Perkins School for the Blind

“The school has 142 members of the corporation as of june 30, 2020.”

“Each year at perkins' annual meeting the members of the corporation vote on the trustees for the following year and the trustees elect the officers of the corporation.”

“INFORMATION REPORTED ON FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE Manager of Fiscal Compliance PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE INFORMATION TO KPMG FOR PREPARATION AND REVIEW. THE FORM 990 IS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CONTROLLER BEFORE IT IS SENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. PRIOR TO FILING, A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS FORM 990 PRIOR TO IT BEING SENT TO THE FULL BOARD FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.”

“Perkins has an established conflict of interest policy. Pursuant to the conflict of interest policy, trustees, officers, senior management, and other persons who perform similar policy-making functions are required to submit annually a conflict of interest certification ("certification") and conflict of interest disclosure form ("disclosure form"). The certification requires certification of compliance with the perkins conflict of interest policy and also requires the individual to disclose related party transactions. Perkins legal counsel is responsible for distributing the certification and disclosure form to the aforementioned individuals and for maintaining the responses. Pursuant to the conflict of interest policy, whether a personal relationship among trustees, officers, senior management, and volunteer leadership poses a conflict of interest will be voted annually by the board of trustees, with the trustees, officers, and/or senior management that are involved in the relationship recused from that portion of the meeting and vote.”

“The board of trustees has a compensation committee that reviews the president's compensation and the board reviews the president's recommendation for senior staff compensation. Perkins' wage and salary structure is related to the duties and responsibilities of its positions and strives to be competitive for the area, consistent with perkins' financial resources. Perkins periodically conducts wage and salary surveys to determine the prevailing wages and salaries paid for similar positions in the area and at similar schools and agencies. Perkins reviews the wage and salary structure annually.”

“Perkins governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request with the school.”

“Perkins solutions perkins solutions deploys technology to overcome longstanding and emerging accessibility barriers. Since the 1950s, we've manufactured and distributed the world's most popular, most dependable braille typewriter. Today our expertise in inclusive design solutions is available via perkins access, a consulting service that helps businesses ensure their digital products and services are usable by everyone. During fy20, perkins solutions distributed 5,167 braillers worldwide, and assisted over 27 organizations with technology assessments and modifications. Regional library perkins library has provided accessible reading material to people with visual impairment and other disabilities since 1837. Since then, we've significantly expanded our offerings to serve more people with more nuanced needs. Today, we distribute approximately 492,000 accessible books, magazines, newspapers, dvds and more, at no cost to the estimated 24,000 patrons we service annually. We've also led the charge in distributing assistive technologies like refreshable braille displays while providing a website that enables people to download accessible reading material.”

“Change in value of split interest 165,345”