Developmental Disabilities Resource Center

“Ddrc has seventeen members referred to as the board of directors; four members are appointed by agencies, six are elected members and seven are appointed by the board of directors. No employee of the corporation or employee or board members of an approved service agency of ddrc are eligible for membership on the board of directors. A minimum of 50% of the board shall be family members, guardians or individuals with an intellectual/developmental disability living in ddrc's service area. The board of directors governs and provides oversight of the affairs of the corporation, exercises the powers of the corporation and controls its property. It alone shall determine compliance with the corporation's stated purposes and have the power and authority to do and perform all acts or functions consistent with the corporation's bylaws and articles of incorporation.”

“The ddrc tax accountant prepares a draft of the 990 and 990t. The director of finance performs an initial review. Once finalized, the documents are reviewed by the deputy director/cfo and the executive director. Thereafter, the deputy director/cfo and executive director provide the documents to the board of directors' finance committee and/or executive committee. The committee(s) perform a final review and the documents are filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Ddrc regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the ddrc conflict of interest policy. Each member of the board of directors completes and signs a ddrc conflict of interest policy statement annually.”

“Ddrc utilizes several methods to determine the compensation of its executive director, including review of other organizations' forms 990 and several industry-related, independent compensation surveys. Thereafter, the compensation is approved by the board of directors.”

“Ddrc's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request. The audited financial statements and form 990 are available to the public upon request or via the ddrc website, www.ddrcco.com.”

“Ddrc has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements. The ddrc board of directors is responsible for the selection of the independent accountant.”