| FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION |
THE MISSION OF NYCON IS TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE AN EFFECTIVE AND VIBRANT CHARITABLE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT NEW YORK. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, BEING AN ADVOCATE AND UNIFYING VOICE, INFORMING PHILANTHROPIC GIVING, AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PLANNING TO DEMONSTRATE RELEVANCE AND IMPACT. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D |
GENERAL PLANNING:FACILITATES COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY UNMET NEEDS AND HELPS MOBILIZE ASSETS TO COST-EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. SERVICES INCLUDE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, APPLIED RESEARCH, CONSORTIUM AND COALITION DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION, GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ACTING AS A LEAD AGENCY. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 |
NYCON, INC. IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS; AT THE END OF 2019 NYCON, INC. HAD APPROX. 2,700 MEMBERS. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A |
MEMBERSHIP AS DEFINED IN OUR CORPORATE BY-LAWS: ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP - SECTION 1. CLASSES. THE MEMBERS OF THIS CORPORATION SHALL BE TWO CLASSES - ORGANIZATIONAL, BEING THOSE CORPORATIONS, NON-PROFIT OR OTHERWISE, AND ASSOCIATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. SECTION 2. CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES. SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP, THE PROCESS OF RENEWAL AND PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY. SECTION 3. TERM. MEMBERSHIP FOR ALL CLASSES SHALL BE ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS. SECTION 4. DUES. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH DUES FOR THE MEMBERSHIP AS IT DEEMS DESIRABLE. SECTION 5. QUORUM AND VOTING. A. EACH ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO APPOINT ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE A DELEGATE WHO EITHER SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD OR AS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THEIR ORGANIZATION TO SERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING. B. EACH DELEGATE SHALL HAVE ONE VOTE IN THE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND OTHER SUCH DULY CONVENED MEETINGS OF THE MEMBERSHIP. C. EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER SHALL HAVE ONE VOTE AND SHALL BE HIS OR HER OWN DELEGATE WITHOUT POWER OF SUBSTITUTION. D. EITHER ORGANIZATIONAL OR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO VOTE BY WRITTEN PROXY ON ANY MATTER PROPERLY COMING BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP AT A DULY CONVENED MEMBERSHIP MEETING. THIS PROXY WILL EXPIRE BY ITS OWN OPERATION WHEN THE MEETING FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED IS ADJOURNED, OR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT IS OTHERWISE REVOKED. SECTION 6. ANNUAL MEETING. A. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION AT WHICH ALL BUSINESS PROPERLY COMING BEFORE SUCH BODY IS TO TAKE PLACE, SHALL OCCUR IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AT A TIME AND PLACE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B |
SAME RESPONSES AS PT VI-A, LINE 7A |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B |
THE 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND AFTER IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE SR. VP CFO, IT WAS REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND APPROVED BY THE AUDIT, FINANCE, AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C |
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING OR ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE THE VOTE ON ANY MATTER BEFORE THE BOARD THAT PLACES THEM IN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE BOARD MEMBER SHALL DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT AS SOON AS THEY RECOGNIZE THE CONFLICT. IF SELF- DISCLOSURE IS NOT REVEALED, THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAN, PRIOR TO VOTING ON A SPECIFIC MATTER IN WHICH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS, INQUIRE WHETHER ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD DESIRES TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCLOSED BUT THE PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD STATES THE OPINION THAT SUCH A CONFLICT EXISTS AND THE CHALLENGED BOARD MEMBER REFUSES TO ABSTAIN FROM THE DELIBERATIONS OR VOTING AS REQUESTED, THE PRESIDENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR A VOTE OF THE DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHALLENGED DIRECTOR IS IN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT VOTE TO REQUIRE THE ABSTENTION OF THE CHALLENGED DIRECTOR, THAT DIRECTOR SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO VOTE. EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN THE CODE OF ETHICS AS DEVELOPED BY THE BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES FULL DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A |
A. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT THE REVIEW BASED ON THE CEO'S PRIOR PERFORMANCE AND REPORT BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE CEO CONDUCT A WRITTEN SELF-EVALUATION IN A FORMAT DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THIS FORMAT INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO A STATEMENT ON THE ORGANIZATION'S OVERALL GOALS FOR THE AUDIT YEAR (AS ESTABLISHED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIOR YEAR EVALUATION); THE CEO'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FACED IN PURSUING THOSE GOALS; THE PERSONAL GOALS OF THE CEO (AS ESTABLISHED IN THE PRIOR YEAR EVALUATION) AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED; AND NEW OR AUDIT YEAR ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONAL GOALS FOR THE CEO FROM WHICH THE AUDIT YEAR EVALUATION WILL BE BASED. THE INSTRUMENT INCLUDED A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED AT THAT TIME. IN REVIEWING COMPENSATION, THE COMMITTEE COMPARED IT WITH RELEVANT DATA FROM 1 OR MORE THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: THE NYS NONPROFIT COMPENSATION PROFILE; THE NPCC NEW YORK CITY COMPENSATION STUDY; GUIDESTAR COMPENSATION DATA; AND NATIONAL STUDY DATA REPORTED IN THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY. IN AN EXTENDED MEETING, THE COMMITTEE MET WITH THE CEO TO REVIEW THE SELF- ASSESSMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND THEN MET INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT THE CEO PRESENT TO DISCUSS. THE BOARD THEN CALLED THE CEO BACK TO PROVIDE THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO MET INDEPENDENTLY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITHOUT THE CEO PRESENT, FOR DISCUSSION, MODIFICATION AND APPROVAL. AFTER APPROVAL, THE BOARD MET WITH THE CEO TO REVIEW THEIR CONCLUSION AND DECISIONS. B. THE CEO CONDUCTS AN EVALUATION OF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)/ SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP AND THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER (CFO). THE COO AND CFO COMPLETE A SELF- EVALUATION FORM SIMILIAR TO THE ONE REQUIRED FOR THE CEO. THE COO AND CFO THEN MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE CEO TO REVIEW THE FORMS. CEO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SET THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OF THE COO AND THE CFO WITHIN THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B |
SAME PROCESS AS DETERMINING SALARY AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN LINE 15A. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 |
NYCON'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. COPIES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT TEN CENTS PER PAGE. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.