Association for Contextualbehavioral Science

“The organization is a professional, scientific association with members. Members are in the categories of Professional, Affiliate, and Student.”

“The organization's members have the right to elect members of the Board of Directors. Professional and Affiliate members can cast a ballot for all open Board of Directors' positions except for the Student Representative. Student members can cast a ballot for all open Board of Directors' positions.”

“The organization may not change its bylaws without a 2/3rds approval vote by the membership. A change to the bylaws may be initiated by the Board of Directors, or by a referendum of 5% of the membership.”

“The Form 990 was reviewed by an independent CPA. Then it was provided to all current members of the ACBS Board of Directors prior to submission. No formal review or comments are required from Board members. Board Members are invited to review and comment and question the Form 990 to be submitted, but such comments are not required.”

“Members of the Board of Directors and key personnel are covered annually under the conflict of interest policy. Any possible conflicts of interest are discussed by the full board at annual and phone meetings. All potential conflicts are disclosed and discussed by the Board of Directors to determine if any further, or different course should be taken to ensure fair and equal treatment by the party in question. If the party in question is a voting member of the Board of Directors, they are required to abstain from deliberating on their own conflict issue, except to give testimony. Board members are required to sign the Conflict of Interest policy annually. To date, no conflicts have arisen to warrant follow up action by the Board of Directors.”

“The compensation for the position of Executive Director is reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee or a sub-committee of the ACBS Board of Directors after reviewing salary comparability data. The Executive Director is the only key employee and no officers/directors receive compensation.”

“The governing documents (by-was & conflict of interest policy) are available to the general public on the website contextualscience.org. ACBS makes it's financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Depreciation rather than amortization are reflected here rather than in expenses. Net change in fixed asset value from 2023 is -$254.”