The Hope Center for Autism Inc

“The board of directors shall have the responsibility for reviewing the organization's form 990 (including all pertinent schedules) before it is filed with the internal revenue service. A draft of the form 990 should be ready for review by the board of directors no later than one month prior to the filing deadline. After the draft of the form 990 has been obtained by the board of directors, they will have no more than two weeks to complete their review. In conducting their review of the draft of the form 990, the board of directors shall conduct a top-level or big-picture type of review. However, if the board of directors desires or deems it necessary to conduct a more detailed review of the form 990, then they should contact the preparer of the form 990 to request copies of the relevant detailed tax return workpapers which they would like to see. Once the board of directors has completed its initial review of the form 990, and if requested, a meeting or conference call will be scheduled with the preparer of the form 990 to discuss any questions, comments, and suggested revisions identified by the board of directors. The preparer of the form 990 should make any revisions to the form 990 as soon as feasibly possible to ensure that the form 990 is filed with the internal revenue service on a timely basis. All questions, comments, and suggested revisions set forth by the board of directors should be documented, along with any responses from the preparer of the form 990, if applicable.”

“A member of the board of directors may not vote on an issue in which there is a perceived conflict of interest. If a conflict arises, then the member will withdraw from the discussion and the vote on the issue in conflict. The withdraw will be noted in the minutes of the meeting.”

“The board of directors of the organization rely upon comparability data to determine and approve the compensation of the executive director. The board of directors utilizes resources such as similarly situated exempt organizations in their area to benchmark pay along with market information from other exempt organizations and for-profit organizations to assess the competitiveness and reasonableness of the compensation. Once a decision has been made by the board of directors, it is then voted upon for approval. Recusal of the individuals whose compensation is being determined is mandatory. A similar process is used for determining the compensation of all key employees.”

“The required organizational documents of the exempt organization will be available (for inspection or copying) at the organization's main office during normal business hours at no charge. The public inspection copy of the organization's form 990, from the previous three years (at a minimum), will be available (for inspection or copying) at the organization's main office during normal business hours at no charge. The public inspection copy of the form 990 will not include the schedule of schedule a excess contributors or the schedule b names and address of contributors. The organization will make best efforts to ensure that the form 990 held at their main office is the most updated versions of such. When responding to a public inspection request for any organizational document or form 990 by anyone, the organization shall fulfill such request in a timely fashion without inquiring as to the reason for the public inspection request.”