Isas Group Benefits Trust

“Members the trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (mewa), which serves as a vehicle to provide health and welfare benefits to participating employers for their employees. The participating employers of the isas benefit trust are comprised of independent member schools which provide benefits to their employees via the trust. The independent schools are considered members of the organization as they have the right to participate in the organization's governance by selecting an eligible employee to serve as a trustee of the organization's governing body.”

“Members appoint representatives to governing body each participating employer shall select one of its employees eligible to participate in the plan to serve as its representative who shall be named its trustee.”

“Form 990 review process seven-person executive committee reviews and accepts the form 990 prepared by third-party outside preparer; return is posted to board accessible website for access and review by all other members of governing board prior to executive director signing and submitting to irs.”

“Conflict of interest monitoring annually requires each trustee and key employee to sign and disclose any relationship with organization vendors or related parties; requires trustees to disclose any conflict prior to considering new vendor relationships.”

“Ceo compensation the executive committee serves in the capacity of a compensation committee and reviews performance of the executive director. The committee reviews salary survey prepared by the independent schools association of the southwest for reasonableness among school cfo's and seeks input from independent third-party benefits consultant for compensation adjustment benchmark in the benefits/insurance workforce. The executive committee makes a compensation recommendation and informs the full board of trustees prior to adopting the operating budget for the ensuing fiscal year.”

“Other organization documents publicly availability upon written request.”

“Trustee's compensation compensation reported for the trustee listed on line 21 is a good-faith estimate of his 2014 calendar year compensation. The organization was unable to obtain the trustee's compensation details due to his resignation prior to the end of the organization's fiscal year and also, the trustee's contributing employer terminated its participation in the trust. The compensation estimate reported is based on the trustee's 2013 calendar year as reported on the prior year form 990.”

“Audit committee no changes have been made to the procedure; the trust finance committee serves in the role of an audit committee, selecting the independent auditor and reviewing and accepting the audit report.”