Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the audit committee and the board chair. The entire board received a copy of the form 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy states that no member of the board of directors or their immediate family may engage in business transactions with the epilepsy foundation heart of wisconsin for profit, that paid members of the epilepsy foundation heart of wisconsin's staff may not serve on the board of directors, and that members of the board of directors receive no compensation, except for reimbursement of expenses incurred on board of director business. The policy is annually reviewed at the first meeting of the year. If a conflict of interest arises, the conflicted board member is asked to resign from his/her position.”

“In determining the compensation of the executive director, the organization participates in a united way wage and benefits survey of dane county nonprofit organizations. It also uses other comparative data that may be available through the national office or the association of fundraising professionals. The governance committee conducts this review annually and recommends to the board of directors changes or increases to the executive director's compensation. The governance committee members decide on an evaluation form and contact individual board members to collect everyone's evaluation. These are compiled into an evaluation document for presentation to the executive director and inclusion into his employment file. The board's recommendation for salary adjustments is made in this document and agreed to by the executive director at a regularly scheduled board meeting. The board may go into executive session briefly to make any necessary deliberations. The last salary review for the executive director was october 18, 2012.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The audit oversight and selection processes have not changed during the tax year.”

“Amended return: the initial return was filed in order to meet filing deadline requirements, but at the time of the filing the audit of the organization's financial statements was not yet completed. As a result of audit adjustments various assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses have changed in the amended return.”