Make-A-Wish Foundation of Idaho

“The foundation worked closely with an independent public accounting firm engaged to prepare the return. The draft return prepared by the accounting firm was reviewed by the foundation's ceo. The return was then presented to the executive committee and finance committee of the board, composed of financial professionals, for review and comments subsequent to the committee's approval, a complete copy of the final return was provided to all voting board members prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The foundation maintains a conflict of interest and ethics statement as provided by the make- a-wish foundation of america for each officer, employee, board member, and volunteer. Such statements must be signed upon date of hire, election, or commencement of volunteer service, policy and at least annually thereafter. The signed statements are then submitted to and reviewed by the volunteer coordinator if they are from volunteers, and the ceo if from staff and board members. Review of the statements is monitored by the chief executive officer. The procedures for addressing any conflicts of interest of which the chief executive officer becomes aware includes, but are not limited to, the following (1) determining the nature of the conflict via verbal or written communication with the interested person, (2) fully disclosing conflicting interests to the board, (3) the conflicted person recuses himself/herself from deliberations and decisions regarding the transaction, and (4) taking appropriate actions warranted by the conflict as recommended by the board up to and including termination of service.”

“For 2013 compensation, the ceo and director's compensation was determined by the board of directors, consisting of independent persons. It was reviewed against national benchmarking salary studies, surveys done every few years by make-a-wish foundation of america, and by local salary surveys conducted by state organizations and by national benchmarking organizations.”

“While federal tax laws do not mandate that the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements be made available for public inspection, the organization makes its financial statements available upon request.”

“The make-a-wish foundation of idaho grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.”