Christopher Reeve Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

“The chief financial officer's responsibilities are performed by an outside consultant.”

“Prior to submission, the 990 return is reviewed by the finance committee and made available to all members of the board of directors prior to filing.”

“Board members are required to review and sign conflict of interest statements annually. Beginning in 2009, key employees are also required to complete and sign the conflict of interest statements. Possible conflicts shall be disclosed to the board of directors and president and such persons, if a director, shall abstain from voting on all matters related to such possible conflict of interest and shall recuse himself/herself from any portion of any meeting of the board of directors at which such matter is discussed and/or voted upon.”

“Compensation review & approval process - ceo & top management: the executive committee of the board reviews the performance of the president and ceo annually. The chairman of the committee obtains various industry benchmarks for comparison. After the review process, the compensation is determined based on the decisions of the executive committee. Compensation review & approval process - officers & key employees: the compensation of key employees is determined by the president & the compensation committee based on written performance evaluations and other budget considerations. Key employees have annual performance evaluations after which compensation is determined. When considered necessary, the compensation committee will make comparisons with other similar organizations by reviewing others' compensation as disclosed in their respective form 990s and document its evaluation process.”

“The form 990, annual report, conflict of interest policy, and 501(c)(3) internal revenue service determination letter are posted on the foundation's website. Other governing documents are available on request.”

“Other consultants: program service expenses 1,023,443. Management and general expenses 242,971. Fundraising expenses 121,039. Total expenses 1,387,453.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements. For the year ended december 31, 2015, the organization did not change its selection of an independent accountant.”

“Reclassification: certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation of the audited financial statements. Specifically, certain net assets that were previously reported as unrestricted on the statements of financial position and statements of activities and changes in net assets were reclassified to temporarily restricted net assets. The audited financial statements reflect the following changes to the net assets: 1. A decrease in unrestricted beginning balance from $4,622,729 to $2,576,073, a decrease of $2,046,656. 2. An increase in temporary restricted beginning balance from $286,851 to $2,333,507, an increase of $2,046,656.”