Fcfh-Iowa Inc

“Tim stiles, top financial official, eugenia vavra, secretary (until september, 2014), and leslie wright, director have a business relationship to the extent that all are officers and/or paid employees of united way of east central iowa. Jim haddad, director, has a business relationship with the above named individuals to the extent that mr. Haddad is a director of uweci, which employs these individuals.”

“The united way of east central iowa is the sole member of fcfh-iowa, inc.”

“The members of the board of directors are appointed and elected by certain organizations ("contributing organizations") that contribute financially to support fcfh-iowa, inc. Contributing organizations only have the authority to vote in elections of members to the board of directors. The number of votes that each contributing organization is entitled to for such elections is determined by the amount of its contributions during the year as prescribed in the filing organization's bylaws.”

“Fcfh will comply with current internal revenue service (irs) guidelines for completion and filing of the form 990. The united way of east central iowa controller will direct the completion of the form 990 and will be responsible for ensuring that the return is filed timely with the irs. Members of the fcfh board of directors are stewards of the organization's financial resources and are responsible for ensuring that these resources are used to further charitable purposes. In addition, board and committee members should maintain proper financial oversight making sure that the organization's funds are appropriately accounted for by receiving and reviewing up to date financial information including the annual form 990. To facilitate adequate financial oversight, a draft version of the irs form 990 will be reviewed by the uweci chief operating officer, controller, and 2-1-1 program manager. After an internal review and approval of the draft and subsequent changes, a final copy of the irs form 990 will be distributed to the fcfh board of directors prior to submission to the irs. The form 990 will be posted to the united way 2-1-1 page of the united way of east central iowa website for public inspection. In addition, copies of the organization's form 990 will be made available to any individual or organization making a request.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed by the fcfh board of directors every three years. It is the policy of fcfh that conflicts of interest should be disclosed and resolved at the earliest possible time. Every board member is required to sign a conflict of interest policy annually. These are collected and filed by the executive assistant. Each volunteer must designate conflicts that relate to partner agency relationships, business affiliations or nepotism. Volunteers that have a conflict of interest regarding a partner agency cannot serve in a decision-making capacity. These individuals must recuse themselves from any voting. These actions are documented in the minutes of the meetings. If any volunteer has a concern about a potential or actual conflict of interest and how it has been resolved, the individual is requested to notify the president/ceo of united way of east central iowa. The discussion and resolution of this issue will be addressed by the board of directors and a response will be documented.”

“The compensation and benefit programs are reviewed by the human resource committee of the board of directors of united way of east central iowa. Salary schedules are reviewed annually with data from information referral network.”

“The organization publishes its annual report and most recently filed form 990 on the united way 2-1-1 page of the united way of east central iowa website. The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”