Goodwill Community Services Inc.

“The chair, vice-chair, and the secretary/treasurer of the board of directors also serve as officers of goodwill industries of central arizona, inc., an affiliated company.”

“The organization reimburses goodwill industries of central arizona for management and administrative services.”

“The corporation's articles and bylaws may be repealed, altered, or amended, or substitute bylaws may be adopted, only by a majority vote of the board of directors of gcs and with the concurrence of a majority of the board of directors of gica.”

“The return is prepared by an outside accounting firm and reviewed by the management of goodwill industries of central arizona as well as an officer of the board of directors of goodwill community services prior to filing. The board of directors of goodwill community services is provided a copy of the return after it is filed.”

“Gcs does not have a formal conflict of interest policy. However, goodwill industries of central arizona (gica) has been charged with overall operational management of gcs. In its management role, gica provides equal due care to gcs by applying its own conflict of interest policy in managing gcs. The gica policy is as follows: board members are required to sign an annual certification reporting any conflicts. Other employees of gica in influential roles are required to sign a statement of commitment to the gica's ethics policy, which prohibits conflicts of interest. Compliance is monitored. In addition, all new vendors are reviewed for any potential conflicts. Part vi, section b, line 13 and 14: gcs does not have a written whistleblower and document retention policies. However, it is generally understood by the board of directors that gica, in its capacity of providing management services for gcs, applies equal due care to gcs in these areas.”

“The compensation of the board of directors is paid by goodwill industries of central arizona inc (gica) and its compensation committee is responsible for analyzing, reviewing and setting the compensation for its ceo and other officers annually. The compensation committee utilizes a separate, independent and outside compensation consultant who compares internal executive compensation (both direct and indirect) with data from various local and national sources for similar positions and levels of responsibility. The independent consultant makes recommendations to the committee which is free to use or amend in accordance with its own judgment of local and other market-based factors. All such decisions are documented in the minutes of the compensation committee. No member of the board of directors who has a conflict of interest participates in the compensation deliberations. It is generally understood by the gcs board of directors that gica in its capacity of providing management services applies equal due care to gcs in these areas.”

“The organization makes its consolidated financial statements and its completed form 990 available to the public upon request.”