Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center Inc

“The organization does not have committees with the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The form 900 is prepared and reviewed by staff, the board receives a copy of the 990 the review before filing and raises any issues with the organization's staff and accountants.”

“To monitor and enforce compliance with the conflict of interest policy, the organization requires all officers, directors and individuals with substantial influence over the organization to complete an annual statement disclosing to the board any business, contractual or financial relationships the person has with other corporations. In addition, said persons have an ongoing obligation to disclose to the board any financial interest, direct or indirect, that the person would gain from any particular transaction, contract, or policy under consideration by the organization. The board must assess potential conflicts on a case-by-case basis, conflicted persons must abstain from the deliberation of the transaction, and corporate records be maintained.”

“The compensation committee will establish acceptable compensation packages after reviewing at least one of the following: 1) information about compensations paid by similarly situated tax-exempt orgaizations for similar services 2) current compensation surveys compiled by independent firms or 3) actual written offers from similarly situated organizations documentation of compensation deliberation and decision is kept on file.”

“No documents were made available to the public, except for those that were included with the organization's form 1023 application for exempt status, which are made available upon request as indicated in line 18.”

“All employees are paid by environment america, inc., under a common paymaster arrangement, and are shared with the filing organization”

“Consultants - grants $3409 (fundraising expenses); Frontier Group $797 (program service expenses); Consultants. Other -$2571.52 (program service expenses); Consultants, Programmatic, Administrative, and Fundraising -$116 (program service expenses) + $348 (management and general expenses)”