The Yaffe Difference

The Yaffe Difference is based on expert personal service that uses a strategic and customized approach to meet the challenging and ever-changing governance needs of our clients.

Personal Service

We are relationship driven. Providing personal service is the way we do business.

Expertise

Your team of experts will consist of a Senior Consultant and a Client Manager.

Independence

We are privately owned. We answer only to our clients and ourselves.

Compliance Driven

In our ever changing environment, organizations are increasingly subject to public and regulatory scrutiny.

Strengthening Governance

Yaffe & Company, Inc. has been a resource to governing bodies of hospitals and health systems since 1976. Recently, we have customized our services for higher education and other non-profit institutions.

Trustees have a growing appreciation of their fiduciary roles and they recognize the value of effective governance.

It is our mission to strengthen governance by helping Trustees and their CEOs/Presidents develop and implement processes in the areas of:

We strive to deliver the highest quality professional service. It is our goal to provide our clients with clear, comprehensive and reliable advice in a timely and efficient manner.

Resource Center

Final 501(c)(3) Regulations Issued

Effective March 28, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations clarifying the substantive requirements for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) and the imposition of section 4958 excise taxes on excess benefit transactions.

Executive Compensation Governance, Compliance with IRS Guidelines, and Establishing the “Rebuttable Presumption of Reasonableness”

From a regulatory perspective it is imperative that an organizational process be established, followed, and adequately documented. Upon audit, if a paper trail cannot be found or followed, it will likely be viewed by the IRS as having never occurred.

Results from the latest Yaffe & Company, Inc. survey on Healthcare Board of Directors

One of the Good Governance Principles as outlined in the report by the Panel on the NonProfit Sector is to establish clear guidelines for the term length of board members.