Idsa Education and Research Foundation

“All members of the foundation's board of directors are chosen by the infectious diseases society of america, a related section 501(c)(6) membership association.”

“Before it is filed, the form 990 is reviewed by the ceo and vp of administration and finance of idsa, a related organization which supports the foundation under irc section 509(a)(3). A copy of the form 990 is provided to each member of the board of directors.”

“All idsa erf personnel are employed by idsa, a related entity, and thus the idsa conflict of interest policy applies: idsa requires that all volunteers for the board and committees submit a conflict of interest (coi) report on an annual basis. Top employees are also required to submit a coi on an annual basis. In the event that a member would have a conflict related to any discussion/vote, they are required to abstain from participating in the discussion/vote. If staff would have a conflict with an area or company we are working with, they would not be allowed to work on/with the project involving that area or company. Staff coi's are viewed by the ceo and he determines when this might be the case. The ceo conflict report is shared with the executive committee of the board and they would determine if the ceo has a conflict.”

“All idsa erf personnel are employed by idsa, a related entity, and thus the idsa salary determination process applies, and is as follows: ceo compensation: (a) review and approval is done by the full board, meeting in executive session. (b) comparability data is obtained from the american society of association executives (asae) and used for determining compensation (c) there are no minutes of the executive committee, so no written deliberation. Written decision is forwarded to the vp of finance and administration to place in personnel file and apply on payroll. Staff compensation: (a) review is done by the employee supervisor and approval is done by the ceo (board approves the overall salary budget, not individuals, except for the ceo). (b) comparability data is obtained from asae and used for determining compensation (c) employee performance reviews are written up and signed by the reviewer before the review happens and by the employee being reviewed signs after it is done. This written review is used to substantiate any staff salary change to the ceo.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements are not generally made available to the general public, but if requests for copies of these documents were received, the organization would consider making them available to the requestor.”

“The audit oversight process has remained unchanged from the prior year.”