Covenant House Florida Inc.

“The sole corporate member of covenant house florida is its parent organization, covenant house, d/b/a covenant house international.”

“Covenant house florida's (chf) parent organization, covenant house international has the right to elect or appoint officers of chf's board of directors.”

“The following decisions for the governing body are subject to approval by chc parent organization, covenant house international - amendment or repeal of the by-laws, increase or decrease in the number of board of directors and appoint/remove members of the board and the officers.”

“The form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm and reviewed by the parent organization, covenant house international, the cfo and the covenant house florida board finance committee for completion and accuracy prior to filing. The final form 990 is electronically provided to all members of the board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization requires annual disclosure and affirmation of the conflict of interest policy by all officers, directors and key employees. The disclosure statement required each officer, director, and key employee to disclose any business or personal interests, direct or indirect, that the person may have in an organization that completes with or does business with covenant house international or any other organization business/ agency affiliated with covenant house international. If a conflict is determined to exist, it must be reported and addressed to the satisfaction of the organization. Any other person having a conflict, and attending said meeting, shall retire from the room in which the board or committee is meeting and shall not participate in the final deliberations or decisions regarding the matter under consideration. Any interested director shall also abstain during such vote. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. A summary of the annual conflicts of interest and copies of the conflicts of interest reports from the directors, executive director, and officers of the organization are also sent to the parent organization, covenant house international. The parent, covenant house international also ensures the annual conflicts of interest reports are accomplished for each affiliate and that the required information is sent to them.”

“The executive director's compensation is determined by the compensation committee working in conjunction with the president of covenant house international (parent). A salary structure and range were determined using a compensation committee and independent consultant for the executive director. Factors considered were the size of the agency budget, program size and complexity, local market compatibility, and the cost of living, with compensation approved by the ch fl board of directors. Records of executive committee's compensation decisions are maintained in the covenant house international (parent) human resources department record. This process was last undertaken in fiscal year 2018. Human resources conducts salary surveys in the community of comparable organizations to determine compensation ranges for the compenstation of other officers. The survey was last performed in 2010. In addition to the survey, the board finance committee reviews the pay scale on an annual basis. Records of the compensation decisions are maintained in the finance committee minutes.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available to the public by retaining a copy at its place of business as well as posting it on its website. The form 990 is also uploaded by the organization onto www.guidestar.org. The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are all available for public inspection upon request at 733 breakers avenue, fort lauderdale, fl 33304.”

“Covenant house international (parent) provides financial support as well as management and organizational support for its affiliated organizations. The parent conducts fundraising activities for its own programs and the programs of the affiliates including the sleep out event. The parent collects the funds from the sleep out event that each affiliate holds in their city online through software that they manage/operate. The funds are then disbursed to each affiliate that raised the funds through a grant from the parent. The parent combines contributions received from individuals, corporations and foundations, the sleep out event, plus a parent subsidy and appropriates funds classified as "branding dollars" to each covenant house affiliate. The parent reports the sleep out event in schedule g, part ii of their form 990. The filing organization reports the sleep out event income on part viii, line 1d as a contribution from a related organization.”

“Write off of uncollectible pledges -22,415.”

“The process for selecting an independent accountant and establishing a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit has not changed from prior years.”