Hias Inc.

“FORM 990,PART III, LINE 1 HIAS, Inc. ("HIAS"), the global Jewish nonprofit organization that stands for a world in which all refugees find welcome, safety, and freedom. Our mission is to rescue people whose lives are in danger for being who they are. HIAS protects the most vulnerable refugees, helping them build new lives and reuniting them with their families in safety and freedom, advocates for the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers, and assures that displaced people are treated with the dignity they deserve. Guided by Jewish values and history, we bring more than 135 years of expertise to our work with refugees. Vision HIAS stands for a world in which refugees find welcome, safety, and freedom. Mission HIAS rescues people whose lives are in danger for being who they are. - We protect the most vulnerable refugees, helping them build new lives and reuniting them with their families in safety and freedom. - We advocate for the protection of refugees and assure that displaced people are treated with the dignity they deserve.”

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A Over the course of our history, HIAS has helped more than 4.5 million refugees begin new lives. In 2016, HIAS assisted over 350,000 refugees and asylum seekers around the world with direct services, and tens of thousands additional beneficiaries through outreach, information, monitoring and support. Conflicts around the world have forced 65 million people to flee their homelands due to persecution - harassment, threats, abduction, or torture -- because of the race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or political opinion. Over and over we have seen that, despite these traumas, refugees are resilient and resourceful - they find the way not just to survive but to thrive. But they cannot do it alone. HIAS is the only global Jewish organization whose mission is to assist refugees, whoever and wherever they are. Our work is generously supported by private contributors, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other United Nations entities, and the US Government. HIAS' international program assists refugees in four regions of the world: Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eurasia. Specifically, we have: offices in Kenya, Uganda, Chad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Greece, Austria, Ukraine, and Israel. Because refugees face long periods of time unable to return home and not permanently resettled in a new country, their ability to become self-sufficient and to move beyond dependence on humanitarian aid is crucial. HIAS' programs are designed to support self-sufficiency by focusing on: 1. Legal protection and assistance to navigate the complexities of governmental requirements in order to live safely and securely as refugees while seeking resettlement, asylum or repatriation. HIAS provides free legal services to help refugees and asylum seekers attain legal status in their host country, and provides education to help them understand their rights and options. We build local capacity to make legal services more widely available and advocate to governments for increased legal protection. When feasible, HIAS refers the most vulnerable refugees for resettlement to the U.S., Canada and other welcoming nations.; 2. Psychosocial programs to address the fear, isolation and depression that can result from being forced from their homes and families, surviving or witnessing war and personal violence, and the daily stress of living on the margins in unfamiliar cities or camps. HIAS helps refugees of all ages build strong coping skills, and ensures that basic needs and safety concerns are addressed. Services include individual and group counseling to help refugees heal from traumatic events, short-term financial assistance to meet urgent needs, transportation to medical appointments, and case management to ensure access to public benefits and services. Our social workers conduct home visits and provide short-term safe housing for those with protection concerns, including survivors of sexual and gender-based violence or those who continue to be pursued by their persecutors in the country of asylum.; 3. Access to livelihoods to achieve economic self-sufficiency and help refugees regain dignity and control of their lives by seizing opportunities for entrepreneurship, vocational training, and employment. HIAS helps refugees access employment and vocational training programs, and provides scholarships and entrepreneurial micro-grants for refugees to start small businesses. These programs launch refugees on the path to economic self-sufficiency, reduce reliance on survival sex work, and help restore a sense of purpose and human dignity. As examples of its international work in 2016, HIAS programs in Chad provided training and assistance, including the distribution of food and material goods, activities to protect and respond to sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), and psychosocial support to the approximately 275,000 refugees residing in eleven camps. In Kenya and Uganda, HIAS provi”

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B Refugee resettlement, advocacy and public engagement lie at the heart of HIAS' work in the United States. As the oldest resettlement agency in the world and the only Jewish organization designated by the federal government to undertake this humanitarian work on behalf of all peoples, HIAS works to help refugees build stable lives in welcoming communities throughout the country. In doing so, our programs are intended to help newcomers overcome displacement and become productive citizens and to strengthen the fabric of American society. HIAS refugee families come primarily from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan and our comprehensive resettlement program enables them to acculturate to American society and to become socially and economically independent. In 2016 HIAS resettled 4,633 refugees. HIAS' resettlement is accomplished in partnership with 21 local service organizations, funded by the US Department of State, private foundations and individual donors. Through contracted services, HIAS provides technical assistance and monitors this network of affiliated organizations related to resettlement activities provided during the first 30-90 days after arrival in the US including: reception and placement by family reunification wherever possible or by identification of other supportive neighborhoods; travel arrangements and funding; securing housing and assuring necessities; counseling and case management; medical referral; initial language assistance; naturalization classes and applications for citizenship, asylum and other legal needs. Through two specially funded projects - a Preferred Communities grant and PROVIDE DONOR - HIAS can extend case management for up to five years, if needed, and provide legal assistance for asylum seekers, who were professionals (scientists, scholars, artists, physicians, teachers, and others) and who desire to continue or rebuild their careers in the US.”

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C In addition, HIAS is funded through a Matching Grant program to support basic needs, case management and intensive employment services to certain refugees accepted in the network of affiliated organizations for up to six months after their arrival in the United States. The goal of this program is to enable participating refugees to become economically self-sufficient through employment before the end of this six-month period. Refugees are selected to participate in this program if they are deemed employable and likely to become employed in this short time frame. In 2016, 702 refugees completed the program, and 87% were self-sufficient six months after their arrival in the U.S. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D Community Engagement: In the last two years, HIAS launched a significant outreach program to engage over 20,000 American Jews and American Jewish institutions and help them learn about and engage with the global refugee crisis through the lens of Jewish values and history. HIAS created partnerships with several hundred synagogues and local Jewish communities, involved 2,000 rabbis in activism, advocacy, and volunteerism in support of refugees, and provided educational materials and training for community, professional and lay leaders at the state, local and national levels. HIAS is a leader in the United States in developing public policies and assuring public funding to support refugees focused on advancing durable solutions, providing legal assistance toward asylum and citizenship, and supporting family unification. We engage every communication tool at our disposal to combat and draw attention to the virulent anti-refugee regulation and sentiment, and have become a go-to media resource and an important social media presence in support of refugee policies and programs. HIAS is accredited by the Economic and Social Commission of the United Nations, which gives us a prominent platform for international advocacy on behalf of refugees.”

“Form 990, Part V, Line 4b Austria, Chad, Ecuador, France, Israel, Kenya, Panama, Republic of Georgia, Russia, Uganda, Ukraine and Venezuela.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B 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.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C 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.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 15a and 15b HIAS has adopted an annual CEO and officer performance evaluation policy and process which is fundamental to the Board of Directors' oversight of the CEO and its paid officers and the mission and strategy of the organization and a prerequisite to establishing the compensation for the CEO and its officers. The CEO and paid officers submit a written self-evaluation to the governance committee of the Board of Directors reporting progress against the institutional, management and individual development goals and objectives of the previous year. Concurrently, the governance committee solicits views on the CEO's and officers' 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 discusses and 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 and its officers. HIAS's executive compensation policy is designed to provide a reasonable and competitive package of salary and benefits, consistent with market based compensation practices, the performance of CEO, and the organizations' financial resources. The executive committee of the board is responsible for assuring 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 and officer compensation with such groups as Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and national Jewish leadership organizations. The full Board of Directors is responsible for making the final compensation determination based on the performance review of its CEO and officers, the recommendation of the executive 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, the compensation reviews are done internally by management taking into consideration the current market situation. The last compensation review was done on October 31, 2015.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 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.”

“Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Actuarial Loss on Split-Interest Agreement: ($86,959) Change in minimum pension liability: $264,291 ---------- TOTAL: $177,332”