Brevard Rescue Mission Inc

“During the current year, the Organization made significant changes to its bylaws to provide clarity regarding its current operations, practices, and governance structure, including: - Revised purpose statement to clarify the Organization's mission and condensed methods for achieving it - Minimum number of directors increased from 5 to 9 - Condensed descriptions of board and officer qualifications, roles, and responsibilities - Minimum number of directors on designated Committees increased from 1 to 3 - Requires unanimous election for the Director Emeritus position, previously a majority vote - Corporate officers now only include the Executive Director and Treasurer - Revised descriptions and conditions for board meetings - Updated the Executive Director's role in compensation decisions and the board's authority over Executive Director compensation - Revised indemnification policy for directors and officers - Added policy requiring endowment funds to be held in trust and 80% board approval for invasion of principal - Updated description of the process for amending or repealing the articles of incorporation and bylaws”

“The Organization's top management official and top financial official each review the Form 990 prior to its filing with the IRS. A copy of the final Form 990 is also provided to the voting members of the Organization's governing body prior to its filing with the IRS.”

“The Organization has a conflict of interest policy. The policy is distributed to each member of the Organization's governing body on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement indicating that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, (2) they have one or more conflicts of interest that have been fully disclosed as required by the policy and have been properly administered in conformity with the policy, or (3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interest and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statements with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate Organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.”

“The Organization has adopted an executive compensation-setting policy applicable to all of the Organization's key executives, including the Organization's CEO, officers, and key employees. Under the policy, an independent committee of the Board of Directors annually reviews and approves the compensation levels of the CEO. The deliberations and decisions of the committee are contemporaneously substantiated. The committee utilizes comparability data in its deliberations; updated comparability data is generally obtained every two to three years. The CEO is responsible for setting compensation for all other key executives of the Organization, using similar procedures to those described above.”

“The Organization provides, upon request, copies of its articles of incorporation, bylaws, and conflict of interest policy. The financial statements are available on the Organization's website.”

“The Organization's Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”