Firstday Foundation

“Business relationships: per the irs instructions, certain business relationships between the organization's current officers, directors, trustees, or key employees, as reported in part vii, section a, must be disclosed. Because of the interrelated nature of the filing organization with its related entities (as disclosed on schedule r), all of the officers and directors with overlapping responsibilites have business relationships with each other.”

“Process to review form 990: an outside accounting firm prepares and files the organization's form 990. The organization's evp/cfo conducts a thorough review of the form 990 and all schedules prior to filing. The completed form 990 is made available to the entire governing board prior to filing. The form 990 is provided to the board members via its internal intranet prior to filing.”

“Conflict of interest policy: the policy is included in the employee policy manual and is distributed annually. It is also discussed at every new employee orientation meeting. The employee must acknowledge receipt of the policy. If the employee feels there may be a conflict of interest, he/she is required to discuss with his/her supervisor. The conflict of interest policy is also given, and applies, to the board of trustees. In the event that a board member has a conflict of interest he/she is required to abstain from voting.”

“Each year the bcfs board of trustees executive committee, which is made up of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer, requests from the executive vice president of human resources, a schedule of supporting salary ranges of the executive compensation for nonprofit and other organizations of similar size and compexity. The committee sets the compensation after review of the supporting data from the executive vice president of human resources. The review and approval of the compensation is documented in the meeting minutes and reported to the board of trustees.”

“Each year the ceo will review the compensation of officers and key employees prior to the finalization of the agency budget based on the evaluation of similar positions for nonprofit and other organizations of similar size and complexity.”

“Available to the public: the form 990, financial statements, and other documents will be provided upon request to the public by contacting the bcfs corporate office.”

“George cowden compensation: GEORGE COWDEN, SECRETARY/LEGAL COUNCIL, RECEIVES COMPENSATION FOR LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION. NO PART OF HIS COMPENSATION WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS SERVICES AS A BOARD MEMBER.”

“Program Services 1 description: (Continued from page 2) SERVICES PROVIDED TO SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS ARE FLEXIBLE TO ACCOMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO FULFILL THEIR MISSION OF SERVITO THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WAS REQUIRED IN THE YEAR ENDED 2015 DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (BCFS HHS) TO ACCOMMODATE, EDUCATE, AND PROVIDE OTHER SUPPORT FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THEIR PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL EXPENSES WERE INCURRED DURING THIS TIME TO INCREASE CAPACITY ANMAINTAIN THE STANDARD OF CARE EXPECTED OF BCFS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.”