American Cancer Society

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 6 ACS Development Company II, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose sole corporate member is the American Cancer Society, Inc. (ACS, Inc.)”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 7A The filing organization is a supporting organization of ACS, Inc. The CEO of ACS, Inc. has the authority to elect members of the Board of Directors.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 7B ACS, Inc. has voting rights with regards to amendment of the filing organizations articles of incorporation, or to merge, consolidate, or dissolve the filing organization.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B Management, in conjunction with an independent accounting firm, prepare and reviews the form 990. An electronic (or hard) copy of the form 990 is provided to each member of the Board of Directors prior to the form being filed with the IRS.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12a-c the filing organization has never had and does not currently have employees. The employees disclosed on schedule j, part ii of the form 990 are employees of the acs, inc., which controls the filing organization. Acs, inc. Maintains the conflict of interest (coi) policy which covers all employees and affiliates of acs, inc. The coi policy is reviewed by management and the board of directors' audit committee at least annually and modified as required. The board of directors, trustees, officers, key employees, and all other employees of the organization are required to certify annually that they have read and understand the coi policy and submit a written questionnaire each year disclosing any known conflicts. The responses to the questionnaires are reviewed by management. Management also monitors all transactions during the normal course of business to identify other potential conflicts. On a quarterly basis, the board of directors' audit committee reviews potential conflicts to determine whether any actual conflicts exist. Individuals who believe they are in a potential conflict are required to recuse themselves from the deliberation and decision-making process.”

“Form 990, part vi, lines 13 & 14 the filing organization is controlled by acs, inc. The employees disclosed on schedule j, part ii of the form 990 are employees of acs, inc. Acs, inc. Maintains a whistle blower policy, which covers all of its employees and affiliates. Acs, inc. Also maintains document retention and destruction, and gift acceptance policies. The filing organization, in practice, follows the policies of acs, inc.”

“Form 990, part vi, lines 15a & 15b the filing organization is controlled by acs, inc. And had no employees as of the end of the tax year. The individuals disclosed on part vii and schedule j are empoyees of and are compensated by acs, inc. The procedures for reviewing and determining compensation of these individuals are conducted in accordance with those of acs, inc. The process used by acs, inc. Includes a review by an independent compensation consultant using comparability data, review and approval by a compensation committee, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 The consolidated audited financial statements are made available to the general public by posting to its website at www.cancer.org. Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request.”