Homes for Independence Inc.

“After the extensive internal review, the returns are made available to the members of the audit committee and board of directors for their review, comments, concurrence, and request for a formal meeting prior to filing, if deemed necessary. The final 990 return is posted to the organization's website for internal use.”

“Board members are required to complete and sign a disclosure form identifying business interests, employment relationships and property interests, and those of related parties. Servicesource has specific board-level policies regarding disclosure of conflict of interest for board members. The chair of the board and the ceo regularly review the composition of the board for any potential conflicts of interests and consult with legal counsel if necessary. The board chair may ask the involved individual to recuse themselves during discussions on any matter relating to a potential conflict of interest. Servicesource maintains business code of ethics and conflict of interest policies that all employees are required to follow. All key employees, including officers, are required to participate in annual training on the organization's code of business ethics, including conflicts of interest.”

“Financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Hfi does not compensate anyone shown in part vii of the form 990 or schedule j, part ii. The compensation shown in these sections is paid by the servicesource, inc, the organization's related organization. Hfi relies on the compensation determination methodology of the servicesource, inc. The following is the compensation methodology used by servicesource, inc: compensation for servicesource's ceo is determined by the board of directors on an annual basis. This independent determination includes the use of data for similar positions at comparable organizations and the compensation arrangement is documented when decided by the board of directors. An independent compensation consultant conducts an executive salary survey on an annual basis, with the results of the survey being considered by the board of directors for determination of the ceo's compensation. Compensation for other officers are also determined based on executive pay studies and an executive salary survey conducted by a leading consulting firm that are conducted annually. Compensation for other key employees and executives are determined based on executive pay studies conducted by outside consultants bi-annually.”

“The process for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant that audited the financial statements has been consistent with prior years.”

“Homes for independence is part of the servicesource corporation - an affiliation of five not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizations that are separate legal entities, but governed by a common member volunteer board of directors and commonly branded as "servicesource." general corporate and overhead expenses and salaries are spread across four regional offices according to appropriate allocation methodology and based on the percentage of support to the specific regional office. This structure allows for maintenance of much lower corporate overhead rate as a percentage of revenue to ensure that adequate funds are directed specifically to program operations. Servicesource is operationally comprised of the virginia regional office based in oakton, virginia; the florida regional office in clearwater, florida; the north carolina regional office in fayetteville, north carolina; and the delaware regional office in wilmington, delaware. With operations in ten states and the district of columbia, servicesource collectively serves more than 17,000 individuals with disabilities annually through a range of innovative and valued employment, training, habilitation, housing and other support services.”