Umh Ecm Corp Umh Ny Corp

“Umh ecm corp., federal id# 16-1421889, is one of nine entities of a group of brother / sister related and affiliated organizations (see schedule r), governed by a common board of directors. The nine brother / sister related entities operate under the brand name "united methodist homes". The bylaws of 8 of the organizations except for united methodist homes foundation provide that the directors of the corporations shall be the members of the board of directors. The board of directors of the 8 organizations provide for no more than 27 directors, elected by the directors, and divided into three classes of nine each. This arrangement provides for the election of nine directors each year. A director may serve two consecutive three-year terms and must remain off the board for one year before becoming eligible for an additional term. The board meets four times per year and the executive finance committee meetings are held ten times per year. No meetings are held in july or november. The executive finance committee, when meeting between board meetings is authorized to exercise all authority of the board except to hire, discharge or fix the salary of the president / ceo, to approve the annual budget or modifications thereto resulting in an amount exceeding the total amount of the budget or to commit an entity to any major construction or establishment of a new facilty or the purchase, mortgage or sale of any real property. Six members of the executive finance committee constitute a quorum and one of the six members must be either the chairperson or the vice chairperson of the board.”

“Board members, william and sharron lewis, are husband and wife.”

“The organization uses its related party management company, umh management services corp. (see schedule r) ("management services") to perform centralized management functions for the organization. Such centralized services include quality assurance, buildings and ground management, human resources, employee benefits, marketing and public relations, group purchasing, accounting and financial services, budgeting, information technology, insurance contracting, contract review and negotiations, corporate compliance, and other administrative functions. Management services and its related affiliated organizations operate under a board policy of "strong executive" management. All hiring, firing, promotion, and demotion decisions are the responsibility of the president / ceo of the united methodist homes.”

“The bylaws of umh ecm corp. Provided that the board of directors of umh ny corp. (the supported organization) shall serve as the board of directors of ecm corp. As such, the board of umh ny corp. Has the power to elect or appoint all members of the governing body.”

“The process by which the organization's officers, directors, board committee members, and management reviewed the prepared form 990 is as follows: the board did require that the form 990 for all 9 brother / sister related and affiliated organizations be prepared from information compiled by internal staff. A draft copy of the form 990 was then provided to the organization's management, board members and independent public accounting firm with specific expertise in not-for-profit tax return preparation. A detailed review of the form 990 is conducted for any changes or corrections. After review by all of the aforementioned individuals, the independent public accounting firm conducts their final review, signs as paid preparer and assists with the electronic submission of the form 990. Utilizing this methodology, a copy of the form 990 is provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body for review and comment prior to the form 990 being filed.”

“Upon election to the board of directors, all directors are required to complete a written conflict of interest form in connection with the organization's conflict of interest policy. The organization also follows the practice of updating officers and directors' conflict of interest information in writing annually. The assistant to the ceo monitors the distribution and receipt of the board's written conflict of interest forms. When the completed forms have been received, the assistant to the ceo records and reports conflicts if any, to the board chair and ceo for their review and further action. All board members and employee personnel are subject to the organization's conflict of interest policies. All employees are required to act independently and without a conflict of interest in the performance of their job duties. In addition, as part of the board member's and employee personnel's training any potential conflict of interest prohibitions and situations are covered and discussed. The organization has established an "oversight compliance committee" composed of directors of the board and staffed by the corporate compliance officer and compliance personnel. All potential conflicts of interest are initially reviewed by the corporate compliance officer, compliance personnel and the management compliance committee and an initial determination of potential conflicts is made. The potential conflict of interest and the initial determination is then reported to, and discussed with the oversight compliance committee of the board which makes the final determination with regards to whether a conflict of interest does, or does not exist. Any person, including board members, officers, directors, key employees and / or managers and all employee personnel are prohibited by the board conflict of interest policy from participating in any transaction in which the oversight compliance committee has determined that a conflict of interest exists. The oversight compliance committee provides reports of its activities directly to the board of the organization. Any person found to have knowingly violated the organization's conflict of interest policy is subject to disciplinary action and / or dismissal. Board members are generally reminded from time-to-time at board and committee meetings of the organization's conflict of interest policy. Board and committee members are asked to disclose any issue or matter in which they have a conflict as indicated above. They are also asked to abstain from voting on such matters. Employees are reminded about potential conflicts of interest through our corporate and mandatory training programs.”

“All nine entities are under common control and follow the same compensation process. The board of directors has established a management and personnel committee comprised of board members having no conflict of interest with respect to compensation and benefit matters to be established for all senior executives employed by the organization. The board committee utilizes study data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions in similarly situated organizations in its deliberations. Data has been compiled using an industry job description / classification compensation study which focuses on multi-organization, multi-location, multi-level care senior living service organizations in the united states for comparative compensation information which is compared to the united methodist home's senior executive compensation levels. United methodist home's key employee and executive compensation levels are reviewed annually by the management and personnel committee and are subsequently incorporated, upon approval by the board, into the organization's annual budget. These discussions are documented in the committee minutes.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements, are available upon request.”

“On an annual basis, the organization provides a questionnaire to all board members which addresses any potential business or family relationship between officers, directors, trustees, or key employees.”

“As previously disclosed in schedule 0, the board of directors is a common board. The time spent as reported on part vii is for the organization as well as the related organizations reported on schedule r.”

“Forms 1099 for each of the related united methodist homes entities are issued by umh ny corp., federal id# 24-0856145, which acts as the common accounts payable arm of the system. The number reported on this line reflects the number of forms 1099 by umh ny corp. No forms 1099 have been filed directly by this entity.”

“All w-2s are issued by umh management services corp., ein #16-1486032 which acts as the common paymaster for all related entities operating under the brand name "united methodist homes". No w-2 forms have been issued by this entity.”

“Other: program service expenses 2,213,693. Management and general expenses 38,927. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,252,620.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility over the audit. Neither the oversight process or selection process has changed since the prior year.”