Par

“The executive committee is made up of the four officers, the immediate past chair, and up to three at-large board members. Members of the executive committee have the authority to act on behalf of the full board during emergencies.”

“The association is made up of member organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual disability and individuals living with autism, and associate members. These members have no ownership in the association.”

“The provider membership elects the governing board of directors.”

“There are two decisions that must be approved by the membership - the election of representatives to the governing body, and the approval for revisions to the association's by-laws.”

“The president/ceo performs the initial review of the 990. It is then distributed to and reviewed by the board of directors who approves the return before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The operations manager monitors the conflict of interest policy. Annually board members must complete and update signed conflict of interest forms. New officers and board members are required to complete a conflict of interest form upon joining the organization.”

“The executive committee has been authorized by the board of directors to act as the compensation committee when reviewing and establishing the compensation of the association's president/ceo. The compensation committee determines the ceo's compensation package and informs the board of directors of its action. The board of directors is provided the details of the package. It may then choose to vote its acceptance of the report or simply receive the report as information for the record. To determine the ceo's salary, par follows the rebuttable presumption process. Par uses market research and compensation studies to help determine the ceo's salary.”

“Par's website provides a direct link to par's form 990 housed on guidestar's website. The mission statement is on par's website. The conflict of interest policy, bylaws, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Access to resources - par issues publications via par mail to a direct mailing list of pennsylvania service provider members who provide the majority of the services and supports in pennsylvania for people living with autism or with an intellectual disability in pennsylvania. Par mail is also sent to business associates that include a wide variety of organizations that have business relationships with par members, such as consultants, banks, insurance providers, legal and accounting firms. Providers and associates then disseminate par mail throughout their organizations to tens of thousands of pennsylvanians. The par website, www.par.net, provides free online access to information about how to receive services as well as links to relevant pa department of human services and office of developmental programs websites.”

“Book / tax depreciation difference 7,916”