Metropolitan Family Services

“Lisa Cohen Schenkman and Merle Goldblatt Cohen have a family relationship. Gary Gerst and Graham Gerst have a family relationship.”

“Metropolitan Family Services has two classes of members: direct members, who shall be the members from time to time of the Board of Directors of the Corporation; and advisory board members, who shall be persons interested in the work of the Corporation and elected to membership by the members of the Board of Directors.”

“The Board of Directors shall be occupied by members of the Corporation, as elected by the existing Board of Directors.”

“The Form 990 is reviewed by the Board Audit Committee. The committee obtains confirmation that the independent accountants have reviewed the Form 990 and that they have concluded that it was prepared in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. A copy of the Form 990 is provided to the board before filing with the Internal Revenue Service.”

“The agency distributes the conflict of interest policy once a year to all board members and to all employees in leadership positions. Along with the policy each person receives a questionnaire that they must complete. The questionnaire is designed to identify any possible conflict of interest situations that may exist. Each person receiving the questionnaire must confirm that they have received a copy of the policy, read and understand the policy, completed all questions in the questionnaire, and agree to continually comply with the policy. Members and leaders have the expectation to report any potential conflict of interest transaction before it occurs during the year. Members do recuse themselves from voting if a conflict of interest is present. The audit committee reviews a summary of the responses to the questionnaires and follows up as needed.”

“The board appoints a compensation committee whose responsibility it is to set compensation for the CEO and those employees reporting to the CEO. The committee uses benchmark data to set salary levels. Minutes of the committee's meetings are maintained and approved.”

“The agency's financial statements are made available to the public via the agency's website. Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request. Documents are provided within the same period of disclosure as Section 6104(d) describes.”

“The shareholders of Columbus Insurance, Ltd. meet Form 5471 Category 3 and 5 filing requirements because of IRC Section 953(c). None of the shareholders meet the 10% ownership requirements stated in the instructions for Form 5471 Schedule B. Accordingly, no shareholder list is required per the instructions.”

“Amount and type of any indebtedness the foreign corporation has with the related persons described in Regulations section 1.6046-1(b)(11) N/A Name, address, identifying number, and number of shares subscribed to by each subscriber to the foreign corporations stock N/A”

“Due to security concerns, the officers social security numbers may be obtained from the offices of Columbus Insurance Ltd.”

“Columbus Insurance Ltd. filed Form 1120-F U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Corporation for its fiscal 2011, 2012, and 2013 tax years. The company had no taxable income and no tax due on the returns.”

“Affiliate Revenue - Metropolitan Family Services DuPage 9,001,053. Affiliate Expense - Metropolitan Family Services DuPage -9,001,053. Change in market value of swaps -124,027. Pension adjustment 486,474.”