Macy'S North Star Relief Fund

“The Macy's North Star Relief Fund, has a written conflict of interest policy. The Policy was approved by the Board of Directors of Macy's North Star Relief Fund and was made part of the corporate records of the Fund. Annually, each director, principal officer and committee member is required to sign a statement which affirms such person has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy and understands the Fund is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. Directors, principal officers and members of a committee with governing board-delegated powers are required to disclose any conflicts of interest. Were there to be any such conflicts, the Director/Officer involved is expected to recuse him or herself from matters relating to the conflict of interest.”

“Macy's, Inc., the sole member of Macy's North Star Relief Fund, has effectively established a whistleblower policy through the written guidance made available to employees in its colleague guide, code of good business conduct, and business ethics statements. These documents indicate that employees are encouraged to come forward with credible information on illegal practices or violations of adopted policies of the organization, specify that the organization will protect the individual from retaliation, and identifies the parties to whom such information can be reported. The company has established an office of compliance and has made available a confidential employee hotline for the use of any employee who has a question or information related to a legal or policy issue, including knowledge of policy infractions that should be reported. This policy is also followed by the fund.”

“14 Macy's, Inc, the sole member of Macy's North Star Relief Fund, has a written document retention and destruction policy. This policy is also followed by the fund.”

“The fund makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The Form 990 is prepared and then separately reviewed by employees of the corporate tax department of Macy's, Inc. it is then circulated to the officers of the organization for review. The Form 990 is then signed by an officer of the organization.”