Hartt Inc.

“The organization made a number of changes to its bylaws. These changes include providing for the minimum and maximum directors, adding background experience requirements for future board members, revising the length of the terms of directors as well as the number of terms that can be served, updating the number of regular board meetings, and adding a notice period for scheduling regular board meeting.”

“The president of the organization distributes a pdf copy of the 990 to all board members for review and comment prior to the return being filed.”

“At each board and committee meeting, if there is a discussion of selecting or engaging a vendor or service provider, all in attendance are asked to recuse themselves from this discussion if there could be a perceived conflict. Annually, the organization reviews and discusses the conflict of interest policy and requests that each board member list and acknowledge any known conflicts.”

“The organization will provide, in a timely manner, copies of all governing documents, including its conflict of interest policy, and tax returns when requested in writing or in person as required by federal or state law. The 990 is also available to the general public by going to guidestar.org.”

“Hartt, inc. Has an arrangement with an unrelated organization to lease its employees. This reflects the number of employees leased by hartt. While hartt was not responsible for filing the forms w2 for these employees, they are common law employees of the organization and therefore are reported on our return.”

“Hartt, inc. Has an arrangement with another organization to lease its employees. The salaries reflected on line 7 are the actual salaries received by these employees. The remaining fees paid to the leasing company reflected on line 11g, include the following expenses employer payroll taxes, workers comp insurance, and processing fees.”