Helpberkeley Inc.

“Michel Thouati, CEO is married to Mary Pat Farrell, CFO. We are two of the founders.”

“Successive drafts of Form 990 were circulated to all officers and directors for comments and corrections as they were produced. The final Form 990 was distributed to all officers and directors for comments and corrections. A meeting was held to approve.”

“Each officer of the company is required to read, review and sign a conflict of interest statement annually. On a quarterly basis, the audit committee reviews all accounts and significant transactions, and questions if any transactions may have violated the conflict of interest policy.”

“For any paid position of significant authority at HelpBerkeley, the Audit Committee minus the person holding the positon is question is responsible for (1) identifying a source of reliable compensation data for the position in question, and obtaining the data, (2) identifying a compensation advisor appropriate to the position and to our industry and retaining their services prior to finalizing a compensation agreement, and (3) obtaining their written position and recommendation on the compensation agreement. The full Board, minus the person in the position under consideration if they are a Board member, votes on the compensation agreement. Both the recommendation of the compensation advisor and the compensation vote are recorded in the Board meeting notes. In 2020, there were no such paid positions: all positions at HelpBerkeley.org are made of volunteers and not compensated.”

“1023-EZ, tax-exempt determination letter, and conflict of interest form are available via a link on our website, and can be directly downloaded as PDF documents. The present 990 will be available in a similar manner, in the same location, as soon as it is filed. Our website is searchable. All documents whose disclosure is required are also available upon direct request.”

“Really $14,186.46, but needed to round up to $14,187 in order to make sum of assets round up properly in this software.”