Columbus Foundation Inc.

“Prior to filing the 990, the 990 is reviewed by the organization's cfo, ceo, and audit committee. A copy of the 990 is provided to the full board of directors for comment prior to filing.”

“Each year the members of the board and management are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest. The executive committee reviews all potential conflicts of interest to assess what action should be taken. Any executive board member who discloses a potential conflict of interest is recused from board discussions of his or her potentail conflict of interest. The entire board receives governance training on an annual basis.”

“Compensation for the chief executive officer is determined by board members who are all independent of the chief executive officer. In this process, the board members use wage comparability data for similar positions in the region to determine a reasonable salary. The deliberation and determination of executive director compensation is documented contemporaneously in the board minutes.”

“Compensation for other officers is determined by board members who are all independent of the other officers. In this process, the board members use wage comparability data for similar positions in the region to determine a reasonable salary. The deliberation and determination of other officer compensation is documented contemporaneously in the board minutes.”

“The organization's governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy are made available to the public upon request at the organization's offices during regular office hours.”

“A financial audit was completed after filing the original return. The amendment reflects changes made in the audit.”

“Columbus foundation, inc. Supports columbus community center in creating community partnerships and entrepreneurial opportunities that enable individuals with disabilities to achieve the highest level of independence possible. The organization has four major programs which are offered for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities: vocational training, supported employment; residential services; and a day activity program.”

“Vocational support services the pandemic significantly curtailed our ability to provide vocational supports in the community. Specifically, the ihc laundry program paused the contract while elective surgeries were put on hold. Just prior to the beginning of the 2020/2021 fiscal year ihc resumed the contract with a minimal workforce of 10, but by the end of the year had increased the staffing to 16 clients, and added 3 additional clients to the 4 already working at ihc homecare. The janitorial contracts changed their function from daily cleaning to deep cleaning and the grounds contracts went generally unaffected by covid due to the job being outside and the ease in social distancing. We were able to continue to employ the 26 staff and clients working on those contracts. Shred took one of the deepest hits to the program during covid due to the need to enter other company's office space and visitor restrictions, and still hasn't fully recovered. Many of the clients in the shred program, upon their return, opted to move to the activities program, and therefore are still receiving services at columbus, but not employment at columbus.”

“Community employment the community employment department consists of three different programs. The first one is our supported employment program. The supported employment staff worked with 80 individuals to find and maintain competitive integrated employment in the community, as well as providing on-going job coaching for client's who need this service. The second program is the nextwork autism program. During fy20 this program provided assessments, classes, and employment services to 58 individuals with autism. In fy21, 10 clients were able to move into the new hub of opportunity building in which nextwork now operates. The third program is columbus connects. This program is funded by usor (utah state office of rehabilitation) and provided pre-ets (pre-employment and transition services) services to students ages 14-21 years old. The remote learning caused by the pandemic significantly curtailed this program with columbus connects serving 35 students for the year.”

“Activities the organization's staff provides an activities program for medically fragile and other clients who are not capable of working but are able and willing to socialize with each other. The activities program is operated in a separate building. Fy21, the organization provided activities programs for 66 individuals.”

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