American Cancer Society

“Whistle blower policy/written document retention and destruction policy the filing organization is controlled by acs. The employees disclosed on schedule j, part ii of the form 990 are employees of acs. Acs maintains a whistle blower policy, which covers all of its employees and affiliates. Acs also maintains document retention and destruction and gift acceptance policies. The filing organization, in practice, follows the policies of acs.”

“Acs development company ii, inc. Is a nonprofit corporation whose sole corporate member is acs.”

“The filing organization is a supporting organization of acs. The ceo of acs has the authority to elect members of the board of directors.”

“Acs has voting rights with regards to amendment of the filing organization's articles of incorporation or to merge, consolidate, or dissolve the filing organization.”

“Management, in conjunction with an independent accounting firm, prepares 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.”

“The filing organization has never had and does not currently have employees. The individuals reported on schedule j are employed by acs, which controls the filing organization. Acs maintains the conflict of interest (coi) policy, which covers all employees and affiliates of acs. The coi policy is reviewed by management and the board of directors' audit and risk 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 response to a written questionnaire each year disclosing any known conflicts. Employee 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, and upon notice of a conflict disclosure, the board of directors' audit and risk 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.”

“The consolidated audited financial statements (which can be found in the financial information section) are made available to the general public by posting to its website at www.cancer.org. Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are made available upon request.”

“The filing organization is controlled by acs and had no employees as of the end of the tax year. The individuals reported on part vii and schedule j are employed and compensated by acs. The procedures for reviewing and determining compensation of these individuals are conducted in accordance with those of acs. The process used by acs 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.”