Uup Member Services Trust Fund

“The director of finance received the draft 990 from the auditor and reviewed the form. The auditors presented the draft 990 to the trustees. The 990 was filed once all questions were addressed and all signatures obtained.”

“The trustees review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually. If potential conflicts are reported, specific guidelines are implemented for each individual case.”

“United university professions (uup, a related party) provides administrative services to the member services trust fund (mstf). These services were of nominal value and have not been recorded. Uup has a process for reviewing the officers' salaries which is further described on schedule j and uup's form 990. The compensation structure of uup is as follows: uup pays several officers & trustees a stipend, and some also receive a living allowance and a pension payment. All of these items are reported on uup's form w-2. The officers & trustees are also paid a salary and non-taxable benefits by the state university of new york (suny). The salaries paid by suny are reported on a w-2 from ny state. Uup reimburses ny state the entire suny salary and non-taxable benefits for those individuals because these individuals' time is spent on uup-related business matters. Ny state is an unrelated party to uup; however, since uup reimburses ny state for the entire suny salary, the suny salary is treated as having been paid by uup for 990 purposes. Column d of part vii of the 990 contains the total of the officers & trustees forms w-2 from both uup & ny state. Column f of part vii of the 990 contains the total non-taxable benefits paid by ny state for the officers & trustees.”

“All documents are maintained in the office for inspection and review.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight process during the tax year.”