New Haven Rising

“The corporation shall have classes of members, as set forth below and as implemented or altered by the citywide leadership group. Voting members: there shall be three types of voting members: a. Individuals: individuals who live in new haven or in towns contiguous to new haven, who support the mission of the corporation and who pay dues, may be voting individual members of the corporation. Each voting individual member shall be associated with a neighborhood based chapter of the corporation (hereinafter "nbc") in the neighborhood in which he or she lives, or in the neighborhood closest to where he or she lives, where there is an organized nbc, the member shall belong to that nbc, and shall exercise certain membership rights and engage in the corporation's activities through the nbc. B. Institutions: any institution approved and accepted by the citywide leadership group, that is based in new haven, pays the appropriate dues, and is not otherwise a sponsoring institution (see below), shall be a voting institutional member. To the extent a voting institutional member has its own members, it shall encourage each of those members to join the corporation as an individual member. C. Sponsoring institutions: any institution approved and accepted by the citywide leadership group, that is based in new haven, and which provides dues support at the sponsoring level (as such level shall be set from time to time at the annual meeting) shall be designated a sponsoring institution. The definition of a sponsoring institution may be altered at any time by the citywide leadership group. To the extent a sponsoring institutional member has its own members, it shall encourage each of those members to join the corporation as an individual member. Nonvoting members any individual or institution which supports the mission of the corporation, but does not otherwise qualify to be a voting member as described above, may join the corporation as a nonvoting member. The citywide leadership group may establish such application process or further criteria for nonvoting membership as it deems appropriate. Nonvoting members may attend the annual and regular meetings of the members, and may - at the citywide leadership group's discretion - be invited to special meetings of the membership as well.”

“Vote. Each voting member - whether an individual or an institution - shall have one vote. Wherever action other than the election of at-large directors is to be taken by vote of the members, it shall, except as otherwise required by law or the certificate of incorporation, be authorized if approved by a majority of the votes cast. The slate of directors nominated by the nbcs and sponsoring institutions shall be elected by a majority of votes cast by the voting members. At-large directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the voting members.”

“Form 990 is reviewed with certain members of the union management prior to filing of the return.”

“The organization does not make available to the general public any of its governing documents. It will provide a copy of form 990 upon request.”

“Method of accounting: the union maintains its books and records and files its tax return on the modified cash basis of accounting.”