Ryan House

“Hospice of the valley hov performs payroll administration and human resource functions for the organization.”

“The executive director and the audit committee review the form 990 and present it to the full board for review and comments. The final form 990 is approved by the audit committee and then filed.”

“At each board and committee meeting, if there is a discussion of selecting or engaging a vendor or service provider, all in attendance are asked to recuse themselves from this discussion if there could be a perceived conflict. Annually, the organization reviews and discusses the conflict of interest policy and requests that each board member list and acknowledge any known conflicts.”

“The executive committee reviews the compensation for all officers and key employees by comparing their compensation to the compensation of individuals in like positions in comparable organizations using forms 990, compensation studies performed by hospice of the valley, and other benchmarking sources from the asu lodestar center for philanthropy nonprofit innovation and the council on foundations. The committee then approves any changes in compensation based on this information.”

“The organization will provide in a timely manner, copies of tax returns, financial statements, and governing documents including its conflict of interest policies when requested in writing or in person.”

“Hospice of the valley hov performs payroll administration and human resource functions for the organization including filing forms w-2 under the employer name hospice of the valley. Hov invoices the organization for these services under an affiliation agreement. As these employees meet the definition of common law employees, per irs guidelines, the expenses allocable to officer salaries/benefits are reflected as being paid by the organization on part vii, section a, column d and column f respectively.”

“Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 ...ADDITIONALLY, SERVICES AND RENT VALUED AT 253,839 WERE DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AS WELL AS VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA SERVICE VENDORS.”

“The employees for the organization are obtained and paid through an affiliation agreement with hospice of the valley hov. As these employees meet the definition of common law employees, per irs guidelines, the expenses allocable to salaries/benefits are reported on part ix, lines 5-9. Other costs associated with the leased employee arrangement not specifically related to salaries and benefits are included on part ix, line 11g.”

“Allowance for uncollectible pledges 14,679”