Feedmore Foundation of Western New York Inc.

“On february 27, 2019, the boards of meals on wheels for western new york, inc. (mow), meals on wheels foundation of western new york, inc. (foundation)and the food bank of western ny, inc. (food bank) contemporaneously approved and entered into a plan of merger. Under the plan of merger mow will merge into the food bank with the new merged entity being called feedmore western new york, inc. The foundation will become feedmore wny foundation, inc. The merger requires approval of the new york state attorney general and will be effective once approved. Until approval, both the food bank and mow are registered with new york state to also operate as feedmore wny and the foundation is registered with new york state to also operate as feedmore wny foundation. The new york state attorney general approved the merger, effective january 1, 2020. On september 24, 2019, meals on wheels for western new york, inc. (mow) entered into an affiliation agreement with lockport meals on wheels, inc. (lmow). Under the agreement, mow became the sole member of lmow.”

“An outside, independent accounting firm prepares the 990. It is then reviewed by the cfo and the finance committee. A copy is also provided to all board members.”

“All board members complete a conflict of interest questionnaire on an annual basis. The questionnaires are then reviewed by the board chairperson and kept on file. If a conflict arises, the board chairperson and the president/ceo follow up with the board.”

“All employees and corporate officers are reviewed regularly. Appropriate raises are granted based on their performance and the performance of the foundation as a whole. In addition, the board uses various benchmarking methods and compares salaries and benefits to other area non-profit organizations.”

“The organization's form 990 is available on the organization's website, upon request, and on guidestar.org. The form 1023 is available upon request.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“On the originally filed form 990, the salary of ceo/president tara ellis was incorrectly shown as having been paid by the filing organization in column (d) of part vii. In 2019, the ceo's total compensation of $140,704 was entirely paid by the food bank of western new york, inc., a related organization. The ceo received no compensation from the filing organization. Therefore, this amount has been moved to part vii, column (e), reportable compensation from related organizations.”

“There has been no change in the organization's process for selection of an independent accountant or the overview of the audit process from prior year.”