Greater Boston Guild for the Blind Inc

“Only the member may adopt, amend, modifiy, restate or repeal a by-law.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the Finance Department and reviewed by an outside accounting firm. The form is then distributed to the full Board for review and approval prior to its filing with the Internal Revenue Service.”

“Greater Boston Guild for the Blind, Inc. follows the governing policies and procedures of Lighthouse Guild International, Inc. (LGI) the parent company of the system of related organizations. All of the Greater Boston Guild for the Blind, Inc.'s board members are also board members of LGI which adopts all corporate policies and procedures for LGI & Affiliates. The policy so states and the policies have been applied to and adhered to by officers, directors and employees of all LGI affiliates since the policies' adoption. The organization's conflict of interest policy applies to all officers, directors and employees of the organization. A disclosure questionnaire concerning financial interests and any other potential conflicts of interest and related issues is completed by each director, officer, and employee on an annual basis. Notwithstanding submission of the applicable questionnaire, each director, officer or employee has a continuing duty to disclose any potential conflicts of interest promptly upon coming into possession of any information concerning a potential conflict of interest or any changes in the information requested in the questionnaire. Any potential conflict of interest shall be disclosed to the Audit Committee of the Board, or, when the matter is then under consideration by the Board or the Executive Committee, to the Board or Executive Committee, respectively. Neither the Audit nor Executive Committee, nor the Board shall generally approve any transaction giving rise to a potential conflict of interest. However, in exceptional circumstances, the Audit Committee, the Executive Committee or the Board may determine that based on a consideration of price, quality, expertise and other relevant factors, there is no transaction that is available or feasible as an alternative to the proposed transaction and such transaction is fair and Reasonable and in the organization's best interest. Under such circumstances, the Audit Committee, the Executive Committee, or the Board may approve such transaction (subject, in the case of the Audit Committee, to the approval of the Executive Committee or the Board). Such consideration and action shall be contemporaneously recorded and shall be reflected in the appropriate meeting minutes. A director, officer, or employee with a potential conflict of interest shall not be counted in determining the quorum for, seek to influence, participate in, or be present during any deliberations or vote of the Audit Committee, Executive Committee or the Board regarding the transaction or potential transaction giving rise to the potential conflict of interest. Neither the Audit Committee, Executive Committee nor the Board shall approve any transaction giving rise to a potential conflict of interest by less than a majority vote of Committee (or Board) members present at the meeting. The disclosure of a potential conflict of interest and the resolution of such potential conflict of interest shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee, or the Executive Committee or Board at which the matter was presented or discussed.”

“The form 990 and Audited Financial Statements are available on Lighthouse Guild's website. Upon request, the organization will make available only those documents required to be disclosed under the public inspection laws.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the finance department and reviewed by the organization's external auditors. The form is then distributed to the full board for review and approval prior to its filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Greater boston guild for the blind, inc. Follows the governing policies and procedures of lighthouse guild international, inc, (lgi) the parent company of the system of related organizations. All of greater boston for the blind, inc.'s board members are also board members of lgi which adopts all corporate policies and procedures for lgi & affiliates. The policy so states and the policies have been applied to and adhered to by officers, directors and employees of all lgi affiliates since the policies' adoption.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy applies to all officers, directors and employees of the organization. A disclosure questionnaire concerning financial interests and any other potential conflicts of interest and related issues is completed by each director, officer, and employee on an annual basis. Notwithstanding submission of the applicable questionnaire, each director, officer or employee has a continuing duty to disclose any potential conflicts of interest promptly upon coming into possession of any information concerning a potential conflict of interest or any changes in the information requested in the questionnaire. Any potential conflict of interest shall be disclosed to the audit committee of the board, or, when the matter is then under consideration by the board or the executive committee, to the board or executive committee, respectively. Neither the audit or executive committee, nor the board shall generally approve any transaction giving rise to a potential conflict of interest. However, in exceptional circumstances, the audit committee, the executive committee or the board may determine that based on a consideration of price, quality, expertise and other relevant factors, there is no transaction that is available or feasible as an alternative to the proposed transaction and such transaction is fair and reasonable and in the organization's best interest. Under such circumstances, the audit committee, the executive committee, or board may approve such transaction (subject, in the case of the audit committee, to the approval of the executive committee or the board). Such consideration and action shall be contemporaneously recorded and shall be reflected in the appropriate meeting minutes. A director, officer, or employee with a potential conflict of interest shall not be counted in determining the quorum for, seek to influence, participate in, or be present during any deliberations or vote of the audit committee, executive committee or the board regarding the transaction or potential transaction giving rise to the potential conflict of interest. Neither the audit committee, executive committee nor the board shall approve any transaction giving rise to a potential conflict of interest by less than a majority vote of committee (or board) members present at the meeting. The disclosure of a potential conflict of interest and the resolution of such potential conflict of interest shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the audit committee, or the executive committee or board at which the matter was presented or discussed.”

“No compensation was paid by or allocated to gbgb. However, its related entity, lighthouse guild international ("lgi") does use a compensation committee. Its process is described below. Process for determining compensation included a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“The form 990 is available on lighthouse guild's website. A copy of the form 990, governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“All compensation paid by lgi services, llc (ein #46-4232802), a disregarded entity of the jewish guild for the blind d/b/a jewish guild healthcare, a related organization.”

“To provide community education and support for people with and at risk for vision loss including diabetes prevention education for people at risk of developing diabetes and diabetes related complications, particularly vision loss, to help them lead full, independent and productive lives.”