Center for Active Design Inc.

“Reena agarwal, coo, and vineet bedi, board member, have a family relationship.”

“The organization uses an outside management company, prestige employee administrators, a professional employer organization ("peo") as a co-employer. The peo was paid $9,212 in 2018 for their services. The three individuals listed in part vii, joanna frank, reena agarwal, and lisa creighton are paid by the peo. Their calendar year 2018 compensation is reported in part vii, section a. Their 2018 w-2 compensation paid by the peo were as follows: -joanna frank: $215,433 w-2 compensation and $36,012 non-taxable benefits -reena agarwal: $149,589 w-2 compensation and $33,553 non-taxable benefits -lisa creighton: $121,834 w-2 compensation and $15,455 non-taxable benefits”

“The center for active design, inc. Has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by the president & ceo and treasurer and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board for approval. Once the board has approved the return it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest, is an interested person. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. An interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. Each director, principal, officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: (a) has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, (b) has read and understands the policy, (c) has agreed to comply with the policy, and (d) understands the corporation is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“Salary for all positions, including that of the president & ceo, is set based on compensation research provided by payscale, which uses comparable compensation from compensation surveys. Compensation determination is approved by the board of directors and documented in writing in the board minutes. This process was last undertaken in 2017.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is also posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request.”

“Payroll processing fees: program service expenses 72. Management and general expenses 409. Fundraising expenses 204. Total expenses 685. Experiments: program service expenses 13,852. Management and general expenses 1,003. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,855. Graphic designer: program service expenses 25,830. Management and general expenses 1,870. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 27,700. Research consultants: program service expenses 65,782. Management and general expenses 7,133. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 72,915. Strategic planning consultants: program service expenses 18,669. Management and general expenses 1,351. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 20,020. Fitwel certifiers: program service expenses 78,129. Management and general expenses 5,656. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 83,785. Communications consulting: program service expenses 26,226. Management and general expenses 1,897. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 28,123. Other outside services: program service expenses 14,586. Management and general expenses 1,056. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 15,642.”

“The organization has a committee that is responsible for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. The process has not changed from the prior year.”