Easterseals Blake Foundation

“Management reviews and approves the 990 prior to its filing. Finance committee of the board of directors reviews and approves the 990 prior to filing. A copy of the 990 is provided to all members of the board before filing.”

“Easter seals blake foundation requires all board members to review and sign an agreement detailing the agency's policy regarding potential conflicts of interest. Each year all board members are surveyed for disclosure of any and all transactions that fall into the conflict of interest category. The finance committee then reviews all documents related to the transactions disclosed to ensure compliance with the conflict of interest policy. The finance committee reports to the board the results of such review at the following board meeting.”

“As directed by the bylaws of easter seals blake foundation, article vi, section 3, the executive committee of the board of trustees is charged with the responsibility to annually evaluate the performance and review and establish the compensation of the chief executive officer. In determining the compensation of the ceo the committee takes into consideration, at a minimum, the following: -the results of the ceo's evaluation. -local and national salary comparisons from easter seals inc. For agencies of similar scope and budget. -local and state salary comparisons from other available sources, such as united way and aappd. -financial resources and performance of the agency for the past year. -projected financial resources and budget of the agency for the upcoming year. -range of compensation adjustments for other members of senior management and national cost of living calculations. -published form 990 reports for agencies similar in services and size. The committee may take into consideration any other factors deemed relevant and equitable.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Financial statements and/or annual reports may also be published on the agency website.”

“Easterseals blake foundation is dedicated to the vision of a southern arizona community where all people live healthy, productive and independent lives. The mission of the foundation is to enable each individual served to discover and meet his or her maximum potential for independent, productive living and developmental growth.”

“Volunteers assist with special events, including golf and spa day, cooking with the stars, el tour de tucson, and blues in bisbee.”

“Easterseals blake foundation's blake children and family program expenses directly improved the quality of early learning throughout arizona as evident by superior ratings on all independently monitored quality categories. Early child care and education centers training, coaching consultation, quality improvement planning, and financial incentives were a few of the services provided. ----the parents as teachers (pat) program in cochise county completed the pat quality endorsement and improvement process and earned the highest designation: blue ribbon affiliate status. Being named a blue ribbon affiliate affirms that our cochise program is among the highest quality members of the home visitation parent education field nationally, implementing the evidence-based parents as teachers model with fidelity and quality. Pat's rigorous endorsement process demonstrates our accountability and credibility to the community, our funders, elected officials and the partner organizations with which we work. ----all first things first contracts were out for competitive bid the previous fy and we were re-awarded 12 contracts; 10 that began implementation july 1, 2018, 2 that began implementation september 1, 2018. ----we began implementation of a new community of practice, raising resiliency, that focuses on trauma-informed care. ----first things first's state office leaders organized a tour of our signal peak site with local legislators, tj shope and frank pratt, to demonstrate quality care in early childhood education.”

“Bad debt expense 0 changes for intercompany activity 0 bad debt expense -198,904 net asset transfer -58,860 total -257,764”