Southwest Solutions Inc.

“Effective january 1, 2020 with the amendment of the organization's bylaws (as disclosed on schedule o), the board of directors of southwest solutions, inc. Was granted with full voting and oversight responsibilities of the board of directors of all southwest entities, including the filing organization. Therefore beginning january 1, 2020 and after, only those board directors designated with "sws" on part vii have voting rights for the filing organization.”

“Effective january 1, 2020, the organization's bylaws were amended to include the board members of the parent company, southwest solutions, inc., in order to have one board of directors overseeing all the southwest entities, including the filing organization. This amendment to the bylaws granted voting and oversight responsibilities of the organization to the board of directors of southwest solutions, inc. And also established term limits for board members to three years.”

“The 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm. The 990 was reviewed by the financial controller and provided to the board of directors for their review prior to the filing of the form 990 with the irs.”

“Annually, the conflict of interest policy is provided to the board members for review and approval. In addition, the disclosure statement is completed on an annual basis by all board members. If there are any conflicts of interest, the board member would abstain from voting. All southwest solutions employees and board members are subject to the conflict of interest policy.”

“The agency participates in annual salary surveys based on organizations similar in size and revenues and consults with salary compensation specialists to determine compensation for ceo and key employees. All compensation must be approved by the board of directors. While an annual review is done, salaries are adopted for three years. A compensation study was conducted in 2020.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“The finance and audit committee of southwest solutions oversees the audit process and approves the independent audit firm. This process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Southwest solutions, inc. Is submitting an amended form 990 for the period ended september 30, 2020 primarily to reflect the audited financial statements issued after the extended due date of the form 990 of august 15, 2021. The following changes have been reflected in the amended return: 1. Part i, lines 15, 16b, and 17-22 were revised to reflect the audited financial statements. 2. Part iii, lines 4a and 4e: updated program expenses. 3. Part iv, lines 11f, and 12b: changed from no to yes to reflect the issuance of financial statements and the audited amounts. 4. Part viii, line 1f, 1h, and 12: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 5. Part ix, lines 7, 9, 10, 11a-11g, 12-14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24a-24e, and 25: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 6. Part x, lines 1, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27, 32, and 33: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 7. Part xi, lines 1, 2, 3, and 10: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 8. Part xii, line 2b: changed from no to yes and checked consolidated basis. 9. Part xii, lines 2c, 3a, and 3b: changed from no to yes. 10. Schedule d, part ix, lines 1-9: updated to reflect the breakdown of "due from" related parties. 11. Schedule d, part xiii: added explanation for schedule d, part x, line 2 liability for uncertain tax positions under fin48 from the footnote to the organization's financial statements. 12. Schedule o: updated to add supplemental information for the form 990, part xii, line 2c.”