Episcopal Community Services

“Contributors to ecs during the year are members and have one voting right for the membership year. The organization has one class of membership which consists of donors, volunteers, and persons dedicated to the purposes of the organization. Each member has one vote.”

“Any contributor during the year is allowed to attend the annual meeting, such contributor has one voting right for the election of board members for that membership year. Any person who is dedicated to the purposes of this corporation shall be eligible for membership. Any person who provides volunteer services or in-kind donations shall become a member of the corporation upon request. All such members have one voting right at the annual meeting.”

“The preliminary 990 draft is prepared by the staff and outside tax preparer. The draft is reviewed by senior management staff and the finance committee. Any changes are incorporated into a final draft which is made available to the governing board for questions or comments before being filed.”

“All board members, directors, and officers are covered under the conflict of interest policy. The policy pertaining to the board of directors requires them to sign a conflict of interest form. If a conflict exists then that individual will not be included in any part of the decision making process.”

“A) comparability compensation data for ecs compensation is furnished by an independent source, center for non-profit management, for all top management positions. Top management positions are compared against the independent data in comparative ratio format. B) compensation is reviewed by the human resources department and a designated board committee. C) compensation for the ceo is reviewed and approved by the ecs board of directors. The ceo compensation review and analysis was documented and the process was completed in may 2019. D) top management position compensation is reviewed by the human resources department, ceo and cfo. The review and analysis process was documented and the process was completed in may 2019.”

“The organization makes its financial statements available to the public through its website. Organizational documents and the conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Change in charitable remainder trust -60,250. Rounding”

“A priority for the agency has been to ensure that disruptions in service will not be affected by disruptions in grant payments or unexpected expenses and the agency has adopted a policy of having a minimum of three months of operating reserves on hand. At the present time these reserves are approximately 4.38 months.”

“Due to covid-19, ecs head start program classrooms were closed during the fiscal year, and no volunteers were recruited. Usually, the program recruits around 2,000 volunteers for one year.”