Hias Inc

“Form 990 review process the form 990 is prepared and reviewed by grant thornton. The hias president and ceo, cfo, and board of directors perform a detailed review of the form 990 prior to it being filed with the irs. A copy of the 990 was made available to each member of the board of directors. Questions raised by the board were discussed in detail. A call to review the 990 in detail with the board and external auditors and management was scheduled on october 29, 2023. Form 990 was filed with the irs after that.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflict of interest policy all senior officials and every member of the board of directors submit written disclosure statements attesting that s/he understood and complied with the conflicts of interest policy, and certifying that except as specifically described in his/her personal disclosure form, neither s/he nor any member of his/her family to the best of his/her knowledge had been engaged in any conflict of interest. The disclosure forms are reviewed by management and nothing was noted that required action of any kind. The conflicts of interest forms are completed annually and retained by hias, inc. Any potential conflicts of interest are evaluated, and individuals with any actual conflicts of interest recuse themselves from any decisions or deliberations with regards to the conflicting activity.”

“Hias compensation policy hias has adopted an annual ceo performance evaluation policy and process which is fundamental to the board of directors' oversight of the ceo and the mission and strategy of the organization and a prerequisite to establishing the compensation for the ceo. The ceo submits a written self-evaluation to the governance committee of the board of directors reporting progress against the institutional, management and individual development objectives of the previous year. Concurrently, the governance committee solicits views on the ceo's performance from the full board of directors. The governance committee consolidates the feedback and makes performance recommendations to the executive committee and subsequently to the full board of directors. The full board agrees upon the delivery of the performance review and the chair of the board and the chair of the governance committee present the assessment to the ceo. Hias's executive compensation policy is designed to provide a reasonable and competitive package of salary and benefits, consistent with market based compensation practices and the organizations' financial resources. The governance committee of the board is responsible for ensuring that a compensation market analysis is conducted at least every two years of comparable positions among similarly situated organizations and benchmarking its recommendation for ceo with such groups as guidestar, charity navigator, and similarly missioned organizations to include national jewish leadership organizations and other refugee resettlement agencies. The full board of directors is responsible for making the final compensation determination based on the performance review of its ceo, the recommendation of the governance committee and the market analysis. The minutes of the board document the board's decision and its basis for the reasonableness of the compensation. For key employees and officers, the compensation reviews are done internally by management taking into consideration the current market situation.”

“Availability of documents to the public the financial statements and form 990 are made available to the public upon request and also published on hias' website. These documents along with our whistleblower policy are available through our website. The conflict of interest policy and other governing documents are available upon request.”

“Examples of hias' impact in 2022: - hias reached over 1,300,000 forcibly displaced people worldwide, including the provision of direct services to over 940,000 individuals. - hias' mental health and psychosocial services reached over 105,000 people both directly and indirectly. - hias' gender-based violence prevention and response programs reached over 230,000 people both directly and indirectly. - hias reached over 211,000 people directly and indirectly with legal assistance services globally. - in 2022, hias provided cash and voucher assistance to meet the basic needs of forcibly displaced people, reaching over 140,000 people globally. - in 2022, hias provided resettlement support to 8,382 people globally, including resettling over 2,000 refugees in the united states. - in kenya, hias served over 3,900 people directly with community-based approaches to both individual and group mental health and psychosicial support. - in chad, hias distributed food of over 565,000 people displaced from sudan and other conflict areas. - in venezuela, hias met the water, sanitation, and hygiene needs of over 125,000 displaced people. - in mexico, hias directly served over 43,000 people through legal assistance activities; supported over 6,300 with mental health and psychosocial services; and provided over 5,000 with services to prevent gender-based violence and mitigate its impact. - in chad, hias staff conducted gender based violence awareness and sensitization activities reaching over 68,000 people in displaced communities. - in ecuador, hias supported over 155,000 individuals through its community-based protection programs. Hias' economic inclusion programs reached over 32,000 people directly and indirectly through its flagship graduation model approach. Over 140,000 individuals were reached through cash and voucher assistance to meet their basic needs. - hias is also one of the leading legal aid providers for displaced people in israel, where we served over 10,000 displaced people directly through legal assistance and representation. - in costa rica, hias supported over 1,000 people with services to prevent gender-based violence and mitigate its impact. - in peru, hias provided cash and voucher assistance to over 38,000 people to meet their basic needs. In addition, over 20,000 people were reached through hias' economic inclusion programs. - in panama, over 5,000 people were reached with various protection programs, including over 2,500 people receiving legal assistance. - in colombia, hias served over 11,000 people with various protection programs, including shelter, food, prevention of gender-based violence, and mental health and psychosocial services. - in aruba, hias assisted over 3,000 people with various protection programs, including over 2,000 people in responding to and mitigating gender-based violence. - hias' programs reached over 5,500 people in guyana, including over 2,000 people with gender-based violence prevention services. - hias served over 280,000 people fleeing violence in ukraine, poland, moldova, and romania.”

“Program service activity 1 the number of forcibly displaced people continues to rise around the world. By the end of 2022 there were over 108 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. A number expected to rise to 117 million within 2023. At the same time, national governments are responding to most crises by reducing resettlement and refugee protection. In the countries where protections do exist, asylum seekers often must navigate complex bureaucratic and legal systems alone to secure basic rights. As a result of their experiences - from uprooting their lives to surviving or witnessing violence - many refugees need urgent services as well as long-term support, like prevention of gender based violence and help for survivors, economic integration assistance, legal aid, and psychosocial care, in order to gain greater stability and rebuild their lives. At hias, we have seen throughout our history that refugees and their families make valuable contributions to our communities. They seize opportunities that the rights to live, work, and learn in safety and freedom offer to rebuild their lives and thrive. As a faith-based agency, hias pursues faith-sensitive approaches in serving forcibly displaced persons. Hias partners closely with domestic and international leadership, like the u.s. Department of state and the united nations high commissioner for refugees, as well as refugee agencies and human rights groups. Our well-established partnerships enable us to share our expertise, achieve our advocacy objectives, and maximize our impact. We provide vital and urgent services to refugees in the united states and operate in more than 20 other countries advocating for the rights of asylum seekers and forcibly displaced people. Communities know what they need to improve the well-being of their members. We listen closely and promote "local led action" aimed at building on communities' existing strengths and resources so that programs are sustainable and effective. Legal status is critical for refugees. Without legal status, refugees are forced to live on the margins of society, lacking healthcare, education, dignified work, or safe shelter - sometimes for generations. Hias' legal protection programs are dedicated to ensuring that refugees, whether in camps or urban settings, know their rights and are able to navigate the often-complicated legal systems that lead to permanent status and security. We are particularly focused on helping the most vulnerable people - including children, survivors of torture or sexual and gender-based violence, refugees with disabilities, and lgbtqi+ refugees - secure access to legal aid services. Responding to the full-scale invasion of ukraine of 24 february 2022, hias re-established its country office in ukraine, where it continues to work closely with longtime ukrainian partner r2p. Hias also launched offices in poland, moldova, and romania. Hias provided life-saving humanitarian assistance, such as cash and housing, as well as crucial protection services with a focus on the most vulnerable displaced persons, like women and children. Working both directly and indirectly through partners, hias ukraine focuses on mental health psychosocial support and gender based violence services, as well as multipurpose cash for winterization. In poland, romania, and moldova, hias' main focus lies on economic inclusion with complementary gender based violence and mental health psychosocial support services. Hias works through partners in light of committment to localization, building the capacity of existing civil society organizations. In 2022, over 280,000 displaced ukrainians were helped by hias in ukraine, poland, romania, and moldova. Hias' gender-based violence prevention, risk reduction, and response programs help forcibly displaced women, girls, and lgbtqi+ people access human rights, free from violence and oppression, and pursue their potential. Our programs are driven by the needs of survivors and shaped by their”

“For decades, hias has responded to emergencies around the world to better assist displaced populations including refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people and vulnerable host communities. Hias is committed to serving in crises, whether in ukraine, afghanistan, venezuela, or chad; whether complex protracted conflict or natural disasters, because it stands for a world in which displaced persons find welcome, safety, and opportunity. In 2020, hias commenced a five-year strategic process to build its emergency capacity, and in 2021, with a generous and transformative gift from mackenzie scott, hias further strengthened its emergency department in summer 2020 to lead these efforts. To date, the department consists of six staff and will be growing, along with an emergency roster. The team brings global expertise in responding effectively to emergencies as well as designing programs targeting emergency and humanitarian donors to address the needs of forcibly displaced people. In 2022, the emergency department has been building on the foundational work needed to help hias become more effective and efficient in its emergency responses. This includes creating systems, standard operating prcoedures, various templates, and hosting emergency response capacity building training for latin america and caribbean country offices. In addition to this critical work, emergency department helped to lead our ukraine response. Hias provided emergency humanitarian assistance in ukraine, poland, moldova, and romania in order assist ukrainian refugees and those who have been internally displaced within in ukraine. This work particularly focused on addressing protection gaps for vulnerable populations, including women and girls, lgbtq individuals, people with disabilities, and non-ukrainian asylum seekers and stateless people. The response activities included legal assistance, an mental health and psychosocial support hotline, cash for winterization and housing assistance. Emergency department also helped with responses this year in several countries including chad, colombia and panama. Funds went to cover an emergency assessment in the darien gap that included cash transfers and distribution of non-food items. Hias chad's emergency work supported an influx of 10,000 refugees from sudan and the central african republic in guereda, adre and goz-beida. Their programming improved the well-being of displaced populations through mental health and psychosocial support, gender based violence prevention and the strengthening of social protection services. They also provided new arrivals with food and nonfood items such as blankets, mats, mosquito nets, jerry cans and hygiene products.”

“Changes in pension obligations other than net periodic benefit cost 2,758,385. Actuarial gain on split-interest agreements -432,709.”

“Consolidated audited financial statements under gaap (u.s. Accounting standards), hias prepares consolidated audited financial statements which include the u.s. Headquarters, foreign branch offices and foreign legal subsidiaries. Pursuant to u.s. Income tax reporting rules, hias presents the information on form 990 for only its u.s. Headquarters and foreign branch offices. The activities of the foreign subsidiaries have been removed from the form 990 presentation.”