Free Range Health

“Line 2 - related party information among officers john tuma (secretary) and cole alexander (president) are married but legally separated.”

“The 990 was electronically submitted to the board of directors for review. Each board member was asked to review the document and authorize it to be filed. During this review board members were given opportunity to ask questions and propose changes. Once all members gave their authorization, the form 990 was filed.”

“Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers annually signs a statement affirming he or she has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, has read and understand the policy, has agreed to the policy, and understand the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption, it must engage in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax exempt purposes.”

“Compensation for the executive director was approved by the full board of directors after evaluating compensation rates regionally and nationwide. Compensation of accupunturists is competitive for the region. The executive director leaves the room during discussions and does not vote on his compensation.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Part ix, line 14 - information technology these expenses reflect ongoing equipment costs and costs for cloud-based technology services necessary for the day-to-day operations of free range health. Our organization takes advantage of the salesforce donation program through the salesforce foundation. The 5,094 is for one-time developer expenses related to customizing our salesforce instance to automate our patient user interface. This investment will greatly decrease our administrative expenses in this area, which will allow us to divert those resources to other needs in the organization. Part ix, line 23 - insurance this is general liability insurance for occurrences at our mobile clinic sites not covered under the professional liability policy included in line 24e below. Part ix, line 24e - all other expenses this includes expenses for provider professional liability, licensing, and continuing education as well as expense for electronic health records.”

“Line 4a - program related expenses vs revenue the total expenses of 54,846 reflect our current acupuncturist hourly pay rate of 12/hr. The estimated rate to hire a licensed professional acupuncturist to perform these services at a competitive living wage would be approximately 41/hr including employer payroll costs.paying this raate would increase our annual expenses by approximately 49,000, which is not possible at our current fee and fundraising levels.these services are currently provided by the executive director while the organization explores sustainable funding options. Bringing other org costs down through the use of automation technology in order to offset the provider costs is a major goal in 2018 and going forward.”

“58% of executive director compensation (17,960 of 31,200) was providing direct services to patients at program sites.”