The Eger Foundation Inc

“Eger lutheran homes and services, inc. ("elhs") is the sole member of this organization. Elhs has the right to elect the members of this organization's board of trustees and has certain reserved powers as defined in this organization's bylaws.”

“The organization is a subsidiary of eger lutheran homes and services, inc. And subsidiaries; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The organization's federal form 990 was provided to each voting memeber of the organization's governing body (its board of trustees) prior to the filing with the internal revenue service ("irs"). The eger lutheran homes and services, inc.'s executive committee assumed the responsibility to oversee and coordinate the federal form 990 preperation and filing process for the tax-exempt affiliates of the system. As part of the organization's federal form 990 tax return preparation process the organization hired a professional cpa firm with experience and expertise in both healthcare and not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990. The cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the organization's finance personnel including the senior vice president for finance/chief financial officer, controller and various other individuals to obtain the information needed in order to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the organization's internal working group, including those individuals outlined above for their review. The organization's internal working group and other individuals reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comments with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990 where necessary and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the organization's internal working group and various other individuals for final review and approval prior to presentation of the federal form 990 to the members of the eger lutheran homes and services, inc.'s executive committee. Following the executive committee's review the final federal form 990 was provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization is a subsidiary of eger lutheran homes and services, inc. And subsidiaries ("system"). The organization and system regularly monitor and enforce compliance with its conflict of interest policy. Annually all members of the board of trustees, officers and senior management personnel are required to review the existing conflict of interest policy and complete a questionnaire. The completed questionnaires are returned to the organization and the organization's president/chief executive officer for review. If necessary, any disclosures are then made to the organization's board of trustees.”

“Starting in 2013, the compensation and benefits of the president/chief executive officer are reviewed by the compensation committee to ensure fair market value compensation is paid. Where appropriate, the board reviews external comparable data and seeks advice of the compensation committee to ensure total compensation of this individual is reasonable and fair market value. Other members of management, including, but not limited to, these reported on form 990 are reviewed by the president/chief executive officer with human resources personnel in accordance with job performance and current fair market value salary data.”

“The organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed through the state of new york secretary of state.”

“Part vii and schedule j reflect certain board members and officers receiving compensation and benefits from a related organization. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of the related organization; not for services rendered as a voting member or officer of the organization's board of trustees. Organization's board of trustees.”

“This organization is an affiliate of eger lutheran homes and services, inc. And subsidiaries; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The system includes both for-profit and not for-profit organizations. Certain board of trustee members, officers and/or directors listed on core form, part vii and schedule j of this form 990 may hold similar positions with both this organization and other affiliates within the system. The hours shown on this form 990, for board members who receive no compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, represent the estimated hours devoted per week for this organization. To the extent these individuals serve as a member of the board of trustees of other related organizations in the system, their respective hours per week per organization are approximately one hour. The hours reflected on part vii of this form 990, for board members who receive compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, paid officers and key employees, reflect total hours worked per week on behalf of eger lutheran homes and services, inc.; not solely this organization.”

“The organization is an affiliate within the eger lutheran homes and services, inc. And subsidiaries; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The system's parent entity is eger lutheran homes and services, inc. An independent cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements of the system and all entities within the system for the years ended december 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012; including this organization; respectively. The independent cpa firm issued an unqualified opinion with respect to the consolidated audited financial statements. In addition, an independent cpa firm audited the financial statements of the eger foundation, inc. For the years ended december 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012; respectively. The independent cpa firm issued an unqualified opinion with respect to the audited financial statements. The eger lutheran homes and services, inc. Audit committee has assumed responsibility for the oversight of the audit of the consolidated financial statements, which includes this organization, and the selection of an independent auditor.”