Green Building Certification Institute

“On january 1, 2008, gbci entered into a memorandum of understanding with usgbc whereby each organization pays their share of joint costs which are allocated to each organization based on a reasonable allocation rate. All employees are employed by usgbc and gbci will reimburse usgbc for their share of those allocated salaries and benefits. Additionally gbci will reimburse usgbc for their share of office space, services and other overhead expenses. Management fees charged to gbci during the year ended december 31, 2020, were $11,291,887.”

“President & ceo of usgbc serves as a the president & ceo of gbci, which includes serving ex-officio non-voting on both boards”

“There is no committee which has been delegated the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The form 990 is completed each year by senior staff, in association with tax advisors, and filed with the irs. Prior to filing, gbci will provide a copy of the form 990 to the board of directors. The form 990 is posted to the board portal for a minimum of two days prior to the filing being sent in to the irs. An email is sent to all board members notifying them that the form 990 is available for their review and requesting that they respond to raise any questions or concerns they might have.”

“Conflict of interest policy disclosure procedures summary: 1) each director, corporate officer and member of a committee or other decision-making body signs an annual statement affirming that s/he: a. Has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, b. Has read and understands the policy c. Has agreed to comply with the policy, and d. Understands that in order to gbci to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primary in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. 2) each director, corporate officer and member of a committee or other decision-making body also makes an annual full and frank disclosure of his or her interest. 3) at each board and committee meeting, the members disclose any conflicts they have relative to the meeting agenda; if they disclose a conflict they also abstain from voting related to the conflict.”

“The compensation for the president/ceo of gbci is recommended by the board to the usgbc board. This compensation is based on performance evaluations where they are measured against previously assigned objectives. The review is done by the chair of the board. To establish the initial compensation, a compensation survey was done by an external consulting firm which compares salaries to those of comparably sized ngos in the washington, dc region. Other employees' salaries are set by the ceo.”

“Gbci provides the public with its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements upon request. The following documents can be made available for public review: - founding documents - committee policies and procedures - bylaws - conflict of interest policy - antitrust compliance policy - other program related policies our financial statements are provided to the public upon request as well as providing a copy of our form 990 filing upon request.”

“Gbci has a management agreement with usgbc, and in accordance with that agreement, gbci pays usgbc for the services of certain employees. While employees who provide services to gbci are paid by usgbc for services to gbci, gbci and usgbc are unrelated parties. Compensation reported on this form represents gbci portion only.”

“Credentialing consulting (exam/accred exp) 943,229. Certification consulting + customer service 10,073,115. Consulting 3,916,552.”