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Collections of works of art, historical treasures and similar assets are not capitalized in as much as the items are preserved and cared for continuously. Purchases of collection items are reported in the year of acquisition as decreases in unrestricted net assets, or in temporarily or permanently restricted net assets if the assets used to purchase the items were restricted to that use by donor stipulation. Contributions of collection items are not reported in the financial statements. Proceeds from the disposal of and insurance recoveries related to collection items are reported as increases in the appropriate net asset classes. The Museum's collections consists of artifacts of historical significance, scientific specimens and art objects that are held for educational, research, scientific and curatorial purposes. Each of the items are cataloged, preserved and cared for, and activities verifying their existence and assessing their condition are performed continuously. DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIONS SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 4 USKC collects items of significance that represent the history of Kansas City and the region. This collecting activity dates to 1939, when the organization operated as the Kansas City Museum Association. The organization collected broadly: museum collections of art, local history, archeology, natural history, ethnography, Native American cultures, clothing and textiles; and archival collections of photographs, film and manuscripts. Four collections are of national significance and continue to be requested for research, publication and exhibition: the photograph collection, the Native American collection, the clothing and textile collection, and the harness and tack collection associated with Loula Long Combs, daughter of the builder of Corinthian Hall. ENDOWMENT FUNDS SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED FOR THE ONGOING OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF UNION STATION, SCIENCE CITY AND THE KANSAS CITY MUSEUM. UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OTHER - REVENUE INCLUDED ON LINE 1 BUT NOT ON FORM 990, PART VIII, LINE 12 SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 2D RECLASS OF EXPENSES $6,271,314 COST OF SALES $ 4,540 LOSS ON SALE OF ASSETS $ 636 ---------- $6,276,490 OTHER - EXPENSE INCLUDED ON LINE 1 BUT NOT ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25 SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 2D RECLASS OF EXPENSES $6,271,314 COST OF SALES $ 4,540 LOSS ON SALE OF ASSETS $ 636 ---------- $6,276,490 North America Program Services EXHIB RENT. & CONTRACT 58313 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services LICENSES 3500 61813 61813 false false false false false false REPORTING FOR FOREIGN ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE F, PART I UNION STATION KANSAS CITY, INC. (USKC) STRIVES TO FULFILL ITS MISSION OF BEING THE REGION'S FINEST EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THESE COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS ARE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE CHANGED REGULARLY. IN ORDER TO BRING COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS TO USKC FOR DISPLAY OR USE, PAYMENTS OR ROYALTIES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE RIGHTS TO USE, POSSES, OR DISPLAY CERTAIN COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS AS PART OF USKC'S PROGRAM SERVICE. SOME TIMES THESE PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT DOMESTIC COMPANIES OF THE UNITED STATES. USKC DOES NOT CONDUCT ANY PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. ALL PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED WITH UNION STATION LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. ACCOUNTING FOR FOREIGN EXPENDITURES IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR FOREIGN PAYMENTS USING GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP) ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES. X X X X X X true BAILEY ANITA F SOLICIT- ATIONS false 12800 16920 -4120 12800 16920 -4120 X X false false false false false false false true false GEORGE M GUASTELLO II 227549 0 67500 0 6000 0 46989 0 11971 0 360009 0 0 0 JERRY R BABER 151677 0 37500 0 6000 0 27789 0 8017 0 230983 0 0 0 NON-FIXED OR DISCRESSIONARY PAYMENTS SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7 THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS DISCRETION OVER ANY BONUS PAYMENTS AWARDED TO ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, THE PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON PREDETERMINED WORKING OBJECTIVES SETFORTH COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THE GOVERNING BODY. THE GOVERNING BODY APPROVES ALL BONUSES. THE BONUS AMOUNT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION TO ENSURE THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT EXCEED THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION. SEE PART V BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED PERSONS SCHEDULE L, PART IV A. PEGGY J DUNN B. PEGGY J DUNN IS A CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY AND SPOUSE TO TERRY DUNN, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF J.E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION CO. C. $198,729 D. UNION STATION KANSAS CITY CONTRACTED J.E. DUNN TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO THE ORGANIZATION E. NO ORGANIZATION'S MISSION FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 UNION STATION KANSAS CITY, INC. SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AS THE REGION'S FINEST EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF KANSAS CITY'S REGIONAL HISTORY AND THE PROMOTION AND INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL CITIZENS OF AND THE VISITORS TO THE GREATER KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. OUR PURPOSE IS TWO-FOLD: 1) TO EMBRACE OUR ROLE AS STEWARDS OF TWO OF KANSAS CITY'S HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS: UNION STATION AND CORINTHIAN HALL, AND TO INVITE VISITORS TO THESE LANDMARKS AND ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, AND 2) TO DEVELOP, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN MUSEUMS OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA - SCIENCE CITY, LOCATED IN UNION STATION AND THE KANSAS CITY MUSEUM, LOCATED IN CORINTHIAN HALL. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FORM 990, Part III, LINE 4A FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2012, SCIENCE CITY AT UNION STATION, AN AFFILIATE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (WASHINGTON D.C.), SERVED APPROX. 200,000 VISITORS GENERATING REVENUE OF $978,000 (APPROX. 26% OF TOTAL ADMISSIONS TO EXHIBITS, PROGRAMS AND SHOWS FOR 2012). SCIENCE CITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP 25 SCIENCE CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY BY PARENTS MAGAZINE. SCIENCE CITY'S OPERATION DAYS & HOURS - TUESDAY-SATURDAY FROM 9:30AM-5:00PM & SUNDAY FROM 11:00AM-5:00PM. SCIENCE CITY IS ALSO OPEN ON ALL MONDAY HOLIDAYS, SUCH AS MEMORIAL DAY, LABOR DAY, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. SCIENCE CITY'S MISSION IS TO SERVE AS A SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY, DEDICATED TO INSPIRING A LIFELONG LOVE OF SCIENCE, LEARNING AND DISCOVERY. IN 2012, SCIENCE CITY OPENED "SCIENCE ON A SPHERE," A ROOM-SIZED GLOBAL DISPLAY SYSTEM USING COMPUTERS AND VIDEO PROEJCTERS TO DISPLAY PLANETARY DATA ON A 6-FOOT DIAMER SPHERE, OFFERING WORLDS WORTH OF INFORMATION - LITERALLY. ALSO IN 2012, THE NEWLY RENOVATED NATURE CENTER OPENED IN SCIENCE CITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXHIBIT ENTITLED "THE SCIENCE OF ENERGY" BEGAN. THIS NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES ENERGY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO IT. SHARING THE SAME MISSION AS SCIENCE CITY, THE ARVIN GOTTLIEBS PLANETARIUM OFFERS A 360-DEGREE DOMED SCREEN AND ADVANCED PROJECTION SYSTEM THAT IMMERSES VISITORS IN AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE. THE PLANETERAIUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TUESDAY-SUNDAY AND ALL MONDAY HOLIDAYS, WITH SCHEDULED SHOW TIMES OF 11AM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM & 4PM. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FORM 990, Part III, LINE 4B THE KANSAS CITY MUSEUM PROVIDES INFORMAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOCUSING ON THEMES OF KANSAS CITY'S LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORY, ON SITE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM SERVES A DIVERSE AUDIENCE COMPRISED OF GENERAL WALK-IN VISITORS, ORGANIZED GROUP VISITS AND SCHOOL TOURS, AND EVENT AUDIENCES COMPRISING PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY PARTNER GROUPS. THE BROADEST CONCEIVABLE RANGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME LEVELS IS REPRESENTED IN VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM, RANGING FROM HOMELESS YOUTH AND FAMILIES FROM AREA SHELTERS TO WELL-HEELED TRAVELERS AND REGIONAL RESIDENTS ACCESSING THE PROGRAM ON-SITE OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. MUSEUM STAFF ARE ALSO DEEPLY ENGAGED IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND FREQUENTLY SPEAK TO OFF-SITE GROUPS ON THE MUSEUM AND ITS MISSION. 20,000 PEOPLE WERE DIRECTLY SERVED IN 2012 THROUGH A SERIES OF PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES. LESS THAN 1% OF REVENUE IS DERIVED FROM ADMISSIONS TO EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF $1,463,765 WAS PROVIDED FROM THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY IN THE FORM OF A DEDICATED MIL LEVY. SERVICES THE PROGRAM PROVIDES: ARTIFACT EXHIBITS -- PRESENTATIONS OF THE MUSEUM'S ENCYCLOPEDIC COLLECTIONS ARE MADE AT CORINTHIAN HALL, WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE UNION STATION KANSAS CITY AND FOR REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TOUR. EXHIBITIONS ARE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOLARS AND SPECIALISTS FROM THE REGION AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. MOST ARE PRESENTED FREE OF CHARGE. MUSEUM / GALLERY LECTURES -- ARTIFACT AND COLLECTIONS BASED SCHOLARSHIP FORMS THE BASIS FOR PRESENTATIONS BY DIVERSE REGIONAL HISTORY PROFESSIONALS FROM LOCAL AND REGIONAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, MATTIE RHODES CULTURAL CENTER, KANSAS CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARCHIVES, JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND OTHERS. MUSEUM AT THE LIBRARY -- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY, A READING, RESEARCH AND ARTS-AND-CRAFTS BASED APPROACH TO TEACHING. PARTICIPATING FAMILIES AND YOUTH ARE NEIGHBORS AND REGULAR USERS OF THE PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES AND REFLECT A WIDE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL ORIGIN ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN REGION. FIRST SUNDAY FAMILY FUN DAYS -- A DAY-LONG PROGRAM OF THEMATIC, STRUCTURED, DROP-IN ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES TO DO TOGETHER. INFORMAL ACTIVITIES ALLOW FAMILIES TO EXPLORE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC THEMES SIDE-BY-SIDE. COMMUNITY HISTORY TOURS -- GUIDED TOURS OF KANSAS CITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND DISTRICTS NARRATED BY HISTORIANS AND SUBJECT SPECIALISTS. THESE TICKETED TOURS ARE WALKING-, TROLLEY-, BICYCLE- AND EVEN MOTORCYCLE-BASED. SUMMER DROP-INS -- STRUCTURED, UNSCHEDULED ACTIVITIES ALLOW BUSY FAMILIES TO HELP THEIR KIDS LEARN CITY HISTORY THROUGH ARTS AND CRAFTS, SONG AND DANCE, STORY-TELLING AND A VARIETY OF OUTDOOR SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. SUMMER CONCERT SERIES -- KANSAS CITY MUSICIANS SERENADE NEIGHBORS AND OTHER KANSAS CITIANS IN THESE EARLY-EVENING OUTDOOR SESSIONS. FAMILIES AND COUPLES BRING PICNICS TO ENJOY AL FRESCO ON THE MUSEUM'S HISTORIC NORTH LAWN. EDUCATION SPECIAL EVENTS -- PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES FOR CONFERENCE VISITORS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. STORYTARIUM PROGRAMS -- FILMS AND PRESENTATIONS ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORY IN THE RE-VAMPED PLANETARIUM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KCPT-TV. LOCALLY-PRODUCED FILMS AND PRESENTATIONS PROJECTED ON THE CEILING DOME OF A REVAMPED PLANETARIUM. CONTENT IS PROVIDED VIA OUR PROGRAMMING PARTNERSHIP WITH KCPT-TV, THE LOCAL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION AND ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING PRODUCED BY THE MUSEUM. TOURS -- SPECIAL GUIDED INTERPRETATION OF MUSEUM EXHIBITS FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS, SPECIAL CONSTITUENTS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. ADULT WORKSHOPS -- WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS ON PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS INTERPRETATIVE LECTURES ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITIONS-IN-PRINT. WORKSHOPS IN MATERIALS HANDLING, STORAGE PRACTICES AND OTHER WAYS TO PRESERVE HISTORIC MATERIALS IN PERSONAL COLLECTIONS, AS WELL AS SCHOLARLY LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS COMPLEMENTING EXHIBITIONS BASED ON THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. SPECIAL COLLECTING INITIATIVES ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO SERVE ON ADVISORY COUNCILS TO GUIDE THE MUSEUM'S ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE THE EDUCATOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE NUESTRA HERENCIA ADVISORY COUNCIL, GLAMA: THE GAY AND LESBIAN ARCHIVE OF MID-AMERICA, AND THE ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FORM 990, Part III, LINE 4C UNION STATION KANSAS CITY, INC. SEEKS TO INCREASE ITS SUSTAINABILITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFICIENCY BY BRINGING QUALITY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS TO THE BI-STATE AREA CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION OF ENRICHING THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF KANSAS CITY. BY PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY-CONTROLLED SPACE TO HOST ADDITIONAL REVENUE-GENERATING EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS, UNION STATION IS PURSUING A MULTI-FACETED REVENUE PLAN THAT INCLUDES EXHIBIT REVENUE GARNERED THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKET SALES AS WELL AS TIE-IN SPECIAL EVENT REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH SPONSORSHIP, LECTURES AND TICKET SALES. IN 2012, MORE THAN 150,000 VISITORS ATTENDED THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY EXHIBITS: - "TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION" HELD MARCH 4 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 - "SCIENCE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL" HELD OCTOBER 23, 2012 THROUGH MAY 9, 2013 - "TAVIS SMILEY PRESENTS - AMERICA I AM" HELD OCTOBER 22, 2011 THROUGH JANUARY 29, 2012 THE ABOVE EXHIBITS RESULTED IN A CONTRIBUTION OF $2,256,059 IN REVENUE WHICH EQUATES TO 58.7% OF TOTAL ADMISSIONS TO EXHIBITS PROGRAMS AND SHOWS FOR 2012. Other Program Services FORM 990, Part III, LINE 4D UNION STATION KANSAS CITY'S OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: UNION STATION HOSTED A NUMBER OF PUBLIC EVENTS DURING 2012. ONE OF THE LARGEST NEW EVENTS, WHICH IS SLATED TO BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT, WAS THE MAKER FAIRE FESTIVAL, HELD JUNE 23-26, 2012 AT UNION STATION. THIS EVENT INVOLVED 250 'MAKERS' WHO DEMONSTRATED PROJECTS RANGING FROM ROBOTICS, 3-D PRINTING, CRAFTS, PHOTOGRPAHY, CLOTHING, PRINTMAKING, WOODWORKING AND OTHER SUCH PROJECTS. THE TWO DAY FESTIVAL BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 10,000 ATTENDEES, IN ADDITION TO THE 500+ PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE MAKERS' BOOTHS. UNION STATION ALSO HOSTS A NUMBER OF HOLIDAY EVENTS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. THIS PAST YEAR INCLUDED A BREAKFAST WITH "CAT IN THE HAT," A CHARACTER FROM A PBS SHOW, WHICH DREW MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE FOR THE BREAKFAST EVENT. THE HOLIDAY TRAIN THAT ARRIVES DURING THE THIRD WEEKEND OF DECEMBER BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE TO UNION STATION. A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION HAD MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE CITY STAGE THEATRE OFFERS LIVE THEATRE, WITH A NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S PLAYS PRODUCED BY THEATRE FOR YOUNG AMERICA EACH YEAR. CITY STAGE ALSO IS THE SITE FOR A NUMBER OF PLAYS OR ONE-NIGHT/WEEKEND PERFORMANCES FOR LIVE THEATRE GROUPS AND DANCE COMPANIES. THE EXTREME SCREEN THEATRE IS A 440-SEAT MOVIE THEATRE THAT OFFERS LARGE SCREEN (IMAX-TYPE) MOVIES. DURING 2012, THE EXTREME SCREEN OFFERED A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS, INCLUDING TOPICS ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON AND WILD OCEANS UNTIL MARCH 2012, WHEN THE THEATRE HAD TO CLOSE FOR RENOVATIONS AND NEW PROJECTION EQUIPMENT. THE EXTREME SCREEN THEATRE RE-OPENED AGAIN IN MARCH 2013. AS A WORKING AND HISTORIC TRAIN STATION, UNION STATION ALSO OFFERS A COUPLE OF ATTRACTIONS FOR RAILROAD ENTHUSIASTS. THE MODEL RAILROAD EXPERIENCE IS OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT INCLUDES MORE THAN FOUR LARGE MODEL RAILROAD EXHIBITS THAT ARE SET UP AND RUNNING FOR VISITORS TO SEE EVERY DAY. THE KC RAIL EXPERIENCE IS NOW A PART OF UNION STATION'S SCIENCE CENTER. Form 990 Review Process Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES AND REVIEWS THE 990. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL HAVE ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE. THE 990 IS THEN PROVIDED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING THE 990. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVE ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CONCERNS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE. THE FINAL FORM 990 WITH ALL REQUIRED SCHEDULES IS THEN FILED WITH THE IRS. Conflict of Interest Policy Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS GIVEN TO ALL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES, AND TO ALL VOLUNTEERS UPON ENGAGEMENT OR HIRE AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM WHICH REQUIRES FULL AND FRANK DISCLOSURE OF ANY AND ALL ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OR DUALITY OF INTEREST OR RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL OR BUSINESS IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UPON ELECTION. AN APPROPRIATE REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CONCERNING ANY INTEREST SO DISCLOSED. IF A BOARD MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT PERSON ABSTAINS FROM THE VOTE. Compensation Review Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 15A & B A FIRM WAS HIRED TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN DEVELOPING THE COMPENSATION LEVELS. THE COMPENSATION WAS ALSO BASED ON PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE MARKET FOR THE POSITION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THE COMPENSATION IN 2012 AND IT WILL BE REVIEWED BI-ANNUALLY. Availability of Documents Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. 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