The Guild for Exceptional Children Inc

“Frank sena and celeste sena have a family relationship”

“The organization has two classes of members, voting or honorary. 1. In order to be a voting member, an applicant must be either: a) the parent of an exceptional child; or b) an adult sibling of an exceptional child; or c) the court-appointed legal guardian or guardians of an exceptional child; or d) a person who is interested in the welfare of exceptional children; and 2. The applicant must subscribe to the principles, ideals and purposes of the guild.”

“The officers shall each be elected by the members for a term of two (2) years commencing on the july 1st immediately following the election and shall continue in office until a successor is elected.”

“At any time, a voting member may propose in writing to the president an amendment to the organizations by laws. Amendments approved by the board shall be mailed by the secretary to the general membership at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting at which the membership will vote on the amendment.”

“The guild for exceptional children, inc., 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 the finance committee and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically distributed to the full board of directors for their review and approval. Any comments are then grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is applicable to all board members, officers or committee members and employees ("interested persons"). An interested person must disclose in writing the existence of any potential or actual conflict of interests to the board of directors. Following full disclosure of a possible conflict of interest the board of directors shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists and, if so, the board shall vote to authorize or reject the transaction and/or condition. Both votes shall be by a majority vote without counting the vote of any interested director. Any interested director, officer or staff member shall be excused and not participate in any discussion or debate of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, in which the subject of discussion is a contract, transaction or situation in which there may be a conflict of interest. Annually, all interested persons shall sign a statement of affirmation stating that they have received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, and agree to abide by it.”

“The search committee of the current ceo completed an analysis of current salaries of ceos of comparable organizations in the nyc area, using the 990 forms of those organizations and consultation with the executive director of the iac, a trade organization representing similar agencies. They considered factors such as: number of funding streams; number and complexity of need of individuals served; particular expertise needed given the constituency and culture at the gec; expertise needed given the financial stress of the gec at the time; expertise, work history and salary history of the candidates. The compensation analysis was documented. The search committee thusly served as both a search committee and a compensation committee. In 2015 the cfo, and two new assoc ex. Directors were given increases upon the retirement of the coo. The increases were due to increased responsibilities. The process was last undertaken in october 2016.”

“Copies of internal policies, financial statements and governing documents are available upon request at the offices during regular business hours. Form 990 is available upon request, at offices during regular business hours, on the website of the office of the attorney general of the state of ny, and on the website www.guidestar.org.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of its independent auditor. The policy for selection and oversight of the independent auditors has not changed since last year.”