Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services

“990's are prepared by staff and presented to our accounting firm for review and comment. The complete final 990 is provided to all board of directors prior to submissions to the IRS.”

“A Director must disclose to the Board any relationships that create a potential conflict of interest with the organization. A Director having a conflict of interest may not vote on,consent to, or use his personal influence related to matter(s) considered as conflicting.Employees are obligated to avoid actual, potential and positional conflicts of interest. Such conflicts should be reported to either the Project Director, Executive Director or immediate supervisors.”

“The compensation for the Executive Director and Project Directors is presented to the independent board for approval. A Professional compensation study for all employees was completed in 2010 and revisited in 2015. Salaries were aligned based on responsibilities, location and supervision. All results have been thoroughly documented and implemented.”

“Compensation for the Project Director is presented to the Board for Approval.”

“The most recent governing documents and policies can be found on the organizations internal and external websites. At these various websites, information about the organization can be found. The organizations financial statements and organizations annual report are also available for the most recent three years.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: We assist people with other civil legal services needs including accessing necessary education services, reducing consumer debt, addressing wrongful termination and employment discrimination and address health care needs. In addition we conduct outreach and provide training for community-based groups and social service providers on a wide range of issues affecting low-income Brooklyn communities.”