Barnard College

“The Form 990 is reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer & VP for Finance, The President and the Committee on Audits and Compliance, and by Grant Thornton LLP, an Independent Certified Public Accountant Firm.”

“The conflict of interest policy and disclosure statements are distributed annually to each Trustee, Director and Key Employee who shall read the policy, disclosure statements and sign the certification agreeing to be bound by the policy and return the disclosure statements to the College's General Counsel for review.”

“The Compensation Committee of Barnard College's Board of Trustees is responsible for determining and approving the compensation of the College's President (CEO) and other top management officials including the: CFO and VP for Finance, VP for Operations, Executive VP of the College and General Counsel, Dean of the College, Provost, Vice President for Development, Vice President of Enrollment and Communications, and other Senior Staff. The Compensation Committee is provided with comparable data from the higher education industry from an external compensation consultant and uses that data to determine the compensation levels on an annual basis.”

“The College discloses its audited financial statements and its conflict of interest policies on it's web-site.”

“Barnard College aims to provide the highest quality liberal arts education to promising and high-achieving young women, offering the unparalleled advantages of an outstanding residential college in partnership with a major research university. With a dedicated faculty of scholars distinguished in their respective fields, Barnard is a community of accessible teachers and engaged students who participate together in intellectual risk-taking and discovery. Barnard students develop the intellectual resources to take advantage of opportunities as new fields, new ideas, and new technologies emerge. They graduate prepared to lead lives that are professionally satisfying and successful, personally fulfilling, and enriched by love of learning. As a college for women, Barnard embraces its responsibility to address issues of gender in all of their complexity and urgency, and to help students achieve the personal strength that will enable them to meet the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives. Located in the cosmopolitan urban environment of New York City, and committed to diversity in its student body, faculty and staff, Barnard prepares its graduates to flourish in different cultural surroundings in an increasingly inter-connected world. The Barnard community thrives on high expectations. By setting rigorous academic standards and giving students the support they need to meet those standards, Barnard enables them to discover their own capabilities living and learning in this unique environment, Barnard students become agile, resilient, responsible, and creative, prepared to lead and serve their society.”

“For Form 990-T for the tax year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021, the College was granted an extension of time to file and will be filed by May 15, 2022.”