Martha and Mary Lutheran Services

“The executive committee is composed of the president, vice president and secretary of the board of trustees. The executive committee meets upon call for the purpose of performing business that cannot wait for the action of the board, and to consult with or assist the ceo in the performance of their respective duties. Any action of the executive committee is reported for ratification at the next meeting of trustees and, if indicated, may be reported sooner by mail. Two members of the committee constitute a quorum.”

“Alan crain and katie crain have a family relationship. David de bruyn and katherine de bruyn have a family relationship.”

“The organization has one class of members. These members consist of those member congregations that are affiliated with the organization. Each member congregation can designate three individual persons to serve as delegates to the organization. The delegates elect the corporation's board of trustees and approve substantial issues.”

“Each member congregation can designate three individual persons to serve as delegates to the organization. The delegates elect the organization's board of trustees and approve substantial issues.”

“There are defined "substantial issues" that must be approved by a vote of the delegates: (a) acquisition or sale of real property; (b) approve the application of a church congregation to become a member; 3) establish or dissolve a subsidiary organization; (d) dissolve martha and mary lutheran services; (e) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the organization or a subsidiary; (f) termination of a member congregation; (g) corporate borrowing by the organization or subsidiary which will be secured by an encumbrance on corporate real property; and (h) amend the articles of incorporation. Approved substantial issues of the subsidiary martha and mary health services do not have any force or effect without the consent of hud as stated in the mmhs articles of incorporation. Nothing herein shall require any matter to be submitted to a vote of the delegates which the trustees are otherwise empowered to do.”

“Management reviewed the form 990 prior to the completed form being submitted to the board. A subcommittee of the board undertook a specific review of the form 990 and provided its recommendation for approval to the entire board. The form 990 was approved by the board prior to submission to the irs.”

“Each year and upon selection to the board, all board trustees and employee officers are required to complete a form stating that they understand the policy and that there has been no contravention of the policy by themselves or family during the year, or if there was a conflict, it was fully disclosed at the time. In the case of a conflict, trustees will recuse themselves. Trustees and all employees, including employee officers, are required to report any potential conflicts of interest whenever they arise. The governance committee determines whether conflicts exist and reviews actual conflicts of interest to determine appropriate actions. Also, each year prior to the preparation of the form 990, all trustees and employee officers who served during the year are provided with a questionnaire specifically tailored to the requirements of form 990.”

“The board personnel committee sets the compensation package for the ceo utilizing compensation benchmarks and additional parameters related to the constraints of board-approved budget guidelines. Mmls sets and pays the compensation for key employees and other officers. The ceo and human resources director utilize both benchmarks from leadingage washington and the constraints of board-approved budgets to establish a starting wage and determine a fair and equitable wage range for our officer and key employee positions within martha and mary.”

“Our financial information is published in our annual report and is distributed to our supporters and the greater community. Audited financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not generally available to the public.”

“Recongize fundraising income 67,637.”

“The organization's process for selecting an independent auditor and for overseeing the financial statement audit did not change during the year.”