Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc.

“A family relationship exists between lynn schusterman and stacy schusterman.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the independent accountants and reviewed by senior management. A copy of the return was sent to the full board for review before filing with the irs.”

“Each director, officer, and employee is provided with and asked to review a copy of the conflict of interest policy and to acknowledge in writing that he or she has done so. Annually, each director, officer, and employee completes a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances in which s/he is involved that s/he believes could contribute to a conflict of interest. Such relationships, positions or circumstances might include service as a director of or consultant to another nonprofit organization or ownership of a business that might provide goods or services to bbyo. Any such information regarding the business interests of a director, officer, employee, or a family member thereof, is treated as confidential and is made available only to the chair, the chief executive officer, and any committee appointed to address conflicts of interest, except to the extent additional disclosure is necessary in connection with the implementation of the policy. The policy is reviewed annually by each member of the board of directors. Any changes to the policy are communicated to all staff and volunteers. Prior to board or committee action on a contract or transaction involving a conflict of interest, a director or committee member having a conflict of interest, and who is in attendance at the meeting, discloses all facts material to the conflict of interest. Such disclosure is reflected in the minutes of the meeting. If board members are aware that staff or other volunteers have a conflict of interest, relevant facts are disclosed by the board member or by the interested person him/herself, if invited to the board meeting as a guest for purposes of disclosure. A director or committee member, who plans not to attend a meeting at which s/he has reason to believe that the board or committee will act on a matter in which the person has a conflict of interest, discloses all material facts regarding the conflict of interest to the chair of the meeting. The chair then reports the disclosure at the meeting and the disclosure is reflected in the minutes of the meeting. A person who has a conflict of interest does not participate in or permitted to hear the board's or committee's discussion of the matter except to disclose material facts and to respond to questions. Such person does not attempt to exert his or her personal influence with respect to the matter, either at or outside the meeting. A person who has a conflict of interest with respect to a contract or transaction that will be voted on at a meeting is not counted in determining the presence of a quorum for purposes of the vote. The person having a conflict of interest does not vote on the contract or transaction and is not present in the meeting room when the vote is taken, unless the vote is by secret ballot. Such person's ineligibility to vote is reflected in the minutes of the meeting. Interested persons who are not members of the board of directors of bbyo, or who have a conflict of interest with respect to a contract or transaction that is not the subject of board or committee action, disclose to their supervisor, or the chair, or the chair's designee, any conflict of interest that such interested person has with respect to a contract or transaction. Such disclosure is made as soon as the conflict of interest is known to the interested person. The interested person refrains from any action that may affect bbyo's participation in such contract or transaction. In the event it is not entirely clear that a conflict of interest exists, the individual with the potential conflict discloses the circumstances to his or her supervisor or the chair or the chair's designee, who determines whether full board discussion is warranted or whether there exists a conflict of interest that is subject to this policy.”

“The chair of the h.r. Committee sets the compensation of the ceo in collaboration with the organization's senior volunteer officers (board chair and vice chair). Comparison data was provided to the committee of the salaries of ceo's of jewish organizations with similar budget sizes. The decision is discussed and documented in the board minutes. For the other officers, their compensation is determined by the human resources board committee and the ceo of bbyo. The last compensation review took place in june 2016.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available on a case-by-case basis, subject to the discretion of the organization.”

“In 2004, bbyo entered into a fee-for-service agreement with the tlalim group (tlalim), an international travel service provider with offices in israel and washington dc. The initial agreement provided that tlalim would provide all travel services for bbyo's "passport to israel" program. Tlalim had a solid reputation in the travel market and was the largest travel provider to birthright israel. For the first few years, bbyo paid tlalim as a vendor and annually negotiated tlalim's markup (cost above the actual travel costs). Bbyo also annually reviewed the cost of using tlalim against those of other travel providers. As bbyo's passport to israel program grew steadily over the years, bbyo evaluated whether it was in bbyo's best interest to restructure its arrangement with tlalim. Based on that analysis, bbyo and tlalim entered into a joint venture in 2008. Under the agreement, tlalim is the sole travel provider to bbyo passport and contributes sales, marketing and operations resources to the bbyo passport programs. Tlalim agreed to a non-compete clause, whereby it ceased all sales and marketing for international travel programs which competed against bbyo's passport program. 100% all activities of the joint venture fall under the purpose/mission of bbyo as stated in its form 1023 and articles of incorporation: 1. To educate and train jewish youth; 2. To promote the leadership potential and personal development of jewish youth; 3. To encourage jewish youth in developing a positive jewish identity; 4. To guide jewish youth in developing an appreciation for charitable giving; and 5. To enable jewish youth to assume leadership roles and responsibilities in the jewish and general communities. Bbyo follows written policies and procedures which govern all participation and activities related to this joint venture to ensure that the organization has safeguarded its 501(c)(3) exempt status.”