Sanford

“The following officers, board members, and key employees are employees of Sanford or its related organizations. Many of these employees also serve on other related Sanford boards, or have business relationships with each other that span the organization as a whole: Christopher Meeker, Maria Bell, Mark Paulson, Richard Hardie, Kelby Krabbenhoft and JoAnn Kunkel.”

“The Form 990 is prepared internally by the finance department and reviewed by executive management. An external accounting firm reviews the return and prepares return highlights and key disclosures for the Board of Trustees meeting prior to the return filing date. Before the return is filed, a complete copy is provided to the current Board of Trustees.”

“The annual Conflict of Interest disclosure process is managed by the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The CCO is responsible for assuring that all completed forms are returned in a timely and complete manner. Conflict of Interest questionnaires are sent to System Trustees, members of the governing boards of subsidiary entities, officers, and key employees for all entities subject to the IRS Form 990 filings. The disclosures are summarized for review by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees, pursuant to policy. This review allows: 1) The Board to acquire an awareness of financial relationships of board members and key management employees and can invoke the recusal process on a case-by-case basis when potential conflicts are implicated in Board decisions and deliberations, and, 2) Gives the Board the opportunity to seek additional information and clarification about disclosures to determine potential conflicts of interest, and how to manage such.”

“The Executive Compensation Committee of the Sanford Board of Trustees directly engages a nationally recognized independent compensation consulting firm annually to review the total compensation arrangements of the officers and executives of the organization, including the CEO, and to report the findings to them for deliberation and action. The deliberations and actions are recorded in the minutes of the Sanford Board of Trustees. The most recent study was completed in 2014.”

“Although the organization does not maintain a website where the public can access these documents, it would respond individually to any requests or inquiries from the public for these documents.”

“Pursuant to Treasury Reg Section 1.6033-2(d)(5), Sanford has elected to report information about contributions, gifts & grants, compensation, and other information about officers, directors, trustees, key employees, former employees, certain other highly paid employees, certain professional contractors, and certain other contractors on a consolidated basis for all of the members of the group, including the parent organization, on the group return, Sanford Group Return, EIN 45-3791176.”

“Net payroll and other expenses paid by subordinates 34,428,938.”