Ri Foundation

“The organization does not compensate any officers or key employees. Therefore, these lines were answered no in accordance with the instructions.”

“The sole member of the corporation shall be Rehabilitation International.”

“The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the directors, provided that any action of the directors to effect such increase or decrease shall require the consent of the sole member and the majority vote of the Board. The sole member will nominate and vote to cause representatives to be elected to fill all vacancies on the Board of Directors. The sole member may nominate and vote to cause members of its Executive Committee to serve on the Board of Directors.”

“The sole member may take action without a meeting by unanimously signing a written consent setting forth the action taken. The consent of the sole member shall be required to authorize the corporation to take any of the following actions: (a) amending or changing the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the corporation; (b) increasing or decreasing the number of directors constituting the entire Board of the corporation; (c) any voluntary liquidation or dissolution of the corporation; (d) disposing of significant assets of the corporation, including (i) any real estate or (ii) other property with a fair market value in excess of $250,000; (e) entering into any transaction between the corporation, on the one hand, and any director or officer of the corporation, on the other hand, having a value in excess of $10,000; (f) approving the corporation's annual business plan (which business plan shall include annual capital expenditure and operating budgets) and any expenditure in excess of 10% of the budgeted amounts; (g) incurring any indebtedness other than as approved pursuant to the annual capital expenditure and operating budgets of the corporation; (h) the creation of any compensation plan and the setting of annual compensation for any members of the management/executive staff of the corporation; and (i) termination of any officers of the corporation.”

“Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's top management. The reviewed Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS.”

“The organization requires all board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest questionnaire. The Secretary General is responsible for reviewing the signed statements and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“As a supporting organization, the exempt purpose of the organization is to support the mission of Rehabilitation International (RI). Therefore, management and general expenses equal to $70,675 have been reported in Column (b), Program service expenses, on the functional expense statement as it is the "program" of the organization to support RI. The management and general expenses equal to $16,026 have been reported in Column (c) on the functional expense statement as these are determined to be the "administrative" expenses of the organization.”