Garden Education Center of Greenwichinc

“During fy18, the organization amended its articles of incorporation to restate its name from garden education center of greenwich, inc. To greenwich botanical center.”

“Anyone may become a member of the greenwich botanical center upon payment of annual dues, which are determined by the board of directors.”

“The gbc has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is submitted electronically to the board of directors for any comments prior to its submission. The board members are provided one week to review the prepared form 990 and to provide their comments electronically to the finance committee. The comments are discussed by the finance committee and presented to the accounting firm for their review before finalizing and filing the return.”

“Any person being nominated and accepting election to the board of directors shall disclose any potential conflict of interest because of personal, financial, legal, or other factors. In a case where any director has a specific potential conflict of interest or involvement in competing activities in a particular matter or otherwise believes his or her interest in a particular matter might affect his or her vote on such matter whether in committee or board meetings, the director shall so notify the president and shall decline to participate in any debate or vote with respect to such matter. The president will review this conflict of interest policy with the board annually, and each director will sign the conflict of interest statement annually.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at p.o. Box 1600, cos cob, ct 06807-0388 or by calling the organization directly at 203-869-9242.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the review of its financial statements and the selection of an independent auditor. The oversight process has not changed from the prior year.”