Brooklyn Bar Association

“Past President John Lonuzzi and President Elect Rebecca Woodland are husband and wife.Past President Hon. Jeffrey Sunshine and Hon. Nancy T. Sunshine are husband and wife.Immediate Past President Domenick Napoletano serves on ten Board of Directors of the BBA Volunteer Lawyers Project”

“Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 which was also shared with the audit and budget committee chair and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was emailed to the full board of trustees prior to being filed with the IRS.”

“The organization has a board approved conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifiying the nature of their interested party transactions.”

“Each year, the compensation committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the executive director to determine if the existing salary falls within these ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a new proposed salary and benefit package is proposed to the budget committee and is voted on by the board of directors. Ten board of directors reflect the nature of this process.”

“Each year, the compensation committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the executive director to determine if the existing salary falls within these ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a new proposed salary and benefit package is proposed to the budget committee and is voted on by the board of Directors. Ten board of directors reflect the nature of this process.”

“Financial statements are available to the public upon request and through the websites of various regulators such as www.Guidestar.org on behalf fo the IRS and NYS Charities Bureau.”

“Amendment to 990 based on audited financial statements.”

“The difference is due to the intercompany prepaid expense, which is eliminated when the organization prepared a consolidated financial statement.”

“refer to Form 990, overflow statement for the listing of expenses.”