Texas Nurses Foundation

“Patricia freier, lucindra campbell, amy mccarthy, gayle dasher, melinda hester, chandra hinds, and cynthia zolnierek are board members and/or officers of a related organization.”

“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.”

“The board of directors conducted a formal review of the tax return with the preparing cpa and approved the 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 chief executive officer 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 chief executive officer 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 reasonable charge may be made. Any other requests for foundation records should be in writing and referred to the chief executive officer.”

“Hours to related organization - texas nurses association (tna): cynthia zolnierek 34.00 hrs tna julia menegay 34.50 hrs tna chandra hinds 35.50 hrs tna patricia freier 2.00 hrs tna lucindra campbell 2.00 hrs tna amy mccarthy 4.50 hrs tna gayle dasher 4.50 hrs tna melinda hester 2.00 hrs tna”