Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders Inc

“The form 990 is first reviewed by senior staff and then with the external audit firm. The form 990 is then made available to the audit committee and the board. The corporate audit is presented to the board for approval.”

“Conflict of interest policy requires that all conflicts and possible conflicts be disclosed. The development department is responsible for collecting and maintaining conflict of interest forms.”

“Compensation for top management and key employees is done through a defined process. Those with employment agreements are reviewed and approved through the executive and compensation committee of achieva and invited individuals with expertise in compensation matters. Information from four salary surveys and benchmarking similar positions in similar organizations are used to determine compensation. The executive and compensation committee reviews and then approves the amount, length and parameters of all employment agreements and reports any actions to the achieva board of trustees.”

“Governing and other documents are available upon request”

“Other: program service expenses 70,749. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 70,749.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Zero employees are reported as autism connection does not pay wages from its ein. Autism connection employees are paid from achieva resource, an affiliate of autism connection. Autism connection reimburses achieva resource for the wages paid to its employees.”

“The achieva board of trustees and the board of directors of autism connection of pa approved and executed a disaffiliation agreement effective july 1, 2025. The disaffiliation agreement provides for the separation of governance and operations between the organizations and terminates achieva's control and oversight of autism connection of pa as of the effective date.”