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CIRCLE OF HOPE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
CIRCLE OF HOPE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC (EIN 52-1994281)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-10-31
IRS object ID
201303049349300505
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-10-31T07:45:30-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521035214EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GLASS JACOBSON PABusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11901 RESEARCH BOULEVARD SUITE 300AddressLine1
CityROCKVILLECity
StateMDState
ZIP Code20850ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521994281EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CIRCLE OF HOPE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlCIRCNameControl
Phone3019162040Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 463AddressLine1
CityBARNESVILLECity
StateMDState
ZIP Code208380463ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLESLEY B SHEARName
TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTitle
Phone3019162040Phone
Date Signed2013-10-22DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMICHAEL K CREAMER CPA CFPName
PTINP00077508PTIN
Phone3019173040Phone
Date Prepared2013-10-22DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-03-07 17:11:31ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonLESLEY B SHEARNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line119025 FESTIVAL DRIVEAddressLine1
CityBOYDSCity
StateMDState
ZIP Code208414000ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts136873GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteWWW.CHTR.ORGWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1996YearFormation
State Legal DomicileMDStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionCIRCLE OF HOPE PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC RIDING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body5NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members4NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees4TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers80TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year56175ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year88208ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year58119ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY46944ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year0InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year666OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year-4279OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year114960TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year130873TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year46728SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year58738SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year13652TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year77532OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year74498OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year124260TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year133236TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-9300RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY-2363RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Total Assets EOY27752TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY11674TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY27489TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY2626NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY263NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionCIRCLE OF HOPE PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC RIDING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense98394Expense
Revenue46944Revenue
DescriptionCIRCLE OF HOPE PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC RIDING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES TO IMPROVE BALANCE, MOBILITY, REFLEXES, CARDIO-RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS, MUSCLE STRENGTH AND CONTROL.Description
Total Program Service Expense98394TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
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More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities1FundraisingActivities
Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction0ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction0PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization0BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10963NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees4NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members5NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members4NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy1WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledMDStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other WebsiteXOtherWebsite
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonLESLEY B SHEARNamePerson
Telephone Number3019162040TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line119025 FESTIVAL DRIVEAddressLine1
CityBOYDSCity
StateMDState
ZIP Code208414000ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
TERRY L GRANT
DIRECTOR2.00X000
MARY P BARNABY
DIRECTOR2.00X000
HOWARD POLLOCK
DIRECTOR2.00X000
AMY LIFSON
DIRECTOR2.00X000
LESLEY B SHEAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40.004223000X
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org42230TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs0TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation0TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K0TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events19595FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions68613AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions88208TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionTHERAPEUTIC RIDINGDescription
Business Code624310BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column46944TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income46944RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue46944TotalProgramServiceRevenue
Gross Income Fundraising Events0GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events19595CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses6000FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-6000TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion-$6,000ExclusionAmount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory1721GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold0CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column1721TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion$1,721ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column130873TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income46944RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion-$4,279ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total42230Total
Program Services25338ProgramServices
Management And General8446ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising8446Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total11488Total
Program Services11488ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total5020Total
Program Services2980ProgramServices
Management And General1046ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising994Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1842Total
Management And General1842ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total991Total
Program Services336ProgramServices
Management And General655ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1163Total
Program Services29ProgramServices
Management And General1134ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total163Total
Management And General163ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total2515Total
Program Services2071ProgramServices
Management And General444ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotalProgram ServicesProgramServicesManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralFundraisingFundraising
BOARDING AND FEES3414234142
THERAPEUTIC RIDING EXPE1937119371
COMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE493015433387
INSURANCE29326052327

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total6449Total
Program Services491ProgramServices
Management And General4073ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising1885Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total133236Total
Program Services98394ProgramServices
Management And General21190ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising13652Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY5120BOY
EOY21029EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY644BOY
EOY1294EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1543BOY
EOY1340EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY1441BOY
EOY1052EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis34418LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec31381LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY5552BOY
EOY3037EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY14300BOY
EOY27752EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY11674BOY
EOY27489EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY11674BOY
EOY27489EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY2626BOY
EOY263EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY2626BOY
EOY263EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY14300BOY
EOY27752EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-2363ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years50065CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years49475CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years59422CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year56175CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year88208CurrentTaxYear
Total303345Total

Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years50065CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years49475CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years59422CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year56175CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year88208CurrentTaxYear
Total303345Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total63676AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170239669PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years11CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years3CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total16Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support303361TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1700.79000PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.85330PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis18318OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation18024Depreciation
Book Value294BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis16100OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation13357Depreciation
Book Value2743BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings3037TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
CREDIT CARD PAYABLE$1,940
DEFERRED LESSONS REVENUE$19,022
OTHER ACCRUED EXPENSES$5,004
PAYROLL TAX LIABILITIES$1,523
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts27489TotalOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1WALK-A-THONNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event114054GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event114054CharitableContributionsEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event13314OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2OTHER FUNDRAISING EVENTSNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event25541GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event25541CharitableContributionsEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event22686OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total19595GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total19595CharitableContributionsTotal
Other Direct Expenses Total Events6000OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events6000DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary-6000NetIncomeSummary

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonKAREN J SHEARNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipEMPLOYMENTRelationship
Amount Of Transaction5392AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionEXECUTIVE'S SISTERDescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11UPON COMPLETION, A DRAFT COPY OF FORM 990 IS FORWARDED IN PDF FORMAT BY THE TAX PREPARER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE DIRECTOR FORWARDS THE RETURN TO THE BOARD MEMBERS UPON REQUEST. NOTICE IS SENT TO THE PREPARER IF ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ARE RAISED. IF SO, THEY ARE ADDRESSED AND A REVISED FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED. ONCE ALL ISSUES, IF ANY, ARE RESOLVED A FINAL FORM 990 IS PREPARED AND, UPON RECEIPT OF A SIGNED EFILE AUTHORIZATION, ELECTRONICALLY FILED. A COPY IS SENT TO ALL STATES IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HAS REGISTERED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CEACH BOARD MEMBER AND EMPLOYEE ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PRIOR TO AFFILIATION OR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION. COMPANY POLICY REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY ARISE AFTER THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT MAY BE PERCEIVED AS A CONFLICT. WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO AN INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SERVES AS ADEQUATE DISCLOSURE. DECISIONS TO TERMINATE THE RELATIONSHIP ARE MADE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS GIVEN ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15CHTR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE EVALUATIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING WHICH THEIR LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE ARE ASSESSED. INVESTIGATIONS INTO COMPARABLE COMPENSATION ARE REVIEWED BY CONTACTING THE NARHA AND SURVEYS ARE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE PAY SCALES FOR SIMILAR SIZE ORGANIZATIONS. DELIBERATIONS AMONG THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES AND PAY INCREASES OR DECREASES ARE IMPLEMENTED AS WARRANTED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19LESLEY B. SHEAR, 19025 FESTIVAL DRIVE, BOYDS, MD 20841, 301-916-2040