflicts, whether discovered before or after the transaction has occurred.”

“(a) and (b): the officers of manhattan stratford arms, inc. Are employees of our related affiliate amda, inc. Whose board of directors annually approves all compensation for the executive director, president and chief financial officer. Annually, the board of directors approves all compensation for the executive director, president and chief financial officer. The compensation for each is reviewed and approved using comparable data to similar positions at similar sized organizations. Periodically, a compensation consultant is hired by the board to prepare a compensation analysis. As part of the analysis, the consultant reviews form 990's from other similar types of organizations. A copy of the compensation analysis is distributed to the entire board. All decisions are documented and held by the board chair. This process was last undertaken in june 2022.”

“The form 990 is posted on guidestar and other similar websites. Stratford makes its governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy available upon request by calling the organization directly or by written request. All request for information are provided either electronically or in hardcopy form.”

“Cleaning services 376,172. Security services 169,221.”

“The audit committee of american musical & dramatic academy ("amda"), its parent entity, assumes responsibility for oversight of msa's audit of its financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”