Facing History and Ourselves Inc

“Directors lori r. Fife and mark s. Fife have a family relationship.”

“The articles of the organization were amended to change the organization's name from facing history and ourselves, inc. To facing history & ourselves, inc.”

“Prior to filing, the draft version of form 990 was reviewed by the audit committee of the board of directors. The form 990 was then provided to the board of directors via email. The form 990 will be filed upon approval by the audit committee.”

“All officers, directors and senior level employees are required to familiarize themselves with the conflicts of interest policy and to ensure compliance of related parties with it. In addition to the disclosures required by this policy, each are annually provided with a statement to complete and return indicating that they have read, understand and are in compliance with this policy. The ceo in conjunction with the cfo and coo manages this process. If any director has a conflict, at a minimum, the director with the conflict will recuse themselves from the meeting and/or vote. Officers and senior level employees who knowingly or unknowingly violate the policy will be subject to disciplinary action, including possible dismissal.”

“Executive director/president compensation package reviewed by outside consulting firm to establish comparability data and recommendation of a compensation package to the board of directors for approval. All other key employee's are reviewed by the human resource department. External benchmarking resources are referenced such as the most recent guidestar nonprofit compensation report. Final recommendations are made to the executive director/president with a final review by the board of directors. The deliberations and decisions are documented contemporaneously.”

“Our forms 990 (current and prior three years) are available on our website as well as the official website of the attorney general of massachusetts at www.charities.ago.state.ma.us and guidestar at www2.guidestar.org. We also make our form 1023, form 990-t, articles of incorporation, and bylaws available to the public upon request. Our audited financial statements are also available on our website as well as the official website of the attorney general of massachusetts at www.charities.ago.state.ma.us. We do not make our conflict of interest policy available to the public. In addition, various other governing documents are also available on the official website of the secretary of state of massachusetts at: www.corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/corpsearchinput.asp”