Johnson County Association for Retarded

“There is a director who is the granddaughter of another director.”

“Membership is open to any family members and individuals served by the organization, as well as other interested persons, advocates and members of the public. Nominal dues ($15 individual, $25 family).”

“The general membership elects board members at the annual public meeting.”

“Management participated directly in the completion of responses to questions/items in form 990, plus reviewed completed documents in detail before submission. Copies of the final form 990 will be reviewed by the audit/finance committee and made available to all board members for their individual review before filing with the irs. Review of the audit and 990 are also a board agenda item.”

“Annual board conflict of interest disclosure form is provided to all continuing board members in january of each year and to all new members when elected, plus is included as board agenda item for first regular board meeting of the year, and for any subsequent meeting agendas until all members have signed. If topic-specific conflicts appear during the year, members disclose and excuse themselves from votes or other related action on those items. If questionable whether such a conflict or appearance of conflict exists, members have raised the issue of the potential conflict for consideration by the executive committee and/or full board, as appropriate and a determination is made.”

“The process for determining compensation changes for the ceo/executive director is conducted by the board executive committee, as empowered annually by the full board to act on their behalf, and includes a review of performance against board-adopted objectives; a review of recent market data for similarly qualified persons with comparable job functions in a similar organization. Such ceo reviews/adjustments correspond to the timing of agency-wide pay reviews/adjustments for all staff. This review and any resulting compensation decisions are documented by the board executive committee for the record and are routinely audited.”

“Such documents are routinely made available to local government and other community entities/grant-makers and financial institutions as required and in conjunction with funding requests as well as to any others as requested.”

“The organization did not cease conducting any program services during the year, but several programs had to change due to the covid pandemic. See form 990, part iii program service accomplishments for additional details.”