New Yorkers for Children Inc

“Two members (salvatore gogliormella and seetha ramachandran) of the board are partners at the law firms that provided pro-bono legal services to nyfc in 2023. Jess dan dannhauser and eric brettschneider, board members, have a business relationship.”

“The 990 is first reviewed by the audit committee. Following this review, the 990 is forwarded to the full board of directors.”

“The conflict of interest policy and disclosure forms are distributed annually to all board members, officers and key employees. The form is noted in the board member record database, and the forms are reviewed by the audit chair. In addition, each individual must report promptly to the corporation any potential conflict of interest as and when it arises. An individual with a conflict may participate in the information-gathering stage of the board's discussion but must excuse himself/herself from the meeting and will not participate in the deliberation or voting on the matter. The recusal is noted in the minutes.”

“The chair of the personnel committee performs an appraisal of the executive director's performance, based on goals set forth and approved in january, and compensation and recommendations are shared with and approved by the personnel committee, which then forwards the decision to the board president for input. For other employees, performance reviews are done annually and a determination of salary increase eligibility is made. Periodically, job titles and duties are compared to similar jobs in comparable industries and organization size. The executive director, in consultation with the senior director of finance & administration, recommends salary adjustments and rationale to the chair of the personnel committee. The chair of personnel approves or makes recommendations for revisions to the proposed changes. The finance committee, executive committee and full board of directors vote to approve the following year's budget, which includes compensation adjustments for staff including the executive director.”

“Nyfc 990 is also available on guidestar and propublica.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available for review at their office, during normal business hours, for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d). In addition, the 990, without schedule b, is available at www.charitynavigator.org, www.guidestar.org and on the nyfc website at www.newyorkersforchildren.org.”

“Program service consultants: program service expenses 857,381. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 857,381. Other professional fees: program service expenses 17,660. Management and general expenses 103,552. Fundraising expenses 10,725. Total expenses 131,937.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”