Ryan House

“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 and for costs related to shared facility and equipment. Hov donates the value of unbilled costs as in-kind rent and services.”

“Article iv, section b of the organizations bylaws was amended to provide for the election of directors outside of or in-addition to the annual meeting, as needed to fulfill vacancies. Article vi, section 6 was added to the bylaws to identify the composition of the audit committee, and article x of the bylaws was amended to update the means of board meetings and voting to include electronic or virtual formats.”

“The executive director and the audit committee review the form 990 before it is presented to the board members for review, comment, and final approval prior to filing.”

“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 commitee reviews the compensation for all officers 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 asu lodestar center for philanthropy nonprofit innovation and council on foundations. The committee then approves any changes in compensation based on this information. The organization does not have any employee or officer meeting the irs definition of a key employee.”

“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.”

“Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 ...ADDITIONALLY, SERVICES AND RENT VALUED AT 580,331 WERE DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AS WELL AS VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA SERVICE VENDORS AND DONORS.”

“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.”

“Other 82 net adjustment for prior year uncollectible pledges reported as expense on audit and reported as an other change in net assets on tax return.”