Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc.

“Employment management agreement the conservancy has an employment management agreement with a professional employer organization ("peo") that provides a comprehensive personnel management system encompassing a broad range of services, including benefits and payroll administration, health, pension, worker's compensation insurance programs, personnel records management, employer liability management, etc.”

“The audit committee reviews the audited financial statements after which they are presented to the larger board. Form 990 is prepared after audit completion and board approval of the financial statements. Form 990 is made available to the board of directors for review prior to filing, based on audit committee recommendation and approval.”

“Compliance is self-policing unless conflict is apparent and visible, then the conservancy would take action.”

“Compensation for the executive director, deputy director, and development director is determined by a committee of the board of directors using the nonprofit coordinating committee of new york (npcc) salary survey and other published comparative analyses applicable to not-for-profit organizations.”

“The conservancy makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“To ensure the creation, adequate funding, proper maintenance, public support, and citizen enjoyment of brooklyn bridge park through partnership with government, development of programming and active promotion of the needs of the park and its constituents. The brooklyn bridge park conservancy, inc. (the "conservancy") has worked for over 30 years to bring brooklyn bridge park to life. We started out as grassroots advocates, bringing together residents, government, and local supporters to transform an abandoned waterfront into a world-class public park. Today we work in partnership with brooklyn bridge park corporation to ensure that the park reaches its full potential as a dynamic and vibrant public space for brooklyn, new york city, and beyond. The conservancy produces diverse and innovative programming for park visitors and cultivates volunteer and philanthropic support of this special place on the brooklyn waterfront. Since 2000, more than 1,800,000 visitors have enjoyed the conservancy's free, public programs in brooklyn bridge park.”

“Public programming includes providing free cultural and recreational activities, providing opportunities for hands-on education programs focused on the brooklyn waterfront's history, habitat, and ecology, and promoting civic volunteerism and caring for the park's green spaces through our education and stewardship programs. In 2019, the conservancy welcomed visitors to over 500 free and low-cost cultural, educational, and recreational events and activities in brooklyn bridge park, including outdoor movies, sports clinics, fitness classes, kayaking, theater and music performances, astronomy nights, a reading series, children's programming, family festivals, and more. More than 10,000 students from across new york city - including every zip code in brooklyn - attended the conservancy's education programs in the park. Students explored aquatic ecology, sustainability, the brooklyn bridge, geology, history, and more through hands-on activities that utilized the park as a living classroom. The conservancy's environmental education center, located inside 99 plymouth, provides a year-round home to the conservancy's thriving education program and is open to families and park visitors on weekends and outside of school hours. Nearly 10,000 visitors attended these public open hours. The conservancy's ed center provides multiple interactive elements including an east river aquarium, a discovery station with a 10' scale model of the park and other exhibits that offer an in-depth look at the park's ecology, history and sustainable design. As part of the conservancy's stewardship program, 816 volunteers contributed 3,681 hours of service assisting with gardening and maintenance, public tours and programs, and visitor service initiatives in the park. These opportunities include a teen program called teens interested in and dedicated to environmental stewardship (tides), a six-week program for volunteers with disabilities called park peers, and green team, our weekly, saturday morning drop-in program.”