The Links Inc

“Members are women, duly inducted into any chapter, and women elected to honorary status, who have identifiable abilities and interests in educational, civic, and intercultural activities. The following is a list of membership classes: active, leave of absence, alumna, platinum, affiliate and provisory.”

“The membership votes to elect the governing body.”

“The return was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. The final copy of the 990 was filed with the irs and then provided to the board of directors for them to review.”

“All board members, officers, and employees sign a conflict of interest policy annually that certifies whether a potential conflict of interest exists. Individuals are required to immediately disclose the existence of any potential conflict so that safeguards can be established to protect all parties. Any conflict that could result in direct or indirect benefit to his or her family or any organization with which the employee is affiliated must be disclosed and avoided, if at all possible. If it is determined there is a conflict, it it referred to our national ethics and standards committee for review.”

“The links, inc. Human resources committee sets compensation for the executive director of the organization. The committee used comparability data, gathering compensation information for executive directors in similar organizations in the region to determine the appropriate compensation and documented the process in its human resources manual. The most recent compensation review was completed in february 2015.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available upon request.”

“Photography & design: program service expenses 113,435. Management and general expenses 28,469. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 141,904. Audio visual & video: program service expenses 439,784. Management and general expenses 110,372. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 550,156. Consultant services: program service expenses 153,233. Management and general expenses 38,456. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 191,689.”

“New members of links are required to purchase a history book from links upon joining. Links inaccurately recorded revenue for history books that were not distributed while the book was being edited dating back to 2012. As a result, revenue was overstated by $232,371. Accordingly, deferred revenue, fees and assessment revenue and and unrestricted net asset balances at april 30, 2016 in the accompanying report have been retroactively restated.”