Divine Mercy Religious Shop Ministries Inc

“Answered NO because the corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, Article 7, explicitly states that "the corporation shall: c. Have no Committees of the Board", but there was no way to electronically answer N/A.”

“As the Board had had previous discussions regarding the potential financial impact the Ministries' temporary closure and COVID-19 related re-opening expenses would have on it for 1 year or more, and having previously approved remaining closed until a functional number of volunteers were willing to return to working in the Shop and the necessary Shop re-opening modifications had been made, this return was emailed to Board members prior to submission. A Board Meeting is scheduled within the next 2 weeks to review this 2020 990 Return, as well as our 2021 990 Return, which, when submitted, will bring our 990 Returns up-to-date.”

“No Board member reported any new potential conflicts of interests during the year, as required by Policy. CEO is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day operations of the Ministries for the Board and he did not identify any potential new vendor, donor or donation recipient relationship(s) that posed a conflict of interest.”

“All information is available upon request, and will be provided in hard copy format.”

“Due to: NYS COVID-19 restrictions; COVID-19 related facility ventilation and plumbing issues that needed to be corrected by our landlord; almost all volunteers' reluctance to work in the Shop at all until they had received the first series of vaccinations and waited for them to take effect; and the lack of feasibility for the Ministry to sell its religious goods online or by curbside pickup; our activities were extremely limited throughout our entire fiscal year, as compared to prior years (See Program accomplishments below). However, we continued to pay our fixed operating expenses in anticipation of re-opening our Ministry to the public. This would not occur until October 2021. Because of the advanced age and health situations for themselves or their spouses' a number of volunteers did not return when the Shop re-opened to the public. We did not apply for any Federal or State financial assistance during our entire temporary closure.”