Ready for School

“The accounting firm provides the organization with a draft copy of the form 990. The executive director, treasurer, and the associate director review the form and make any corrections or suggestions as needed. The accounting firm then revises the form and electronically files it.”

“A director, officer or administrative staff will be required to disclose to the board of directors of ready for school any affiliation with an organization seeking to provide services, equipment or facilities to ready for school, or when a director, officer, or administraive staff has any duality of interest or possible conflict of interest, real or apparent, such affiliations or conflict of interest must be disclosed to the board of directors of ready for school and made a matter of record either when the interest becomes a matter of board action or a part of the annual procedure established by the board. To address actual and potential conflicts of interest, any director, officer or administrative staff having a duality of interest or possible conflict of interest will follow the following procedures with regard to matters brought before the board of directors: statement of position, voting, and duty of good faith.”

“The board determines the salary based on comparability studies using national and local non profit data. The board approves the salary, and all changes are shown in the board minutes.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public on request.”

“Ready for school prepares children for success by equipping parents through integrated support of the holland, zeeland and hamilton communities. The organization accomplished this by engaging and informing parents, enhancing existing programming, and expanding early learning opportunities.”

“ACTUAL COUNT”

“In 2015, ready for school shifted focus to provide scholarships to 3-year- olds. As a result of the emergence of the great start readiness initiative funded by the state of michigan, ready for school began to duplicate services. That lead to the shift in focus to providing scholarships exclusively for 3-year-olds in 2015.”

“Training for in home day care providers and preschool teachers as well as center bassed day care providers. - ready for school partnered with community organizations to deliver the summer lunch program at leisure estates in holland, mi. The program was responsible for providing nutritious lunch and dinner meals to hundreds of families. In addition to providing educational activities, the summer lunch program provides 85 meals per day on average, with a grand total being over 5,300 throughout the duration of the program.”

“Other professional fees 114,968 4,931 0”