Good Counsel Inc

“Board members joanne venezia and deacon peter venezia have a family relationship.”

“The corporation has one class of members. This class shall be individuals and shall number no less than 3 and not more than 30.”

“The members had the power to elect the members of the board of directors.”

“The membrers may, by an affirmative majority vote of those present at any regularly constituted meeting, remove any or all directors of the board of directors and approve any transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting of the members.”

“Finance committee of the board of directors of good counsel along with the president and controller first reviews the entire 990 including the management questions. It is then discussed and returned to our outside auditors for further clarification and completion. A final draft is prepared, reviewed again by the above good counsel board and staff and sent electronically to the finance committee of the good counsel board of directors for further review and approval. Then the document is sent to the entire board of directors.”

“Good counsel's conflict of interest policy is included in their personnel manual and brought to the attention of all staff, mentioned repeatedly to managers and discussed when outside contracts or outsourced work is done. Annually, the board signs the conflict of interest policy, providing written acknowledgement that they have read and are familiar with the policy, and agree to disclose actual and potential conflicts of interest. The policy includes guidelines to assist board members and employees in avoiding conflicts of interest. In the event of a conflict of interest, the interested party must disclose to the board the financial relationship that he/she has, with respect to the issue. There shall be no contract or other transaction between good counsel inc. And a board member in which there exists a conflict of interest. The board will vote on such matter without counting the vote(s) of the interested board member(s).”

“During the process of approving the budget each year, the board includes a review of the president's compensation. This last took place during 2015. In the past, the finance committee requested outside, independent auditors to review the compensation of the president. A review of other similar agencies in the region were ascertained by our auditors in terms of executive salary. A range of similar agencies salaries was presented to the good counsel finance committee and passed along to the full good counsel board of directors for review, discussion and finally approval. Minutes of the board meetings document the review, discussion, and approval of the president's compensation.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The financial statements and 990 are available every year on the organization's website as well as on the charity navigator and guidestar websites. Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are only available upon request at 411 clinton street, hoboken, nj 07030.”

“Good counsel, inc. Has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process did not change from the prior year.”