Naces Plus Foundation Inc

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

“Organization consists of two members: texas nurses association and texas nurses foundation.”

“Members vote on changes to the articles of incorporation and bylaws.”

“Selective board members 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 part ix, lines 7-10 of this return represent reimbursements paid to texas nurses association as a reasonable cost allocation for the time texas nurses association employees spend on naces plus foundation, inc. Matters. Naces plus foundation, inc. Has no employees of its own. Naces plus foundation, inc. 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 1024 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 - texas nurses association(tna) & texas nurses foundation (tnf): cynthia zolnierek 26 hrs tna, 5 hrs tnf julia menegay 22 hrs tna, 5 hrs tnf andrew cates 30 hrs tna, 5 hrs tnf chandra hinds 21 hrs tna, 5 hrs tnf ellen martin 37 hrs tna, 2 hrs tnf”

“During the 2016-2017 fiscal year the main service contract to conduct the nurse aide competency examination required by obra 1987 & 1989 was terminated and all services stopped. No further testing will be conducted by the entity. As of april 2016 naces is no longer conducting any reliability testing for a care needs screening and assessment instrument for the texas children's health plan star kids medicaid-managed care plan as the contract with texas a&m university is complete.”