Achieving the Dream Inc.

“Atd adopted a change to allow board members to take a leave of absence of up to one year. During a leave of absence, the director will not be eligible to vote on matters considered by the board and will not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum.”

“The form 990 tax return was reviewed in detail by the board of directors audit and finance committee and was provided to all atd board of directors prior to filing.”

“Officers and directors are required to sign a form that indicates that they have received the conflict of interest policy, read and understood the policy, and are in compliance with the policy.”

“An independent consultant was hired to provide benchmarking data for employee compensation and to assist the president in his internal equity assessment of the organization's salary structure. The consultant was asked to provide benchmark data which included other non-profits. The consultant provided data to the board of directors for their determination of the salary for the president and ceo. The executive vice president and cfo assist with trend data and recommendations for budgeted salary increases and thresholds for all other employees.”

“Atd makes its 990 available to the public by making the following statements on its achievingthedream.org website: "atd's most recent irs form 990 is available on guidestar. Atd's 990 is also available upon request by contacting mark motamen, atd's chief financial officer."”

“Atd's financial statements are available to individual donors, corporations, foundations, and others considering a gift or grant to atd. Atd's conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available to anyone upon written request to its executive vice president, julie englund, or its cfo, mark motamen.”

“No change from prior year.”