INTERNATIONAL SIGN ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
INTERNATIONAL SIGN ASSOCIATION (EIN 54-1888632)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-11-12
IRS object ID
201313169349304636
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

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Timestamp2013-11-12T15:09:33-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521446779EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1JOHNSON LAMBERT LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

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Address Line1700 SPRING FOREST RD STE 115AddressLine1
CityRALEIGHCity
StateNCState
ZIP Code27609ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN541888632EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1INTERNATIONAL SIGN ASSOCIATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlINTENameControl
Phone7038364012Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11001 N FAIRFAX STREET NO 301AddressLine1
CityALEXANDRIACity
StateVAState
ZIP Code22314ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLORI ANDERSONName
TitlePRESIDENT/CEOTitle
Phone7038364012Phone
Date Signed2013-11-12DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJOHN HUSKINSName
PTINP01081531PTIN
Phone9197196400Phone
Date Prepared2013-11-12DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer PersonLORI ANDERSONNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

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Address Line11001 N FAIRFAX STREET NO 301AddressLine1
CityALEXANDRIACity
StateVAState
ZIP Code22314ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts7547300GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web SiteWWW.SIGNS.ORGWebSite
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Year Formation1996YearFormation
State Legal DomicileVAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO ADVANCE THE ON-PREMISE SIGN INDUSTRY'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BY PROMOTING A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Nbr Independent Voting Members26NbrIndependentVotingMembers
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Total Nbr Volunteers25TotalNbrVolunteers
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Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Other Revenue Current Year40068OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year6949001TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year6644323TotalRevenueCurrentYear
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Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
DescriptionINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - 16,355 ATTENDEES FROM OVER 95 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE PARTICIPATED IN THE CONVENTION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER SIGN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO NETWORK, DEVELOP NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITES AND LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES.Description

Activity2 Activity2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
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Gaming0Gaming
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Schedule J Required1ScheduleJRequired
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
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Related Entity1RelatedEntity
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Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109623NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
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Non Deductible Contributions1NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure1NonDeductibleDisclosure
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
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Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
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Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy1WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
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Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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Business Name Line1WILLIAM WINSLOWBusinessNameLine1
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Telephone Number7038364012TelephoneNumber

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Address Line11001 NORTH FAIRFAX SUITE 301AddressLine1
CityALEXANDRIACity
StateVAState
ZIP Code22314ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (32 entries)

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DUANE LASKA
CHAIRMAN2.00XX000
HARRY NIESE
VICE CHAIRMAN2.00XX000
CHAD JONES
SECRETARY/TREASURER2.00XX000
JOHN H ALLEN
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JOSHUA M BUNTING
DIRECTOR1.00X000
ROY FLAHIVE
DIRECTOR1.00X000
CHRISTOPHER FLEJTUCH
DIRECTOR1.00X000
CHRISTINA GALGAN
DIRECTOR1.00X000
SCOTT GARDNER
DIRECTOR1.00X000
BILL GATLIN
DIRECTOR1.00X000
JOE GIBSON
DIRECTOR1.00X000
MARK GRANBERRY
DIRECTOR1.00X000
MELANEE JECH
DIRECTOR1.00X000
TROY KILFOYL
DIRECTOR1.00X000
MIKE LAURETANO SR
DIRECTOR1.00X000
ROBERT MATTATALL
DIRECTOR1.00X000
DAVE MILLER
DIRECTOR1.00X000
TIM O'DONNELL
DIRECTOR1.00X000
RAY PETERS
DIRECTOR1.00X000
TOM PISTORIUS
DIRECTOR1.00X000
MICHAEL QUIGLEY
DIRECTOR1.00X000
PETE SITTERLE
DIRECTOR1.00X000
DAVID WATSON
DIRECTOR1.00X000
JOHN YARGER
DIRECTOR1.00X000
PAUL YESBECK
DIRECTOR1.00X000
JEFF YOUNG
DIRECTOR1.00X000
LORI ANDERSON
PRESIDENT/CEO35.00X25710309250
RICH GOTTWALD
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WILLIAM WINSLOW
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BRANDON HENSLEY
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DAVID HICKEY
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CSG CREATIVE
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BREDE EXPOSITION SERVICES
6801 MID-CITIES AVENUEBELTSVILLEMD207051411CONVENTION SERVICES244412
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Number Of Contractors GT100 K2NumberOfContractorsGT100K

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBusiness CodeBusinessCodeTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnExclusionExclusionAmountRelated Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION9000995190661$5,190,661
MEMBER DUES90009912742891274289
REGIONAL CONVENTIONS90009978737$78,737
SEMINARS90009971677167
PUBLICATIONS90009940214021
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DescriptionMISCELLANEOUSDescription
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Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Advertising Advertising

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Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total350159Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Total146687Total

Occupancy Occupancy

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Total231384Total

Travel Travel

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Total367623Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total883279Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total262137Total

Insurance Insurance

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Total35102Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

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EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT6715
TAXES855

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Total2993Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

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Total Assets TotalAssets

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Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

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Grants Payable GrantsPayable

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Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

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EOY4238343EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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BOY293BOY
EOY0EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY4321777BOY
EOY4570328EOY
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Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

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BOY5568177BOY
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Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY5568177BOY
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Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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Reconciliation Unrealized Invest35536ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

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Financial Statement ConsolidatedXFinancialStatementConsolidated
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Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

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Substantially All Dues Nondeduct0SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying1OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year0AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings Buildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis5102541OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation588755Depreciation
Book Value4513786BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

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Equipment Equipment

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Other Cost Or Other Basis887030OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation728142Depreciation
Book Value158888BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings4767210TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Footnote In Part XIIIXFootnoteInPartXIII

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierDESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48:Identifier
Return ReferencePART X, LINE 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationMANAGEMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT ISA AND THE FOUNDATION HAVE PROPERLY MAINTAINED THEIR EXEMPT STATUS AND THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012.Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (10 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCodeEIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipientIRC SectionIRCSectionAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrantPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
SIGNAGE FOUNDATION INC
PO BOX 14392WASHINGTONDC20044542091972501(C)(3)47685GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
SOUTHERN STATES SIGN COUNCIL
PO BOX 2007FLOWERY BRANCHGA30542571085089501(C)(6)65541GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
NORTHEAST STATES SIGN ASSOCIATION
12 DRAKE RDWARWICKRI02888232937905501(C)(6)33612GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
MIDWEST SIGN ASSOCIATION
4128 WOODSLY DRIVEBATAVIAOH45103310909961501(C)(6)25215GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
SOUTHWEST SIGN ASSOCIATION
7070 RYE LOOPBRYANTX77807752230674501(C)(6)28884GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
NORTHWEST STATES SIGN COUNCIL
17235 N 75TH AVENUE SUITE D145GLENDALEAZ853080861911384586501(C)(6)20867GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
WESTERN STATES SIGN COUNCIL
10000 NORTH 31ST AVENUE D400PHOENIXAZ85051360504130501(C)(6)38667GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
MIDSOUTH SIGN ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 11407MEMPHIXTN38111562303466501(C)(6)31601GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
CENTRAL SIGN ASSOCIATION
11417 PETTIS RDORRICKMO64077361495255501(C)(6)28612GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
CALIFORNIA SIGN ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 276567SACRAMENTOCA957286567952667255501(C)(6)44000GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants1TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations9TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierPROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.:Identifier
Return ReferencePART I, LINE 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationSCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: GRANTEES PROVIDE REPORTS ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS. UNSPENT FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE RETURNED.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (4 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
LORI ANDERSON
PRESIDENT/CEO2100470470560007500017500266353000
RICH GOTTWALD
SR. VP, ED & TECH1758530233150006008013750206551000
WILLIAM WINSLOW
VP, FINANCE1365730175070003206000157286000
BRANDON HENSLEY
VP, SALES & MARKETING1265390200620004691084050159697000

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6LOCAL, NATIONAL, ARCHITECTURAL, DIGITAL, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS, BUSINESS IDENTITY, AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL MEMBER DIVISIONS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY DIRECT VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ANINE DIRECTORS REPRESENT EACH OF THE NINE REGIONS WITHIN THE LOCAL/CUSTOM SIGN MEMBER DIVISION. FOUR DIRECTORS REPRESENT THE NATIONAL SIGN DIVISION. ISA VOTING MEMBERS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY DIRECT VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE VP OF FINANCE. THE RETURN IS THEN SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW BEFORE FILING. THOSE COMMITTEES INFORMED THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE FORM 990 BEFORE FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CREVIEW OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD HANDBOOK. RELATIONSHIPS WHICH MAY CREATE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MUST BE DISCLOSED AND ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE USED COMPARABILITY DATA IN DETERMINING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S COMPENSATION ANNUALLY. THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES WERE RECORDED. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO REVIEWED ALL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ANNUALLY USING COMPARABILITY DATA. EMPLOYEE FILES REFLECT REVIEW BY CEO, SUPERVISORS, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19ISA'S BY-LAWS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

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