Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults

“Board review of form 990: the board of directors reviews the form 990 with the return preparer at a board meeting prior to filing the return with the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy: each board member reviews and signs the conflict of interest policy when they join the board of directors. During fiscal year 6/30/2014, the conflict of interest policy was reviewed with board members to ensure compliance.”

“Compensation setting process: the executive director is hired through a board of directors committee and if necessary, aided by a recruiting firm. Comparability data is used. Salary is negotiated between the executive director and the committee. Deliberation and conclusion of compensation process is documented in the board minutes. The executive director's compensation is also documented in a written contract. Key employees are hired through a multiple interview process made up of agency wide employees and external individuals, using comparability data. The final interview is done by the executive director and salary is negotiated between the executive director and the key employee. Compensation is documented in the employee's personnel file. The compensation for the cfo position is reviewed and approved by the board of directors.”

“Governing documentation availability: governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The executive committee shall be composed of the officers of the corporation and two additional board members who are elected by the board at the annual meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee, as delegated to it by the board, shall have, and may excercise, the powers of the board as the need arises between meetings of the board. The executive committee shall also be responsible for coordinating and administering personnel matters relating to the executive director, including the administration of the executive director's annual performance review. The executive/personnel committee shall take the lead in hiring or replacment of the executive director; however, in the latter case, the executive committee may make recommendations only and may not act unilaterally without the approval of the full board of directors.”

“*laradon became an employment network and can provide employment services to adults who receive social security disability insurance (ssdi). *laradon expanded services to senior citizens and are now serving adults with alzheimer's disease and dementia. *laradon's family, infant and toddler (fit) program increased capacity by offering individualized training to parents and siblings so that therapeutic activities could take place for their infant throughout the week in addition to the weekly therapy sessions. As a result, infants and toddlers are reaching their developmental milestones on time. *laradon's participants in the community participation programs volunteered at a variety of other nonprofit agencies in our community. The result was over 6000 hours of service was provided. *laradon expanded the number of metro area school districts that refer students to the alternative school to 17, which means that more students are getting the services they need to overcome their challenges and become independent adults. *laradon has started using computerized data acquisition and management systems which have resulted in less paperwork and more increase in efficiency.”

“Change in interest in the laradon foundation 732,757.”