Map International Inc

“The Executive Committee consists of the Board Chairman, Board Vice Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, and President. The Executive Committee has three primary responsibilities to ensure effective organizational leadership: develop the board of directors, develop the Chief Executive Officer, and act on behalf of the full board for certain critical, time-sensitive issues.”

“During the year ended September 30, 2024, the Organization updated the sections of its bylaws related to its ongoing Christian Character and Mission, as well as the Christian Community Standards. Additional revisions included clarifications on term limits for the board chair and clarifications regarding the calling of special meetings.”

“The Organization's top management official and top financial official each review the Form 990 prior to its filing with the IRS. A copy of the final Form 990 is also provided to the voting members of the Organization's governing body prior to its filing with the IRS.”

“The Organization's conflict of interest policy is distributed to each member of the Organization's governing body, its officers, and its key employees who provide a disclosure statement. Such disclosure statement indicates that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, and certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, or (2) they have one or more conflicts of interest that have been fully disclosed as required by the policy and have been properly administered in conformity with the policy. The Organization's President is tasked with obtaining updated disclosure statements from each Board member annually. Any previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate Organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.”

“The Board of Directors or a committee authorized by the Board of Directors of Map International, currently independent members of the Executive Committee, annually approves the total compensation package of the Organization's top leaders. Compensation includes, but is not limited to, salary, allowances, insurance benefits, deferred compensation, retirement plan contributions, and reimbursement for the use of personal assets or personal expenses. The independent Executive Committee utilizes reliable comparability data for functionally comparable positions of organizations of similar size. Such market comparison is conducted no less than once every three years. This analysis is used in concert with the consideration of the skill, talent, education, experience, and performance of the person whose compensation is being determined. Decisions are contemporaneously substantiated in related Board minutes.”

“The Organization makes its financial statements and its Form 990 available to the public through the Organization's website. The Organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements and Form 990 are available by mail upon request.”

“The amounts paid to Omega Construction include compensation for materials and services, since services were indistinguishable from materials on the vendor's invoices.”

“The Organization receives donations of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in relieving suffering for those in need throughout the world through its various program activities. Certain noncash contributions are donor-restricted for specific geographic regions. Noncash contributions are recognized as revenue at estimated fair value on the date the gifts are received and are recognized as expenses when they are shipped from the Organization's warehouse or the date upon which the Organization no longer exercises practical control over those items. The Organization's policy is to distribute donated pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and not to monetize noncash contributions of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. The Organization only records the value of noncash contributions over which it exercises variance power. In general, management estimates the fair value of donated pharmaceuticals using "wholesale acquisition cost," listed in reference materials including First Databank and IBM Micromedex RED BOOK ("RED BOOK"), which are widely-used drug and pricing reference guides for the pharmaceutical industry in the United States. Management may apply discounts to the prices in First Databank and RED BOOK depending on the gift's condition or other factors. For gifts in-kind of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies that are sold in the United States market, the Organization has determined that the U.S. is the principal or most advantageous market for purposes of estimating fair value. If prices for a particular item are not available in First Databank or RED BOOK, MAP estimates fair value using other online pricing sources. The Organization considers the valuation practices used for noncash contributions to be consistent with industry standards.”

“As a part of the Organization's charitable purpose, the Organization limits receipts of medicines and medical supplies to only those that the Organization intends to distribute to the proper recipients to both save lives and promote health. The amount included on Form 990, Part IX, Line 24a consists primarily of medicines and medical supplies that were contributed in a prior year that the Organization originally intended to distribute, but was unable to distribute to recipients prior to the Organization's internal expiration date, which is typically 3 months prior to the expiration date of the item.”

“The Organization's Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”