Jerusalem House Inc

“The director of finance, upon receipt of the draft electronic form 990, forwards it to all finance committee members. The members are encouraged to directly contact the independent cpa firm that prepared the form 990 to discuss any questions or concerns. The board treasurer meets with the director of finance and any available finance committee members to conduct a detailed line by line review of the form 990 and schedules. After the 990 has been approved by the finance committee, the board treasurer reports to the executive board that the 990 has been reviewed and approved by the finance committee. Every board member is then provided with an electronic copy of the final 990. After the 990 has been signed and filed, it is available to view on the agency's website.”

“All board members and all agency staff are required to sign a conflict of interest policy statement and submit it to the executive director. The document is reviewed at least annually by the executive director, and at each time a potential conflict is disclosed. All disclosures that could potentially result in a conflict of interest are reviewed by the executive director and board president as appropriate, to determine if conlifcts exist. If a conflict is deemed to exist and is presented to the executive board, the executive board mandates non-participation of the board member or staff involved.”

“The board authorized the executive board to determine the executive director's compensation. The executive board consists of the president, immediate past president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary of the board. The executive director's compensation did not vary from the board approved fy16 agency compensation budget. The executive director's compensation is deliberated and determined by the executive board. The reasonableness of the exectuive director's compensation is determined using data published by, among other sources, the georgia center for nonprofits annual compensation survey for comparable positions in comparable sized agencies in comparable geographic areas. None of the exectuive board members were employees of the organization nor had a conflict of interest. The board president documents the compensation of the executive director. The reasonableness of budgeted compensation for all staff, including the executive director, is primarily determined using data published by, among other sources, the georgia center for nonprofits annual compensation survey for comparable positions in comparable sized agencies in comparable geographic areas.”

“Auditied financial statements, form 990, and 501(c)(3) determination letter are available on agency's website.”

“The 2020 form 990 is being amended because the organization's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2021 have been issued resulting in adjustments to revenue, expense, and balance sheet accounts. This amended form 990 reflects those adjustments so that the form 990 aligns with those audited financial statements. Items impacted include: part iii - program service expenses (including grants) and revenue; part viii - program service revenue; part ix - program service expenses (including grants); part x - accounts receivable and net assets; schedule d - part xi & xii reconciling to revenue and expense per the audited financial statements; schedule i - part iii amounts of cash grants to various programs.”