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USE OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS ARE STIPULATED IN THE DONOR'S AGREEMENT AND MAY BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS OR GENERAL EXPENDITURES. FIN 48 (ASC 740) FOOTNOTE SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 HIAS follows guidance that clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to consolidated financial statement recognition and measurement. This standard provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can be recognized in the consolidated financial statements only if the position is "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The standard also provides guidance on measurement, classification, interest and penalties, and disclosure. Management believes there are no uncertain tax positions that would have an impact on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The tax years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 are still open to audit for both federal and state purposes. OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT NOT ON FORM 990 SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 2D ACTUARIAL LOSS ON SPLIT-INTEREST AGREEMENT: ($147,306) CHANGE IN MINIMUM PENSION LIABILITY: ($43,701) HIAS Israel Elimination $530,000 ---------- TOTAL: $338,993 Schedule D, part XII, Line 2d HIAS Israel Elimination $819,278 --------- TOTAL: $819,278 true Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 2 48 Program Services Refugee Processing 3851118 Middle East and North Africa 1 14 Program Services Refugee Processing 820536 Russia and the Newly Independent States 1 17 Program Services Refugee Processing 1794704 South America 3 153 Program Services Refugee Processing 7620429 Sub-Saharan Africa 3 247 Program Services Refugee Processing 5197323 Central America and the Caribbean 1 20 Program Services Refugee Processing 668236 Middle East and North Africa Grantmaking 148017 Sub-Saharan Africa Grantmaking 16293 East Asia and the Pacific Investments 6272000 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Investments 5410000 South America Investments 123000 North America Investments 92000 Sub-Saharan Africa Investments 4000 11 499 11 499 32017656 32017656 Scholarships Middle East and North Africa 53 148017 check Scholarships Sub-Saharan Africa 16 10073 check Scholarships Sub-Saharan Africa 12 6220 check true false true false false false PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 HIAS CONDUCTS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS USING A SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS TO INITIATE, PROCESS, REVIEW, AUTHORIZE, AND ACCURATELY AND TIMELY RECORD TRANSACTIONS INTO THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND SUPPLEMENTARY MANAGEMENT REPORTING SERVE AS REPORTING TOOLS FOR GAAP FINANCIAL REPORTING, BUDGET-TO-ACTUAL VARIANCE MANAGEMENT REPORTING, AND GRANT-SPECIFIC REPORTING. MANAGEMENT'S OVERSIGHT ENSURES THAT PROGRAMMATIC GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS, AND DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS, FUND REASONABLE EXPENSES APPLICABLE TO THE SOURCE'S INTENTION. 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THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND SUPPLEMENTARY MANAGEMENT REPORTING SERVE AS REPORTING TOOLS FOR GAAP FINANCIAL REPORTING, BUDGET-TO-ACTUAL VARIANCE MANAGEMENT REPORTING, AND GRANT-SPECIFIC REPORTING. MANAGEMENT'S OVERSIGHT ENSURES THAT PROGRAMMATIC GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS, AND DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS, FUND REASONABLE EXPENSES APPLICABLE TO THE SOURCE'S INTENTION. 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These amounts are reported as taxable compensation and reported on Schedule J, Part II, Line B(iii), other reportable compensation. The individuals and amounts are listed below: Riva Silverman $45,017 Jennie C. Rosenn $34,013 Organization's Mission FORM 990,PART III, LINE 1 HIAS, Inc. ("HIAS") is the global Jewish nonprofit organization that stands for a world in which all refugees find welcome, safety, and freedom. Our mission is to rescue people whose lives are in danger for being who they are. HIAS protects the most vulnerable refugees, helping them build new lives and reuniting them with their families in safety and freedom, advocates for the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers, and assures that displaced people are treated with the dignity they deserve. Guided by Jewish values and history, we bring more than 135 years of expertise to our work with refugees. VISION HIAS STANDS FOR A WORLD IN WHICH REFUGEES FIND WELCOME, SAFETY, AND FREEDOM. MISSION HIAS RESCUES PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE IN DANGER FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE. - WE PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES, HELPING THEM BUILD NEW LIVES AND REUNITING THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN SAFETY AND FREEDOM. - WE ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND ASSURE THAT DISPLACED PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH THE DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 1 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A Over the course of our history, HIAS has helped more than 4.5 million refugees begin new lives. In 2017, HIAS assisted over 350,000 refugees and asylum seekers around the world with direct services, and tens of thousands of additional beneficiaries through outreach, information, monitoring and support. There are over 65 million displaced people and close to 23 million refugees worldwide more than at any time in modern recorded history. Fleeing persecution related to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and other reasons, refugees immediately seek safety and protection. In the longer-term, however, they require access to basic rights and opportunities to ensure they can live in dignity and secure a pathway to meaningful integration in their host communities. Despite the trauma of displacement, refugees are resilient and resourceful, finding ways to not only survive but to thrive in their new homes. But they cannot do it alone. HIAS is the only global Jewish organization whose mission is to assist refugees, whoever and wherever they are. We focus our attention on the most vulnerable, including survivors of gender-based violence and torture, unaccompanied minors, single parents, older people, people with disabilities, and sexual minorities. Our work is generously supported by private contributors, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other United Nations entities, and the United States Government. HIAS' international program assists refugees in four regions of the world: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Europe. Specifically, we have offices in Austria, Chad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Israel, Kenya, Panama, and Venezuela. Because most refugees face long periods of time unable to return home and few refugees have an opportunity to be resettled in a new country, their ability to become self-sufficient in host countries and to move beyond dependence on humanitarian aid is crucial. HIAS' programs are designed to support self-sufficiency by focusing on: 1. Legal protection and assistance, which help refugees navigate the complexities of governmental requirements in order to live safely and securely as refugees while seeking resettlement, asylum or repatriation. HIAS provides free legal services to help refugees and asylum seekers attain legal status in their host country, and provides education to help them understand their rights and options. We build local capacity to make legal services more widely available and advocate to governments for increased legal protection. When feasible, HIAS refers the most vulnerable refugees for resettlement to the U.S., Canada and other welcoming nations. 2. Community-based mental health and psychosocial support, which builds the capacity of families, groups and communities to care for individuals in ways that lead to recovery and resilience, and helps strengthen collective structures essential to refugees wellbeing. HIAS helps refugee communities build strong support and coping skills, engaging community leaders, including faith leaders, to support the most vulnerable, including survivors of gender-based violence. HIAS also provides aid to those in urgent need, whether through counseling, short-term financial, housing and material assistance, or case management to ensure access to public benefits and services. The focus of individual assistance is always on the most vulnerable refugees, who are least able to secure protection and support from their own families and community members. 3. Livelihoods and economic inclusion programming, which help refugees achieve economic self-sufficiency and help refugees regain dignity and control of their lives by seizing opportunities for entrepreneurship, vocational training, and employment. HIAS helps refugees access employment and vocational training programs, and provides scholarships and entrepreneurial micro-grants for refugees to start small businesses. These programs launch refugees on the path to economic self-sufficiency, reduce reliance on exploitative work including survival sex, and help restore a sense of purpose and human dignity. Examples of HIAS international work in 2017 include the following: - In Chad, HIAS provided training and support to more than 300,000 Darfuri refugees in 12 refugee camps and one site, including through an innovating training program for faith leaders, focused on the prevention and response to gender-based violence, and also introduced a successful perma-gardening project in two camps. - HIAS Costa Rica, newly established in 2017, provided services to more than 4,000 refugees, including legal orientation, advice, and representation to beneficiaries, primarily from Colombia, El Salvador, and Venezuela. - In Ecuador, HIAS helped more than 10,000 new beneficiaries through referral services, livelihoods support through the "graduation model," strong ties with large employers for refugee employment, urgent assistance for newly arrived Venezuelans, including cash-based interventions, and other legal and psychosocial assistance. - HIAS Greece provided legal counseling and representation, and engaged in strategic litigation on behalf of the thousands of Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees stranded and still arriving on the island of Lesvos. - In Israel, HIAS similarly provided legal services and engaged in litigation to advance the rights of close to 500 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees in partnership with a growing network of pro bono lawyers trained by HIAS, while at the same time, in support of RSC Austria, helped resettle 150 refugees to the US. - HIAS Kenya engaged in specialized child protection services, and extended legal support, community-based psychosocial assistance, and livelihoods programming to over 3,000 refugees, including many survivors of gender-based violence and LGBTI refugees. - HIAS Panama provided legal counseling, psychosocial support and livelihoods assistance to 1,400 new beneficiaries, and expanded a successful program to raise awareness about refugees in local schools. - In Venezuela, a country beset with a deteriorating economic and security environment, HIAS provided direct material assistance, livelihoods support, legal aid and community-based psychosocial support to some 10,000 direct beneficiaries and their family members. - And in Vienna, Austria, HIAS worked in partnership with the U.S. Department of State to operate the Resettlement Support Center (RSC) to assist persecuted religious minorities from Iran who are seeking to resettle in America under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 2 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B Refugee resettlement, advocacy and public engagement lie at the heart of HIAS' work in the United States. As the oldest resettlement agency in the world and the only Jewish organization designated by the federal government to undertake this humanitarian work on behalf of all peoples, HIAS works to help refugees build stable lives in welcoming communities throughout the country. In doing so, our programs are intended to help newcomers overcome displacement and become productive citizens and to strengthen the fabric of American society. HIAS refugee families come primarily from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan and our comprehensive resettlement program enables them to acculturate to American society and to become socially and economically independent. In 2017, HIAS resettled 4,633 refugees. HIAS' resettlement is accomplished in partnership with 21 local service organizations, funded by the US Department of State, private foundations and individual donors. Through contracted services, HIAS provides technical assistance and monitors this network of affiliated organizations related to resettlement activities provided during the first 30-90 days after arrival in the US including: reception and placement by family reunification wherever possible or by identification of other supportive neighborhoods; travel arrangements and funding; securing housing and assuring necessities; counseling and case management; medical referral; initial language assistance; naturalization classes and applications for citizenship, asylum and other legal needs. Through two specially funded projects - a Preferred Communities grant and the Prins Grant - HIAS can extend case management for up to five years, if needed, and provide legal assistance for asylum seekers, who were professionals (scientists, scholars, artists, physicians, teachers, and others) and who desire to continue or rebuild their careers in the United States. PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY 3 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C In addition, HIAS is funded through a Matching Grant program to support basic needs, case management and intensive employment services to certain refugees accepted in the network of affiliated organizations for up to six months after their arrival in the United States. The goal of this program is to enable participating refugees to become economically self-sufficient through employment before the end of this six-month period. Refugees are selected to participate in this program if they are deemed employable and likely to become employed in this short time frame. In 2017, 702 refugees completed the program, and 87% were self-sufficient six months after their arrival in the U.S. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D Following the success of the last two years, HIAS launched a significant effort to educate, organize and mobilize the American Jewish community including individuals, synagogues, and Jewish institutions on the global refugee crisis through the lens of Jewish values, history and experience. HIAS created partnerships with several hundred synagogues and local Jewish communities, involved 2,000 rabbis in activism, advocacy, and volunteerism in support of refugees, and provided educational materials and training for community, professional and lay leaders at the state, local and national levels. HIAS is a leader in the United States in developing public policies and assuring public funding to support refugees focused on advancing durable solutions, providing legal assistance toward asylum and citizenship, and supporting family unification. We engage every communication tool at our disposal to combat and draw attention to the virulent anti-refugee regulation and sentiment, and have become a go-to media resource and an important social media presence in support of refugee policies and programs. HIAS is accredited by the Economic and Social Commission of the United Nations, which gives us a prominent platform for international advocacy on behalf of refugees. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4B AUSTRIA, CHAD, Costa Rica, ECUADOR, FRANCE, Greece, ISRAEL, KENYA, PANAMA, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, RUSSIA, UGANDA, UKRAINE AND VENEZUELA. FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B The Form 990 is prepared and reviewed by Grant Thornton. The HIAS president and CEO, CFO, COO, and Board of Directors perform a detailed review of the Form 990 prior to it being filed with the IRS. A copy of the 990 was made available to each member of the Board of Directors. Questions raised by the Board were discussed in detail. A call to review the 990 in detail with the Board and external auditors and management was scheduled on August 30, 2018. Form 990 was filed with the IRS after that. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C All senior officials and every member of the Board of Directors submit written disclosure statements attesting that s/he understood and complied with the conflicts of interest policy, and certifying that except as specifically described in his/her personal disclosure form, neither s/he nor any member of his/her family to the best of his/her knowledge had been engaged in any conflict of interest. The disclosure forms are reviewed by management and nothing was noted that required action of any kind. The conflicts of interest forms are completed annually and retained by HIAS, Inc. Any potential conflicts of interest are evaluated, and individuals with any actual conflicts of interest recuse themselves from any decisions or deliberations with regards to the conflicting activity. A copy of the Form 990 is made available to each member of the Board of Directors prior to filing with the IRS. HIAS COMPENSATION POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINES 15A AND 15B HIAS has adopted an annual CEO performance evaluation policy and process which is fundamental to the Board of Directors' oversight of the CEO and the mission and strategy of the organization and a prerequisite to establishing the compensation for the CEO. The CEO submits a written self-evaluation to the governance committee of the Board of Directors reporting progress against the institutional, management and individual development objectives of the previous year. Concurrently, the governance committee solicits views on the CEO's performance from the full board of directors. The governance committee consolidates the feedback and makes performance recommendations to the executive committee and subsequently to the full Board of Directors. The full Board agrees upon the delivery of the performance review and the chair of the board and the chair of the governance committee present the assessment to the CEO. HIAS's executive compensation policy is designed to provide a reasonable and competitive package of salary and benefits, consistent with market based compensation practices and the organizations' financial resources. The executive committee of the board is responsible for ensuring that a compensation market analysis is conducted at least every two years of comparable positions among similarly situated organizations and benchmarking its recommendation for CEO with such groups as Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and national Jewish leadership organizations. The full Board of Directors is responsible for making the final compensation determination based on the performance review of its CEO, the recommendation of the executive committee and the market analysis. The minutes of the Board document the Board's decision and its basis for the reasonableness of the compensation. There was no increase in salary or benefits for the CEO in 2017. For key employees and officers, the compensation reviews are done internally by management taking into consideration the current market situation. The last compensation review was done on October 31, 2015. AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST AND ALSO PUBLISHED ON HIAS' WEBSITE. THESE DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH OUR WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ACTUARIAL LOSS ON SPLIT-INTEREST AGREEMENT: ($147,306) CHANGE IN MINIMUM PENSION LIABILITY: ($43,701) Adjustment to HIAS Fund balance ($5,133) ---------- TOTAL: ($191,140) HIAS ISRAEL 1 ZEITLIN STREET TEL AVIV IS 64956 LEGAL AID IS 501(C)(3) 7 HIAS true Charitable remainder unitrust (1) GEORGE LANGNAS 12 NOEL DRIVE OSSINING NY 10562 CRUT NY NA false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false HIAS Israel P 803871 FMV