Texas Nurses Foundation

“Jeff watson, kim belcik, terry throckmorton, sarah moody, rhonda winegar, chandra hinds, and cynthia zolnierek are board members and/or officers of related organizations.”

“Consistent with the organization's status as a type i "supporting organization" to the texas nurses association ("tna"), tna has the power under the organization's governing documents to select and appoint the organization's board of directors, to remove such directors by a two-thirds vote of the tna board and to fill any vacancies that occur in the organization's board of directors.”

“Consistent with the organization's status as a type i "supporting organization" to the texas nurses association ("tna"), tna has the power under the organization's governing documents to select and appoint the organization's board of directors, to remove such directors by a two-thirds vote of the tna board and to fill any vacancies that occur in the organization's board of directors.”

“Select officers will conduct a formal review of the tax return with the preparing cpa. Final review and approval by the board of directors will take place before signing and filing with the irs.”

“Organization monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy on a regular basis at board meetings. The board of directors of the organization must sign an annual statement.”

“Salary, pension, and benefit expenses discussed in part vi, line 15a, and listed in part vii, section a column d and in part ix, lines 5-10 of this return represent reimbursements paid to texas nurses association as a reasonable cost allocation for the time texas nurses association employees spend on texas nurses foundation matters. Texas nurses foundation has no employees of its own. Texas nurses foundation does not have a process for determining compensation of its own, but follows the policy set by texas nurses association. The board of directors of texas nurses association conducts an annual performance review of the executive director and determines any appropriate increase in base salary as well as whether or not to award any additional discretionary salary in the form of a bonus based on performance. The executive director determines the base salary for all other staff compensation, and reviews those annually to determine what increases or bonuses should be awarded.”

“Upon request, copies of the 990, exemption letter and 1023 will be provided in a timely manner and a resonable charge may be made. Any other requests for foundation records should be in writing and referred to the executive director.”

“Hours to related organizations - naces plus foundation (naces) & texas nurses association (tna): cynthia zolnierek 9 hrs naces, 26 hrs tna julia menegay 13 hrs naces, 22 hrs tna andrew cates 5 hrs naces, 30 hrs tna chandra hinds 14 hrs naces, 21 hrs tna ellen martin 1 hrs naces, 37 hrs tna”

“The foundation has started the nurses on boards grant program which is funded through fnsna. The purpose of the grants are to advance recommendations of the 2010 institutes of medicine future of nursing report by preparing nurses for board service. The program began as a collaborative project by texas team action coalition and texas health trustees.”

“The foundation ended the academic progression grant. This was a two-year continuation of the prior grant from august 2012 through august 2014.”