House of Ruth

“Steve peak (board director) and maria peak (board secretary) are married.”

“Peckham, inc. Provides management services for house of ruth.”

“The 990 is received by the management entity and reviewed for completion and correctness. After corrections are made it is sent electronically for the full board to review. After any concerns presented by the board are addressed, the president signs and files the return.”

“The administration requires board members to verbally report conflicts of interest as they arise. The corporate compliance officer also reviews a list of the top 100 vendors annually as a cross check to ensure that any conflicts of interest have been identified. Each year each of the board members review the conflict of interest policy and disclose any known interests at that time.”

“No compensation is paid through house of ruth. All board service is on a voluntary basis. If a ceo, executive director, or top management official was to be compensated, the process for determining compensation would include a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision process.”

“All information is available upon request. Form 990 is also posted annually on guidestar's website. The 990 is public information through the michigan attorney general's office.”

“Contract labor & related exp.: program service expenses 5,182. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,182. Contract labor - service: program service expenses 217,668. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 217,668. Other services expense: program service expenses 1,986. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,986.”