East Village Community Coalition Inc.

“The organization's 990 is reviewed by board members.”

“The organizaton distributes the conflict of interest policy annually. The annual conflict of interest questionnaires are signed by each member and returned to the executive director. The conflict of interest policy is also reviewed at every board meeting.”

“Documents, which are public record, are available from ny secretary of state.”

“East village community coalition, inc., (evcc) is filing amended form 990 to correct the following items: 1. Page 1, line f. Laura sewell, executive director, has been identified as the principal officer. 1. Schedule a. Public charity status and public support. The organization receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or from the general public. Evcc is an organization described in section 170(b)(1)a(vi). This status is consistent with the status set forth on the organization's determination letter and in the irs master business file. Schedule a, part ii is completed in the amended return. The originally filed return erroneously completed schedule a, part iii. 2. Part viii, section a, officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. The average hours per week were updated to reflect correct board members hours and order of reporting. 3. Part xi. Statement of functional expense revisions. The amended return reflects a revised allocation of expenditures. The organization reclassed, among other items, certain legal expenses to program as these expenses were directly related to its programmatic activities. Certain other expenses were allocated in relationship to salary expense. Line 9, other employee benefit, has been reclassed to line 5 to properly report current officer's compensations. 4. Part iii, statement of program service accomplishments, line 1. Brief description of the organization's mission has been expanded. 5. Part iii, statement of program service accomplishments, line 4a has been expanded. 6. Part viii, statement of revenue has been revised to properly report investment income in column d. 7. Part vi, compensation of officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, and independent contractors disclosure has been updated to revise the executive director's hours and report the average hours for all listed persons in column b.”

“Evcc's historic preservation and rezoning efforts to avoid community deterioration and preserve its character, activities that are consistent with manhattan community board 3's and council district 2's agendas, are often met with resistance (including repeated litigation) from parties opposing our core charitable mission. Legal expenses associated with evcc's preservation and rezoning activities are accordingly treated as program service activity.”