Pennsylvania National Horse Show Assoc

“The 990 is reviewed and approved by the executive committee. This review is completed after the return has been filed.”

“The pennsylvania national horse show expects and requires it volunteers and staff to conduct all business with integrity and to maintain the highest standard of ethical conduct. The ethics policy provides a framework o integrity for interactions with or on behalf of pnhs. All officers, directors, staff, committee or task force members are expected to be familiar with and govern their conduct in accordance with pnhs by-laws, policies and procedures. Pnhs defines a conflict of interest as any personal, family, business, or financial relationship, whether direct or indirect, which could influence or be perceived to influence objectivity when representing or conducting business for on on behalf of pnhs. Pnhs defines "family" for these purposes as follows; spouse, parent, child or spouse of child, brother, sister, spouse of brother or sister, a cohabiting companion or any other individuals with signficant familal or familial-like relationship. Pnhs defines a substantial appearance of conflict of interest as those circumstances from which others may reasonably infer the existence of a conflict. Each pnhs officer, director or staff member must fullfill his/her obligation to disclose any conflicts. If any relationships, positions or circumstances have arisen, you must disclose such to the board of directors of pnhs by submitting written disclosure of same to pnhs president immediately and hereby agree to do so. The president will deliver the disclosure to pnhs board of directors.”

“The board, after deliberations, approves all compensation changes for the executive director. Due to uniqueness of the organization, no comparabability data is available.”

“The association is currently developing written conflict of interest, whistleblower, and document retention policies and a process for how these and other organizational governing documents are made available to the public.”

“The organization did not have any instances where backup withholding was required; however, if the situation would arise, the organization is aware of the reporting requirements and would handle that accordingly.”

“The executive committee assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit or selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed during the tax year.”