Marah Co

“James Bakke, Cindi Riemersma, Linda Maier, Kathy Matson, and David Schutt have a business relationship as officers/directors/employees of a related tax-exempt organization.”

“The Board of Directors of the Organization's supported organization, Barnabas Foundation, serve as the Organization's members.”

“The Organization's members have the authority to appoint the Organization's Board.”

“The Organization's members annually review the decisions of the Organization's Board.”

“The Organization's top management official and top financial official each review the Form 990 prior to its filing with the IRS. The audit committee of the Organization's supported organization, Barnabas Foundation, further reviews the Form 990, and 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 on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, (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, or (3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interest and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statements with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate Organization officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy.”

“The Organization does not pay any direct salaries, and therefore does not have a process for determining compensation as outlined in Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15. The salaries reported on Form 990, Part VII were paid by a related organization, Barnabas Foundation, which has adopted an executive compensation setting policy applicable to all disqualified persons, including its CEO, officers and key employees. Under the policy, the Executive Committee of the Barnabas Foundation Board of Directors annually reviews and approves the compensation levels of all individuals subject to the policy. The deliberations and decisions of the committee are contemporaneously substantiated. The committee utilizes comparability data in its deliberations; updated comparability data is generally obtained annually.”

“The Organization provides, upon request made to its supported organization, Barnabas Foundation, copies of its Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and its financial statements.”

“The audit committee of the Organization's supported organization, Barnabas Foundation, 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.”