East Baltimore Community School Inc

“The Form 990 was prepared by rsm us llp in consultation with the Associate Dean Financial Operations, Johns Hopkins University School of Education. The form was then reviewed with the EBCS FINANCE COMMITTEE in may 2018 prior to the submission. The FINANCE Committee includes EXECUTIVES FROM FOUNDATIONS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. The comments of the review team were incorporated into the final document.”

“the conflict of interest policy applies to board members, legal counsel, auditors, staff and certain volunteers and contractors of ebcs. a conflict of interest may exist when the interested party may be seen as competing with the interest or concerns of ebcs. an interested party is under continuing obligation to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known, or reasonably should be known. an interested party shall complete a questionnaire to fully and completely disclose the material facts about any actual or potential conflicts of interest. the disclosure statement shall be completed upon his/her association with ebcs, and shall be updated annually thereafter. an additional disclosure statement shall be filed at such time as an actual or potential conflict arises. for board members, the disclosure statements shall be provided to the president of the board or, in the case of the chairman's disclosure statement, shall be provided to the secretary of the board. copies shall also be provided to the treasurer of ebcs. whenever there is reason to believe that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists between ebcs or an interested party, the board of directors shall determine the appropriate organization response. where an actual or potential conflict exists between the interest of ebcs and an interested party with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction, ebcs shall refrain from the proposed action or transaction until such time as the proposed action or transaction has been approved by the disinterested members of the board of ebcs.”

“In FY 2014, the EBCS Board engaged the Johns Hopkins University School of Education (JHU-SOE) to become the operator of the School. As operator, JHU-SOE is responsible for the day to day operations of the School. The executive director was assigned to oversee the operating agreement between JHU and EBCS managing the School's operational, business and administrative services. The Executive Director also coordinates with the School Principal and oversees the management of the instructional operations of the School and as such was considered the top management official of EBCS. Her salary and benefits are determined by JHU-SOE.”

“Organizational documents, the conflict of interest policy, and the financial statements are available to the public, for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d), upon written request to the Associate Dean Financial Operations, Johns Hopkins University School of Education. The Associate Dean will arrange a mutually convenient time for review at Johns Hopkins University School of Education at 2800 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.”

“The compensation reported in columns D and F are estimated amounts. The organization requested a copy of the 2016 Form W-2 and did not receive it. The estimated amounts are based on payroll reports.”

“The mission of The East Baltimore Community School is to provide innovative, holistic, individualized and evidence-based instruction to enable every student to achieve intellectual, social, physical and emotional growth and development, by operating an Early Childhood Center and Elementary Middle School in East Baltimore.”

“Salary expense recorded on the books of EBCS are for administrators, teachers, and other personnel, who are all employees of Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS). These employees are covered by City Schools compensation policies and collective bargaining agreements and are paid through the BCPS payroll and the expense is deducted from the per pupil allocation provided to EBCS. In addition, salary expense includes the cost of the Executive Director who is an employee of Johns Hopkins University School of Education, the operator of the school.”