Paws Chicago

“1) Paula Fasseas, Chairman and CEO, and Peter Fasseas, Board Member, are married; 2) Alexis Fasseas, Treasurer and Board Member is the daughter of Peter and Paula Fasseas; 3) William and Maria Smithburg are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors; 4)Barbara Bradford and Robert Sherman are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors.”

“Before the Form 990 is filed it is reviewed in detail by the Secretary, Treasurer, the Chairman of the Board, and the independent auditors. After that review and before it is filed, a copy of the Form 990 is distributed to all members of the board of directors.”

“Board members and senior staff will annually disclose and promptly update any disclosures previously made to the Chairman of the Board in the section below that requests them to identify their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest, such as a list of family members, substantial business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members as well as other nonprofit organizations. For each interest disclosed, the Chairperson of the board will determine whether the organization should: (a) take no action or (b) disclose the situation more broadly and invite discussion/resolution by the full board of what action to take, or (c) refrain from taking action and otherwise avoid the conflict. In some cases the person with the conflict may be asked to rescues him/herself from sensitive discussions so as not to unduly influence the discussion of the conflict.”

“The Chairman of the Board and President perform an annual comparison of PAWS Chicago's top management compensation to other similar organizations and by evaluating industry standards. During this evaluation the roles, experience, and level of education are taken into consideration. The process was documented.”

“The organization makes its Forms 1023, 990, 990-T and its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC section 6104(d). In addition, Form 990 is commonly available on the organization's website www.pawschicago.org.”

“received non-taxable benefits from the organization due to an error in payroll administration. Paula Fasseas and Alexis Fasseas do not receive compensation and benefits from the organization. To compensate for the error, Paula Fasseas and Alexis Fasseas made contributions to the organization equal to the non-taxable benefits they received.”