Charles River Conservancy Inc.

“The board of directors has delegated responsibility for review of form 990 to the executive director. Directors receive a copy of the form 990 via email with an opportunity to comment before filing.”

“Members for the board are required annually to complete a conflict of interest form. Those forms are distributed to the entire board and the board reviews and has an opportunity to discuss them at a board meeting.”

“Board members researched the salaries at comparable not-for-profits in the boston area. The salary was further confirmed by the executive search firm retained to conduct the search for executive director. Compensation and new hires in fy22 were also informed by/consistent with a compensation and benefit survey performed by a local nonprofit with a membership of organizations comparable to the conservancy.”

“The organization makes its governing documents available upon request. Form 990 is also available on the website.”

“One of the conservancy's main goals is to serve as an advocate for the charles river and its parklands. This is currently manifested through three prongs: (a) support for the health of the charles with a floating wetland, (b) as a voice in public processes when projects and developments impact the public's access and use of the parks, and (c) communicating information to the public. The charles river floating wetland is a multi- year pilot project that utilizes research, engagement, and placemaking to evaluate a new water quality intervention that may help the river be more resilient to cyanobacteria blooms that plague it each summer. Installed in 2020, the wetland will remain in the river for 2-3 years, after which data that was collected will help inform potential larger installations. Being a voice for the parklands invloves actively participating in the public processes for development and transportation projects in and near the parks and by building coalitions of stakeholders around common goals. In the past, this has included working to improve the connectivity of park pathways with underpasses, and more recently as an active participant in the i-90 realignment project in allston. The conservancy shares information about its work and other news affecting the parklands through a monthly e-newsletter and periodic paper mailings.”

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