Wellspring Inc.

“The form 990 is emailed to all members of the board of directors before it is filed with the irs. In addition, the finance committee, the executive director, and the accounting manager review the form 990 in detail before it is filed.”

“If a conflict of interest arises concerning a board member, the board member informs the board of directors of the potential conflict and the board decides whether or not to proceed with the situation. If the board proceeds, the member with the conflict of interest is excluded from voting on the situation. The executive director and accounting manager follow the general conflict of interest policy applicable to all employeees and detailed in the personnel manual. This policy addresses potential conflicts in the work environment, nepotism, and outside employment. No annual written disclosure of conflicts is required.”

“The board of directors annually approves salary increases based on cost of living adjustments and certain performance measures. Although comparability data is not referred to, based on their knowledge of local salaries, the board of directors feels its management team is not paid excessive wages.”

“The process for determining the salary of the accounting manager is the same as for the executive director, as detailed for line 15a.”

“Upon request, the organization will make their governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public.”

“The organization chose to reclassify revenues received on a contract basis from the state of sd on the 2012 form 990 from grants to program service revenue. Reclassifications were also made to prior year numbers on on schedule a and part i. The change had no affect on the resulting public support percentage. The organization feels this presentation better reflects the nature of their activities.”

“Fund raising expense included with revenue for 990 20,999 fund raising expense included with revenue for 990 -20,999 rounding 1”