The National Quality Forum

“As the sole member of the filing organization, Joint Commission, a related tax-exempt organization, has broad authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Please see the narratives for Part VI, Lines 6, 7a and 7b for a description of such authority.”

“In November 2024, the organization adopted amended and restated bylaws that significantly revised its governance structure. Key changes included expanding the authority of the sole Corporate Member (Joint Commission), granting it full board appointment power, and increasing its oversight over strategic, financial, and operational matters. These changes replaced the prior bylaws adopted in September 2023.”

“The Organization has one sole member, Joint Commission. Joint Commission has the power to: 1) Appoint all Directors to the Board and remove them, with or without cause. 2) Appoint the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the President/ Chief Executive Officer (President/CEO) of the Corporation and removing them, with or without cause. 3) Approve changes to the Bylaws, mission and/or vision statements, and all strategic or long-term plans of the Organization. 4) Approve all creations of subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, mergers, consolidations, permanent or long-term affiliations and all joint ventures of the Organization involving capital investments in excess of $250,000. 5) Approve the sale or encumbrance of all or substantially all the assets of the Organization and all long-term debt in excess of $250,000. 6) Approve the Organization's annual operating and capital budgets and material amendments thereto. 7) Approve the dissolution of and all liquidations from the Organization”

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“All board committees document their meetings and actions taken. However, no board committees have authority to act on behalf of governing board except by board resolution. As such, this line is not applicable and has been checked no in accordance with the instructions”

“The organization's management, including joint commission cfo, controller, corporate compliance & privacy officer, and general counsel performed a detailed review of the form 990 with the paid tax preparer. Once this level of review was performed, a copy of form 990 was provided to the nqf finance committee for their review and opportunity to ask questions prior to filing. A copy of the form 990 was provided to the entire board of directors prior to filing.”

“On an annual basis, conflict of interest forms are sent to board members and staff to complete. The general counsel reviews conflict of interest forms submitted by board members and board members verbally disclose any relevant information annually in a public board session. Employee conflict of interest forms are screened by the human resources department and any disclosures made by employees are referred to the general counsel for follow-up and resolution.”

“National quality forum relies on the process of joint commission (a related organization) for approval of top management official's compensation. The top management official's compensation arrangement is subject to an independent board committee review and approval referred to as the human resources and compensation committee. Joint commission engaged an independent compensation consultant to assist in determining compensation of top management official. In setting the top management official's compensation, the organization's human resources and compensation committee rely on recent compensation studies that provide compensation data for comparable positions in other organizations to support its decision-making process. Joint commission's human resources and compensation committee adequately document its compensation determinations and deliberations regarding compensation in its committee minutes on a timely basis. Each committee member has been determined to be independent in accordance with intermediate sanctions regulations and signs the board's conflict of interest policy annually to ensure that he or she is independent. The process for determining the compensation of the top management official, - dana gelb safran, president & ceo is undertaken annually.”

“National Quality Forum relies on the PROCESS OF JOINT COMMISSION (A RELATED ORGANIZATION) FOR Key Employees' COMPENSATION. JOINT COMMISSION ENGAGES ITS HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF ITS KEY EMPLOYEES. IN SETTING THE KEY EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT RELIES ON INDEPENDENT SURVEY AND COMPENSATION DATA FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND/OR ON THE INTERNAL JOB EVALUATION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ITS DECISIONMAKING PROCESS. THE KEY EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE COMPENSATION POLICY AND GUIDELINES, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S HUMAN RESOURCES AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE ORGANIZATION'S KEY EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION IS UNDERTAKEN ANNUALLY FOR ALL KEY EMPLOYEES.”

“Nqf makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request for the period as set forth in irc section 6104(d).”

“Professional Fees - Consulting Services - Total Expense: 1430532, Program Service Expense: 1323363, Management and General Expenses: 107169, Fundraising Expenses: 0; Professional Fees - Outsourced Services - Total Expense: 93498, Program Service Expense: 24533, Management and General Expenses: 68965, Fundraising Expenses: 0; Other Misc Fees & Services - Total Expense: 9141, Program Service Expense: 0, Management and General Expenses: 9141, Fundraising Expenses: 0; Merchant Fees - Total Expense: 84, Program Service Expense: 0, Management and General Expenses: 84, Fundraising Expenses: 0;”