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“THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 DRAFTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE Finance committee BY THE AUDITOR AND TAX PREPARER. THE finance committee OF SHORE REVIEWED THE DRAFTS AND MADE INQUIRIES AND COMMENTS. THE TAX PREPARER MADE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES AND PRESENTED THE RETURNS TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR SIGNING BY THE OFFICERS. THE finance committee AT THE special BOARD MEETING REPORTED ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND TAX FILINGS, MADE COPIES AVAILABLE.”

“New board members are required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire and also to disclose any conflicts to the president of the board. At a yearly meeting the board members are required to review their conflict of interest statements and update the questionnaire. During the year, if there is a change of circumstance or a new matter arises that affects a director's independence the director is required to review the matter with the president of the board for possible referral to the entire board for review and determination if a conflict exists and what governanceaction should be taken”

“The compensation for executive director is determined based on a comparison vs.other similarly sized and/or functional organizations in the sector, forms 990 ofother organizations and compensations surveys along with the governancecommittee input and ultimate determination by the board of directors”

“THE ORGANIZATION FILES NEW YORK STATE FORM CHAR500 WITH THE NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHARITIES REGISTRATION BUREAU. THE REPORT INCLUDES COPIES OF THE FORM 990. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKES THE FILINGS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THEIR WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION'S RECORDS ARE KEPT AT THE Organization's OFFICE. REQUESTS TO REVIEW OF PUBLIC FILINGS AND CORPORATE DOCUMENTS CAN BE MADE TO THE ORGANIZATION DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.”

“TAX FILINGS, INCLUDING FORM 1023 AND CORPORATE PUBLIC INFORMATION RECORDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND ARE HELD AT THE organization's OFFICE.”