Bruce Museum Inc.

“Bruce Museum, Inc. can have the following classes of membership as the Board has authorized in the by laws: a) Individual Membership b) Corporate Membership (which may include a partnership, trust or other legal entity) c) Family Membership d) Patron Membership e) Benefactor Membership f) Robert Bruce Circle Membership Each membership in good standing is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members. The persons who comprise a Family Membership - together is entitled to one vote on each matter. A membership may vote in person (through a duly authorized representative in the case of a Corporate Membership) or by valid proxy. Members are not entitled to receive a share of the organization's profits or excess dues or a share of the organization's net assets upon the organization's dissolution. The Board may, from time to time, modify or eliminate classes of membership, may establish other classes of membership, and qualifications and privileges applicable to each membership class.”

“The members of the Bruce Museum, Inc. elect the Trustees, other than the ex-officio Trustees, at the annual meeting of the members, by a majority vote of the members entitled to vote who are present in person or by written proxy.”

“Bruce Museum, Inc. has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. The form 990 is provided to the Audit Committee for review, comments, and approval. Once the Audit Committee has approved the return, an electornic copy is distributed to the Board and it is filed with the Internal Revenue Service. A hard copy of the return is also distributed at a board meeting.”

“Each Trustee must conduct all of his or her activities in such a way as to avoid any conflict between the Trustee's personal interests and the policies, operations, or interests of the Museum. Trustees with special areas of interest within the Museum should understand that advocacy for those interests should be advanced only within the framework of the Museum's interests as a whole. In the event a conflict is unavoidable, the Trustee shall at all times act in a manner consistent with his or her fiduciary responsibility to the Museum and shall exercise particular care that no detriment or appearance of detriment to the Museum results from that conflict. A Trustee is considered to have a conflict of interest when the Trustee, or any member of his or her immediate family: (a) has a financial, personal, or professional interest which impairs or might appear to impair the Trustee's independence of judgment in the discharge of his or her responsibilities to the Museum. (b) could receive a material financial, personal, or professional benefit from knowledge of confidential Museum information. (c) would receive financial compensation for personal or professional services rendered to the Museum without the prior approval of the Board of Trustees. A Trustee should not vote on, approve, or recommend approval of a transaction between the Museum and that Trustee or immediate family member, and should disclose any potential conflict prior to a vote or other action. If such Trustee is present when a matter involving a potential conflict of interest is considered, he or she should leave the meeting during that discussion and/or the vote. A Trustee should, in general, communicate any administrative or managerial concerns to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees or to the Executive Director. In no case should a Trustee give direction to, or criticize directly, any Museum personnel. The staff guidelines are founded on the following general principles: The first loyalty of a staff member is to the Museum; conflicts of interest or the appearance thereof must be avoided; a professional staff position must not be used for personal gain; staff should at all times seek to maintain the Museum's good name in the community and avoid misuse or disparagement of its name, reputation, property or services; a staff member shall not pursue any course of action indirectly which if done directly would be proscribed by the Museum's code of ethics.”

“The executive committee conducts an annual performance review of the executive director. Compensation is based on the employee's performance and comparability data to the industry standards using the American Association of Museum's salary survey. The board approves the Executive Director's Compensation. The compensation approval is documented in a letter from the board of directors.”

“Form 990 is available on www.Guidestar.org, www.charitynavigator.org, and www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE: BRUCEMUSEUM.ORG”

“financial statements, governing documents, Conflict of interest policy, form 990, and form 1023 are made available for public viewing upon written request at Bruce Museum, Inc. headquarters located at 1 Museum Drive, greenwich, connecticut, 06830.”

“The Museum was built originally as a private home in 1853 and was bequeathed to the Town of Greenwich, CT in 1908 by textile merchant Robert Moffat Bruce, who stipulated its use as a museum. The first exhibition at the Bruce Museum took place in 1912 and featured works by local artists known as the Greenwich Society of Artists, several of whom were members of the Cos Cob Art Colony. The Cos Cob School of American painting is now well established as an important part of the history of American art and it forms the nucleus of the Museum's holdings of paintings, watercolors, drawings, and notebooks by artists such as Leonard and Mina Ochtman, George Wharton Edwards, and Hobart Jacobs. Paralleling an interest in Connecticut painters and their works, early directors of the Bruce Museum pursued the development of the natural sciences, building particular strengths in the mineral and avian collections. The Bruce Museum was expanded in 1993 and includes nearly 8,000 square feet of exhibition space, comprised of one main gallery, three smaller galleries, and a lecture hall. The Museum operates under accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Successes in 2016-2017 The Bruce Museum is excited to share its many successes this year, including: -The Bruce mounted an exhibition focused on Impressionist Alfred Sisley. The show successfully drew record weekend attendance (exceeding 800 visitors per weekend). -Manager of School and Tour Services, Kathleen Holko, won the statewide 2017 Outstanding Museum Education Award, Art Educator of the Year from the CT Art Education Association; -The Bruce Museum's Audience Engagement and Interpretive Services team published an article in New England Museum's Association spring journal Museums Now; -The Museum's Science Curator was awarded National Science Foundation grants for research in avian paleontology; -The Museum reached its highest attendance in over five (5) years with 90,000 visitors; -The Bruce welcomed over 3,200 participants to our Youth and Family programs; a record for programs including Bruce Beginnings, Family Days, School Vacation Workshops -New this year, Bruce Beginnings Junior was established for visitors ages 10 months to 24 months. Programs feature playful learning for babies and caregivers, and help to develop comfort in Museum setting; -Sunday Programming has also been developed. It is free with admission, focused on both art and science, with hands-on activities for families. Exhibitions The Bruce Museum offered a variety art and science exhibitions in 2016-2017 that educated and engaged our diverse, community audience. Each exhibition featured world-class art, objects and artifacts that focused on the needs and interests of our visitors and our surrounding community. The following summarizes each of the exhibitions from 2016-2017: 1. Electricity 2. Electric Paris 3. iCreate 2016 4. Science In Motion: The photographic studies of eadweard muybridge, harold edgerton and berenice abbott 5. Flora and Fauna: Drawings by Francesca Anderson 6. Her Crowd: new art by women from our neighbors' private collections 7. small scales: lands of enchantment 8. towards abstraction, 1940-1985: brett weston photographs from the bruce museum collection 9. alfred sisley (1839-1899): impressionist master 10. Street smart: photographs of new york city, 1945-1980 11. canvas and cast: highlights from the bruce museum's art collection 12. last days of pangea: in the footsteps of dinosaurs Educational Programs The Bruce Museum's primary goal is to educate our visitors. The Museum's Audience Engagement and Interpretive Services department tailors each learning experience to match our targeted audience segments: families; adult appreciators; schools/educators; and donors/collectors. Highlights from the Museum's educational programming in 2016-2017 include the following: -Laura Stricker, Manager of Youth and Family Programs initiated a new program called Bruce Beginnings Jr., developed for toddlers,”

“The Town of Greenwich, Connecticut owns the entire museum collection. The Organization operates the facility and organizes the exhibits per an agreement with the Town of Greenwich. The Organization provides security for the collection. It also performs restoration and preservation of collection as needed to maintain the collection for exhibition.”

“loss on uncollectible pledges -262,000.”

“The independent auditor is selected after a review and bidding process conducted by the audit committee. The audit committee reviews the financial statement and meets with the independent auditors before the audit report and financial statements are issued. Audit findings, if any, are communicated to the audit committee by the independent auditors. Audit committee considers the findings. Audit committee recommends corrective action, if in their judgement it is needed. There have been no changes in the process from the prior year.”