Christian Relief Services

“Bryan l. Krizek, president/ceo and paul e. Krizek, vice president/general counsel have a family relationship. Volunteer board members james j. O'brien, chairman, and thomas m. O'brien, treasurer, have a family relationship.”

“No committee has the authority to act independent of the full board of directors.”

“The internal revenue service form 990 is prepared by a firm of certified public accountants with expertise in tax and audit issues related to tax-exempt organizations. The form 990 in draft form is sent to all members of the board of directors and officers. The directors and officers are instructed to send their questions, comments, and suggestions directly to the audit committee of the board of directors. The audit committee, staff and the auditor then make a final review of the draft form 990. The audit committee addresses any concerns and responds to the comments of directors and officers prior to submission of the form 990 to the internal revenue service.”

“Crsc has adopted a detailed written conflict of interest policy which defines conflicts of interest and requires officers, directors, and key employees affirmatively and promptly to disclose all conflicts of interest, including potential conflicts. Compliance with the conflict of interest policy is mandatory. It also includes requiring all persons subject to the conflict of interest policy annually to sign a statement affirming that they are familiar with the terms of the conflict of interest policy. The policy requires all persons subject to the policy to provide annually written responses to a questionnaire entitled "conflict of interest disclosure statement." all persons subject to the conflict of interest policy are obligated by the policy to promptly inform the chair of the board of directors of any material change that develops with regard to their disclosure statement which is distributed to directors and officers at the annual meeting of the board of directors.”

“The board of directors is guided in terms of determining appropriate, fair and reasonable compensation by written compensation guidelines for "disqualified persons" as it is defined under the internal revenue code section 4958. These guidelines were adopted by the board of directors of christian relief services charities, inc. The compensation guidelines are based on procedures set forth in the treasury regulation interpreting internal revenue code section 4958. Prior to adjusting the compensation for "disqualified persons," the board of directors policy is to review appropriate comparability surveys which present the compensation data of other tax-exempt organizations with similar missions, geographical locations, assets and revenues, to assess what is ordinary and reasonable in terms of the relevant market for compensation. The data included in the comparability surveys comes from numerous contemporary third party sources.”

“Crsc publishes on its website (crsc-family.org) the most recent audited financial statement and the financial statements for the preceding two years. Christian relief services charities also makes publicly available on its website its most recent irs form 990 and a link to the guidestar website, which posts the forms 990 for three preceding years. Christian relief services charities makes available upon request copies of its articles of incorporation and bylaws. The same applies for the conflict of interest policy and compensation guidelines.”