East Baltimore Development Inc.

“The form 990 was prepared by rsm us in consultation with the chief financial officer of ebdi. The form was then reviewed with the president and chief executive officer as well as the finance/audit committee of the board of directors in february 2017 prior to submission. The finance/audit committee includes senior managers from several foundations and partners with national and local accounting firms. The comments of the review team were incorporated into the final document and emailed to the full board of directors prior to submission.”

“Ebdi has a written conflict of interest policy. Key employees, officers and directors update their disclosure statement annually. Whenever there is reason to believe that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists between ebdi and an interested party, the board of directors shall determine the appropriate organizational response. Where the actual or potential conflict exists, the ceo shall review the matter and take appropriate action as necessary to protect the interests of ebdi. The ceo shall report to the chairman the results of any review and the action proposed to be taken. The chairman, in consultation with the executive committee, shall determine if any further board review or action is required. An interested party who has an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to a proposed action or transaction with ebdi shall not participate in any way in, or be present during, the deliberations and decision making related to the proposed action or transaction.”

“The compensation of the president and ceo is established by the board of directors and is determined and documented annually based upon comparable compensation data. Bonuses for the previous year are determined based upon achievement of specific organizational goals. The compensation of officers and key employees is established by the president and ceo with approval of the board of directors through the budget process.”

“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 cfo. The cfo will arrange a mutually convenient time for review at the main office of ebdi at 1731 east chase street, baltimore, maryland.”

“As planned, ebdi has funded current operations with new markets tax credit loans, which creates a timing difference in the recognition of expenses and corresponding revenue. The revenue will be recognized when the loans are retired with existing commitments of tax increment bonds issued by the city of baltimore and the funding of a memorandum of understanding from the annie e. Casey foundation. These temporarily restricted net assets will become unrestricted net assets at that time. The planned use of new markets tax credit loans described above resulted in negative net assets for ebdi as of june 30, 2016.”

“The following make up the total other fees for services expenses as set forth on line 11g, part ix: infrastructure contractors $3,489,926 professional services 717,705 engineering services 136,897 other services 34,706 demolition contractors 32,731 security services 1,571 _________ total part ix, line 11g: $4,413,536 ==========”