Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa

“The board of directors may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the board of directors; but no such committee shall have the authority of the board of directors in reference to amending the articles of incorporation, adopting a plan of merger or consolidation, determining upon the sale, lease, or exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation, determining upon a voluntary dissolution of the corporation or a revocation thereof, or amending the bylaws of the corporation. The designation of any such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed by law.”

“The form 990 will be reviewed by the agency chief executive officer and finance director then presented to the agency finance committee for further review. Once reviewed by finance committee and all questions and updates have been resolved, the form 990 will be presented to the full board of directors via e-mail or paper copy. At the next regularly scheduled board of directors meeting, the finance committee will review the return with the board and request approval for filing.”

“Annually, each director, officer, employee and volunteer shall complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances in which s/he is involved that he or she believes could contribute to a conflict of interest. A director who has a conflict of interest with respect to a contract or transaction that will be voted on at a meeting shall disclose all facts material to the conflict of interest, which will be disclosed in the minutes, and will not be counted in determining the presence of a quorum for purposes of the vote. Interested persons who have a conflict of interest with respect to a contract or transaction shall disclose to their supervisor, the chair, or the chair's designee any conflict of interest that they have as soon as the conflict of interest is known.”

“The compensation of the chief executive officer and other applicable key employees is reviewed and approved using data as to comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations within central iowa. The executive director's compensation is approved by the board of directors. This process was last completed in 2018.”

“The organization make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“Change in beneficial interest in community foundation -6,096.”

“The process for overseeing and selecting an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”

“The organization has a co-employee leasing agreement with oasis, a professional employer organization (peo), to provide human resource management, employment practices liability insurance, employee benefits, flexible benefit plan, and payroll processing. As part of this peo agreement, oasis is responsible for filing forms 941 and w-2's under oasis's tax identification number, not the organization's. The organization reports costs incurred under this agreement relating to officer compensation, other salaries and wages, employee benefits, and payroll taxes on schedule ix, lines 5-10.”