American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

“Form 990, part i, line 5: the american speech-language-hearing foundation (ashfoundation) employs four staff members whose salaries are covered by the ashfoundation budget but administered by the american speech-language-hearing association (the association)'s payroll system.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 6: the american speech-language-hearing association is the sole member as defined by the ashfoundation articles of incorporation.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a: the ashfoundation board of trustees approves trustees for board service and, upon this action, the recommended trustee names are forwarded for approval by the association (via its board of directors) as the sole member defined in organization bylaws.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7b: in accordance with the bylaws, the governing board's removal and replacement of trustees and officers, budget approval, amendments to the bylaws and dissolution of the organization are subject to review and/or approval by the sole member.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b: the cpa firm and management perform a detailed review of the prepared form 990. The ashfoundation board of trustees has designated the board's v.p. For the financial review committee with the authority to perform an overall review of the 990 documents prior to irs filing and to obtain clarification if needed. The v.p. Receives the form within 3 days prior to filing. All trustees are provided with an electronic copy of the final 990 prior to filing.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c: the policy covers any trustee, principal officer or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers who has a direct or indirect financial interest. Determination of a conflict of interest is made by the remaining board or committee members. Upon determination of a conflict of interest, the board will request the individual to recuse him/herself from any related discussion and corresponding vote on the item of business.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15: the review and approval of the executive director's compensation is performed annually by an executive committee of the ashfoundation board. The executive director is not involved in this process. The committee follows guidelines used by the association's human resource unit developed by an independent compensation consultant based on compensation pricing and ranges for comparable executive positions in similar organizations. Contemporaneous documentation is provided by e-mail exchanges between the executive committee and the association's human resource unit.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19: the ashfoundation governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Form 990, part vii: asha's ceo serves as a non-voting member of the ashf board of trustees. Ashf's executive director is a non-voting member of the ashf board of trustees.”

“Return of unused Grants $22,720 Rounding $-6”

“The return is being amended to include Schedule G that was inadvertently not included on the originally filed return. Part IX was also updated to include the amount of professional fundraising fees.”