Goodworks Inc.

“Form 990 is received by the entire board prior to filing with the irs. The return is presented to the audit committee for review and questions are given to the tax return preparer prior to the submission to the board.”

“All board members and executive staff are annually given the conflict of interest policy and disclosure form to complete. The conflict of interest policy is also included in the employee handbook, which is provided to each employee. The organization monitors this policy by presenting, discussing and reminding all parties it is in place and they are encouraged to disclose any conflicts or questions.”

“Board members are not compensated. The president is compensated by goodwill industries of southeastern louisiana, a related organization. Goodwill's national office conducts annual salary compensation survey's for executives and key staff using all goodwill's and other non profits' data. The president of goodwill is evaluated by the executive committee of the board of directors annually and independent documentation is prepared. The evaluation is the basis of determining the president's compensation for the coming year. The chairperson provides written documentation of the president's compensation to the vice president of human resources for execution. All other key staff are evaluated by the president and documented in a formal performance evaluation form. The performance evaluation is used to determine compensation of key employees within the limits of the annual compensation guidelines and comparable information. The annual compensation guidelines are determined using data from the compensation survey, cost of labor and financial performance of the organization.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request. The audited financial statements and form 990 are made available on goodwill industries of se, la website www.goodwillno.org”

“Stephen conners 31 riverbirch court, mandeville, la 70448”

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