Children'S Cancer Connection

“A draft copy of the form 990 is provided to the finance committee (a committee of the board of directors) for review. Other board members are notified that the draft form 990 is available and have an opportunity to review the draft form if desired. After the draft copy is approved by the finance committee, the form is electronically filed by the paid preparer.”

“Each trustee, officer, member of a committee with board-delegated powers, and employees shall annually sign a statement that affirms that such person has received a copy of the conflict-of-interest policy, has read and understands the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy, and understands that the organization is a charitable organization and must engage primarily in activities that accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“The executive committee annually performs a review of the executive director and approves the salary. Compensation reasonableness is considered primarily using comparable wages for similar positions in the local area. A board member contacts merit resources, inc from whom the organization's personnel are leased to notify them of the salary level change and effective date.”

“The executive committee (officers of the board)sets the compensation for the executive director. The compensation for other personnel are set indirectly by the board through approval of the budget. Compensation by person is determined annually by the executive director based on performance and consideration of local job market rates for similar positions.”

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“Other program services 4: to provide scholarships for those directly affected by childhood cancer who attend or plan to attend an accredited two or four year institution. Children's cancer connection empowering scholarships include book reimbursement scholarships and tuition assistance scholarships in values from $500-$5,000.”

“The form 990 reports payroll and related personnel expenses, but no w-2 forms are filed by children's cancer connection, inc. Because all employees are leased through aureon, an unrelated party. Employees are leased through aureon so that benefits such as a retirement plan and group health insurance can be offered through aureon. Since the majority of the payments to aureon are for payment of services for leased employees this is not considered compensation for purposes of part vii, section b.”