Harvard Conservation Trust

“The organization has three classes of members: life members, regular members, and charter members. Life members and regular members having voting rights at all member meetings.”

“Life members and regular members have the right to elect trustees of the board of trustees.”

“Life members and regular members all have the right to approve changes to the by-laws and constitution.”

“The chair of the finance committee and the executive director will review the form 990 and make it available to all of the trustees.”

“All trustees, employees, close relatives, major donors, related organizations, and other insiders, as defined in the organization's conflict of interest policy, are required to bring any involment in a conflict or appearance of conflict to the attention of the designated trustee. The trustee selected to manage conflict of interest issues will develop a recommended course of action to be submitted to the full board of trustees as the final arbiter of the issue. Until the board of trustees vote on a recommended course of action, the individual involved is required to refrain from participating from the questionable activity and recuse and absent him/herself from discussions pertaining to the matter.”

“A special committee comprised of members of the governance committee, officers, and trustees evaluates and recommends executive compensation levels that the board of trustees then reviews. The special committee considers several factors when determining compensation, including performance and comparable data.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request at the organization's administrative office.”