Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc

“The finance committee of the leahy center for lake champlain performs a detailed review of a draft of the 990 with the preparer, and then makes a recommendation to the full board to accept the draft and move forward with filing. In addition, the 990 is made available for all board members to review prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is given to each new responsible person and is required to acknowledge in writing that he or she has received a copy of this policy. Each responsible person must annually complete an information form regarding the conflict of interest policy. The policy shall be reviewed annually and any changes to the policy must be communicated to all responsible persons.”

“The compensation of echo's executive director is defined in a contractual agreement between the leahy center for lake champlain, inc. And the executive director. The compensation is negotiated and reflects what the board perceives is the necessary and appropriate compensation to obtain and retain a qualified executive director in the burlington market. Any bonus compensation for the executive director is goal based. Annual goals are mutually established and the executive director's success in meeting these annual goals is assessed by the board. The board of directors reviews the executive director's performance each fiscal year and determines whether bonus compensation is appropriate.”

“Directors are brought in at around 60,000 with a typical 3% cpi anually depending on cash flow. If there are financial contraints during the year, in lieu of permanent salary adjustments, smaller bonuses may be paid.”

“Copies are made available upon request.”

“Echo, leahy center for lake champlain”

“The public face of the leahy center for lake champlain inc. (dba echo, leahy center for lake champlain or echo) is an innovative science and nature museum located on the burlington waterfront. Open daily, echo encourages visitors to view the natural environment as part of their neighborhood and to explore, learn about, and consider opportunities for stewardship. Since 1995, we have taught more than 3 million visitors about the role of science in our culture and lives. Echo leverages its unique setting to inspire and engage everyone in the joy of scientific discovery, wonder of nature, and care of lake champlain. Visitors explore over 100 interactive family experiences, 70 live species, seasonal changing exhibits, and our dealer.com immersive 3d theater. In our highly interactive science exhibits, awesome forces and engineer it, visitors of all ages tackle daily engineering challenges at our tinkering bench and test zones as well as delight in discovering the amazing processes that have shaped the lake champlain basin and our earth. To learn more visit: https://www.echovermont.org/ the nonprofit is governed by a 17-member board of directors, who retains responsibility for defining echo's overall strategic direction, ensuring the institution remains on track and achieves its goals. The primary responsibilities of the echo board fall in the areas of finance, fundraising, strategy, and policy. As a general matter, board members are not directly involved in echo's daily operations, as these duties are the responsibility of management. Board members sit on one of four committees that meet multiple times annually: policy & governance, planning & finance, audit & ethics, investment, and stewardship. The entire board meets quarterly within the fiscal year. Principal programs & annual accomplishments: supported by meaningful partnerships and an informed understanding of audience need, echo provides high-impact science-based learning experiences in and outside our walls. Public museum: 160,000 annual visitors, including 75,000 children, 5,500 member households, and 15,000 school children. Echo is dedicated to breaking down barriers so that all visitors can experience the museum. Animal care program: promoting environmental stewardship and ecology by connecting the public to more than 70 native species of fish, amphibians, and reptiles with twice-daily animal care demos and back-of-house tours. Turtle headstart program: echo partners with the vermont fish & wildlife department to provide care for neonate spiny softshell and map turtles throughout the winter. The bigger turtles are released into lake champlain in the summer, giving them a better chance of survival. Echo early learning: eel is a free, academic year-long, caregiver-child program training caregivers and supporting healthy development and school readiness for early learners outside the formal care system. The program supports play-based learning for children and caregivers together, reading-readiness, and caregiver learning, as well as resources to foster safe, supportive, and enriching learning environments for children at home. Statewide stem outreach: we deliver hands-on stem programs and teacher professional development to rural, underserved early childhood classrooms while creating a new career awareness curriculum and take-home stem activity kits. Each year, echo educators work with over 60 educators and 900 students. Teacher institute: teachers from around vermont participate in an echo-led, year-long community of practice while working to integrate engineering design into their classroom curriculums. Traveling stem festivals: stem festivals travel in our stem in motion box truck and include enough activities and engineering challenges to fill a gym. E-team: our teen intern team members participate in weekly professional development, go on monthly career exploration field trips, and work in the engineer it program space four hours per week. College intern and volunteer”

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