Covenant Place Foundation

“The board has 15 active voting members. All former board chairs/presidents of the organization (known as life directors) are entitled to attend all board meetings and vote on matters before the board. Life members are not counted as part of the quorum for such meetings. The executive committee includes the board chair, vice presidents, treasurer and secretary, plus the immediate past chair and four other past chairs/presidents. The executive committee meets to conduct necessary business between regularly scheduled board meetings and has the same authority as the board of directors.”

“Directors eric cohen and jim deutsch share a family relationship.”

“Community housing management corp. (chmc) is a related tax-exempt entity that provides management services for covenant place foundation (cpf). Chmc collects rents, pays bills from cpf's separate account, and generally manages operations. Chmc is also the common paymaster for all employees who provide these services to cpf and related entities.”

“The finance committee reviews a draft of the 990 and makes suggestions or approves it. Either the president and ceo or a board officer reviews the 990 and signs it on behalf of covenant place foundation. The full board is provided with copies of the annual audit report and form 990 for review at its next regular meeting.”

“Board members are given the conflict of interest policy at their annual meeting (usually in may) and all members are asked to sign an annual disclosure form. If members are not in attendance or forget to sign the document, follow-up emails are sent, and they are asked to sign and fax back the disclosure form. All employees also complete the conflict of interest disclosure annually.”

“Each year, the board chair and the chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee meet to evaluate the president and ceo's performance. The chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee also considers what other comparable entities do (if there are any), as well as a comparison to the initial baseline compensation. The board chair or the chair (or a co-chair) of the personnel committee polls the executive committee for comments on performance and compensation. The board chair then meets with the president and ceo to discuss performance and the compensation determined by the executive committee.”

“Documents provided upon written request.”

“In july 2018 cpf assumed responsibility for the aging ahead evening meal program, which is offered to residents and community seniors at covenant place. The program is designed to provide kosher weeknight meals for residents and community older adults to enjoy the meal and socialization.”

“All w-2s are filed by community housing management corp, a related entity that performs management functions for covenant place foundation.”

“Officer compensation and salaries and wages reported in the statement of functional expenses are covenant place foundation's allocable share of such amounts; all such compensation is paid by community housing management corp.”