Homeless Alliance of Western New York Inc

“Per the by-laws of the organization, the corporation shall have members defined as follows: -organizations, agencies or municipalities who establish, own, operate or maintain facilities or services to serve the homeless population; -businesses providing assistance to alleviate homelessness; and -individuals not already representing a member agency, organization, municipality or business. Each member organization, agency, municipality, business or individual shall have one vote. Each member is allowed to vote after completion of one year of membership. A member may only vote if they have attended 50% of monthly commission meetings during the previous 12 months.”

“The membership has the right to make motions to elect new members of the board of directors.”

“The governing body is subject to approval by members for elections.”

“The 990 is emailed to the entire board. The treasurer of the board, executive director, and operations manager review the 990 before it is filed.”

“All board members have signed conflict of interest policies that insist that should any instances of conflict arise that they are brought to the attention of the executive director who will then bring those items to the full board for discussion.”

“Annually, the board of directors reviews both particular salaries as well as the salary range for each position. These discussions typically take place during september during the preperation of the next year's budget. Items discussed include the local market, comparable services, and cost to replace the individual positions.”

“The homeless alliance of western new york makes its governing documents available on its website at wnyhomeless.org. The 990 is made available on guidestar. Conflict of interest statements and other financial statements may be made available following a written request.”

“The original return was prepared and filed using unaudited financial information. This return is being amended to update information to reflect the informaiton as reported on the audited financial statements. Changes to form 990 are as follows: expenses adjusted by ($1), increase revnue by $1, and increase net assets by $1. As originally filed: as amended: part i, line 17: $233,198 233,197 other expenses part i, line 18: $904,373 $904,372 total expenses part i, line 19: $13,219 $13,220 rev less exp part i, line 20: 495,143 495,144 total assets part i, line 21: 76,661 76,661 total liab. Part i, line 22: 418,482 418,483 net assets changes to functional expense allocations throughout page 10, part ix. Total expense (line 25): as originally filed: as amended: program exp: 744,103 751,396 management & general 160,270 152,976 total expenses: 904,373 904,372”

“Process has not changed from the prior year.”