Melmark Home Workers Compensation Trust

“Executive review was conducted prior to filing. The return will be provided to the governing body in a timely manner.”

“All Officers of Melmark Inc. are required to sign an annual disclosure.”

“Melmark understands its responsibility to ensure that its executive compensation program is appropriate in view of its mission and tax exempt status. To this end the board executive compensation committee comprised of entirely disinterested non-executive members who derive no economic benefit from the organization retained an independent authoritative external consultant to obtain data on competitive and reasonable executive pay practices for all corporate officers. This compensation study considers numerous factors including the compensation paid by similar organizations both exempt and taxable for equivalent positions in the same geographical area; the organization's need for particular skills and credentials for the position; the uniqueness of the person's background education training multi-state experience and responsibilities; the size and complexity of the organization's structure program design budget and assets; the number of employees; the person's prior compensation arrangements; the person's job performance and tenure with the organization; fundraising capabilities and the number of hours the person spends performing their job. The consultant apprises the board on applicable irs regulations and the board documents all discussion decision making and the final vote regarding executive compensation. For other key employees a compensation study is completed by senior human resources staff on a regular basis assessing the same factors comparability credentials experience etc. With the president ceo in consultation with executive staff making the final decision regarding melmark's authorized salary range for the position. As with the executive compensation plan all supporting data discussion and the final disposition is documented.”

“These documents are not generally available to the public during the tax year.”