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 iii, section 2 of the organizations bylaws were amended to provide a permanent ex-officio non-voting board member position to a member of the ryan cotter family. Article v, section 3 was amended to change the regular meeting of the board from a monthly basis to a quarterly basis. Article vi, section 5 was amended to change the name of the nominating committee to the governance committee and change the composition of the committee from a minimum of three elected board members plus the board chair, to a new minimum of two elected board members plus the board chair plus other appointed volunteers. Finally, article vi, section 6 was amended to clarify audit committee members are elected at the annual meeting of the board.”

“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 461,259 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 5-10. Other costs associated with the leased employee arrangement not specifically related to salaries and benefits are included on part ix, line 11g.”