American Organization for Nursing Leadership

“The Executive Committee shall consist of the president, president-elect, past president, the treasurer and the CEO, and shall meet at the call of the president. The committee shall have the power to transact all regular business of the AONL between Board meetings as necessary to expedite the AONL business, except as expressly prohibited by AONL and the AONL Bylaws.”

“The organization's classes of members consist of Full members: Registered nurse leaders and aspiring leaders; student, affiliate, honorary and international members; and its sole corporate member, American Hospital Association, a related tax-exempt organization. Full members of AONL, Registered Nurse leaders and aspiring leaders, have the right to hold elected positions in AONL and elect a slate of candidates for service on the organization's Board. Individual members elect the Board in national elections. Student, affiliate, honorary, and international members are not permitted to hold office or vote for officers or directors. The organization's sole Corporate Member, American Hospital Association, has the right to elect or appoint members of the organization's governing body and approve or deny significant decisions of the organization's governing body.”

“See narrative for Part VI, Line 6”

“See narrative for Part VI, Line 6”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the organization's management and legal department. It is then shared with the AONL Board of directors prior to filing with the IRS.”

“On an annual basis, the organization's trustees, officers, and employees are required to read, complete and return a conflict of interest questionnaire. The returned questionnaires are handled jointly by legal, human resources and compliance staff of the american hospital association. Any questionnaire that raises a potential issue is reviewed and referred to the association's president for a final determination of any action to be considered or undertaken. Any potential conflict of interest that arises after the questionnaire is completed must be promptly reported. Any restrictions imposed, based on information disclosed in a conflict of interest questionnaire or otherwise would be commensurate with the type of conflict identified and would be referred to the executive committee of the board of trustees for a determination on whether disclosure to the full board of trustees is warranted.”

“The Chief Executive Officer of AONL is an executive of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and reports to the EVP COO. The AHA EVP COO participates in setting goals for performance of the AONL CEO and in measuring performance against these goals. The AHA Executive Compensation Committee (Committee) is composed of the members of the Executive Committee of the AHA Board of Trustees excluding the AHA President. The Committee does not include any individual whose compensation it reviews. The Committee engages an independent compensation consultant to produce annual comparable salary data for the AHA executive serving as the AONL CEO as appropriate, and makes recommendations for compensation adjustments, consistent with existing compensation agreements, policies and procedures. On an annual basis, the Committee evaluates the compensation of the AHA executive serving as the AONL CEO based on the annual market assessment completed by the independent compensation consultant. The AHA EVP COO evaluates the performance of the AHA executive serving as the AONL CEO against annual performance goals and determines any earned performance-based reward. The final compensation package of the AHA executive serving as the AONL CEO is documented in a written employment agreement.”

“For all other officers and key employees, compensation is evaluated by the organization's management on annual basis using performance against annual performance goals. Please see the narrative for form 990, part vi, section b, line 15a.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. The organization's Financial statements are not required disclosures pursuant to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 6104 and are not available to the public at this time.”

“Aonl is dedicated to the stewardship of health policy and to the professional development of nurse leaders operating in a dynamic environment. Aonl achieves its objectives through a spirit of collaboration and serves its members by: -providing vision and actions for nursing leadership to meet the health care needs of society; -facilitating and supporting research and development efforts that advance nursing administration practice and quality patient care; and -offering member services that support and enhance management, leadership, educational and professional development of nursing leaders.”

“American hospital association, a related tax exempt organization, issues the forms 1099 on behalf of the filing organization.”