American Immunization Registry Association

“Membership categories: the types of membership categories for participation in the aira shall be determined by the executive committee of the board of directors. Membership dues as well as the number of voting members in each category will also be determined by the exceutive committee of the board with approval of the full board of directors.”

“Election of members and their rights: the voting members of aira elect board officers and directors. A ballot of eligible board of director candidates is sent in writing 15 days prior to the election, to all voting members for a vote. Officers and other members of the board of directors must be elected by a simple majority of the voting members voting in the election, which may occur by mail, by electronic means or by balloting during the annual meeting of the membership, as determined by the board. A neutral party shall tally the ballots.”

“Decisions subject to approval of members - revisions to bylaws must be approved by members.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and the executive committee of the board of directors, and then a copy is provided to the full board to review prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy compliance is enforced by requiring each member of the board of directors, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers to sign and submit a conflict of interest annual statement upon election and annual thereafter. These forms were last signed in october of 2021.”

“The aira board completed a performance review and compensation comparison of similar non-profit organizations, and authorized a pay increase for aira's executive director in july 2021. The performance review was completed in accordance with aira's documented process for the annual performance evaluation of the executive director.”

“Aira makes it governing documents available to the public upon request.”

“The association has undertaken the following program services that were not previously listed on form 990: audacious inquiry project - aira has contracted with audacious inquiry, an unrelated third party, for a project to support the rapid onboarding of iis, as well as traditional and non-traditional provider organizations to the immunization gateway to support the covid-19 vaccine response and increase the availability and volume of complete and accurate immunization data stored within iis. This project also supports the ability of iis and iis vendors in generating and submitting the cdc prioritized data extract to the data clearing house. Onc ideas project - aira has contracted with the association for state and territorial health organizations ("astho"), an unrelated third party, for a project to provide program planning and implementation, technical, policy, and research support of the office of the national coordinator for health information technology ("onc") immunization data exchange, advancement and sharing ("ideas") program.”

“Professional fee: program service expenses 2,459,009. Management and general expenses 34,962. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,493,971.”

“The organization has not changed its audit oversight process or selection process of an independent accountant during the tax year.”