The Joel & Ora Benton Monroe Benton Memorial Foundation

“Description of process for review of form 990: initially, form 990 is reviewed and approved by the financial staff of uja-federation of new york, a supported organization of the entity. The form 990 is then distributed to all board members prior to its filing.”

“The organization follows the procedures established by uja-federation of new york,(a supported organization) for its operations.”

“The organization's compensation reported in part vii is paid by uja-federation of new york, its supported organization. The compensation is reviewed and approved in accordance with uja-federation of new york's standard employee compensation procedures and practices.”

“The organization is managed by employees of its supported organization, uja-federation of new york, which has conflict of interest policy; ethical guidelines; written whistleblower policy; and written document retention and destruction policy and these documents are available on the supported organization's website or upon request. The organization's financial statements are included in the consolidated financial statements of its supported organization and made available to the public on the supported organization's website. The organization's governing documents are made available upon request.”

“The board of trustees devotes a significant amount of time to the affairs of the supporting organization. As the organization does not maintain a system for tracking various hours worked by these non-compensated individuals, no average hours per week were indicated for these listed trustees and/or officers. For trustees or officers compensated by the related organization, average hours per week were based upon the related organization's standard of 35 hours per week for payroll reporting purposes. These individuals are salaried employees of the related organization and are not required to maintain or submit time sheets, although all of them generally work in excess of 35 hours per week.”