More Than a Bed

“Eli bunch and jody bunch are married.”

“There were no committees with the authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Form 990 was prepared by the treasurer, who is a cpa. A draft was provided to the executive director for her review and approval and a copy was then provided to the entire board of directors prior to filing.”

“More than a bed (mtab) has a written conflict of interest policy. Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers is an interested person and therefore not permitted to benefit directly or indirectly from any potential business transaction with the nonprofit. An interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion and vote. If the governing board has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, and after making further investigation as warranted by circumstances, the governing board determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.”

“The board approves the salary for the president and executive director of the organization as part of the annual budget review and approval process. The decision is documented in the minutes. No comparability data has been used as historically the salary has been very modest.”

“Information is available to the public upon request. In addition, mtab provides an annual report on our website, form 990 is available on guidestar, and information regarding the governing board is available on the arizona corporation commission website.”

“More than a bed operates a 5000 square foot warehouse where foster, kinship and adoptive parents can shop at no charge for items for the children in their care. The warehouse offers new and gently used twin beds, bunk beds, toddler beds, cribs, dressers, toys, car seats, clothing, diapers, shoes and bedding. We provide beds as needed for the children placed in out-of-home care. From 7/1/19 - 6/30/20, we provided 168 cribs/toddler beds, 281 twin beds and 36 bunk beds. In addition, we also provided 216 car seats, 34 new dressers, 127 strollers, 1594 packs of diapers, 3834 pairs of shoes, and 8977 new and used toys. This fiscal year, we served 928 families and 2763 children. The organization received numerous donations of new and gently used items to be distributed to its clients. During 7/1/19 - 6/30/20, $225,416 of beds, cribs, car seats, strollers, dressers and clothing were received.”

“Over and above our mission statement, we strive to initiate programs or partnerships with other nonprofits that will benefit the children even more. Three of those initiatives are (1) to provide 10 backpacks per month filled with clothing and hygiene items for the teens that are removed and placed in dcs madera center and for the arizona young adult program (ayap); (2) a parents night out where we oversee and entertain 140 children for 4-5 hours while the 'parents' take a night out for themselves; (3) a christmas event to provide the children with entertainment, a picture with santa and gifts.”