Arm in Arm Inc.

“The draft 990 is received by the Executive Director in electronic form from the auditors. The Executive Director and the Administrator review the draft and pose any questions to the auditors. The Executive Director then forwards it to the Treasurer by electronic copy for review. Any questions are posed to the auditors. Once the Treasurer has accepted the 990 draft, it is forwarded to the Board by electronic copy for approval.”

“Arm In Arm monitors compliance with the conflict of interest policy by requiring board members and staff to annually sign a conflict of interest document. This document requires the disclosure of any other organization they are a board member of or an employee of. Board members and employees must also disclose any arrangements that could result in personal benefit.”

“In order to determine the 2011 compensation of its new interim executive director, the Board of Arm In Arm used benchmarking data obtained in 2009 from an external HR consultant who polled comparable agencies to find the range of salaries and qualifications. In October 2011, the executive director received an increase based on her experience as interim. These deliberations and decisions were documented in the board meeting minutes. In 2012, the following agreement was made between the Executive Director and the Board: the Executive Director declined her traditional benefits package valued at 31% of salary. In doing so, she was no longer eligible to receive the package's pension of 11% of salary. In lieu of the pension, the equivalent dollar value of the pension was added to her compensation and is routed directly to a 403b plan by the Payroll Administrator. The Executive Director declined cost of living adjustment in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Arm in Arm changed benefit plans from the Presbytery Board of Pensions to Fidelity Simple IRA plan and Principal Life. At that time, Ms. Biondi opted to contribute a portion of her salary to an IRA, and was matched for 3% of salary, in keeping with organizational policy. She is also eligible for term life, accidental death and disability and long-term disability under Arm in Arm's plan with Principle Life.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“The corporation shall be operated for the purpose of reaching out with short term assistance to people with emergency or unmet needs while long range solutions to their problems are sought. The corporation may undertake additional outreach projects which the Board of Trustees deems appropriate.”

“The organization has not changed the process for overseeing the audit of its financial statements or selecting an independent accountant.”