Rowan University Foundation Inc

“Directors, dave burgin and brighid burgin hoempler have a family relationship.”

“The organization has delegated financial and accounting responsibilities to the finance department of rowan university.”

“The board of directors amended the by-laws in august 2023. Changes to the by-laws included the following: article ii: purpose, section 1 - added language to cover fundraising for the jean & ric edelman fossil park museum. Article iii: board of directors, section 1 - clarified the process if the board were to fall below the minimum number of public members prescribed. - added language to include a virtual meeting attendance option. Article iv: officers, section 7 - added a section to introduce board member emeritus status. Article v: committees, section 7 - added minimum number of members for the communications and marketing committee.”

“The rowan university board of trustees appoints all directors, except for the director position that is reserved to the president of the university and chairperson of the university trustees.”

“The organization has delegated the responsibility for the organization's form 990 to the rowan university division of finance. The form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm and is reviewed by the accounting services staff within the rowan university division of finance. The public disclosure copy of the form 990 is provided to all members of the organization's board of directors, prior to filing with the irs.”

“Rowan university foundation (ruf) currently has in place a conflict of interest policy which is monitored and enforced annually. The conflict of interest policy applies to all directors, officers, employees, and agents of ruf, including employees of rowan university who act on behalf of ruf. Each ruf director and officer must annually submit a disclosure statement to the board chair listing, to the best of his/her knowledge but without duty to investigate, all organizations with which he or she is affiliated and describing the nature of the affiliation. In the event there is any material change in the information contained in the disclosure statement, the person who submitted it must promptly submit written notification of the change. Any director or officer who is uncertain about a possible conflict of interest in any matter may request the executive committee to determine whether a possible conflict exists. If referred to the executive committee, the question must be resolved by majority vote and may be forwarded to the full board for further review. The interested person must not vote on the matter in question and must not be present at the time of the vote. The decision of any actual or potential conflict of interest is documented in the minutes of the board meeting.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy available upon written request.”

“Allowance for uncollectible pledges -100,464.”

“The filing organization does not have a separate committee that assumes responsibility for the selection of an independent accountant. However, the filing organization's related organization, rowan university, does have such a committee that assumes responsibility for selection on behalf of the filing organization. The filing organization does have a committee that assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements. The process has not changed from the prior year.”