Passive House New England Inc

“The Board was informed that the Form 990 was prepared and it was made available for their review in a shared Google Drive, which is the organization's standard method for disseminating documents.”

“Whenever a director or officer has a financial or personal interest in any matter coming before the board of directors, the affected person shall: a) fully disclose the nature of the interest and: b) withdraw from discussion, lobbying, and voting on the matter (recusal). Any transaction or vote involving a potential conflict of interest shall be approved only when a majority of disinterested directors determine that it is in the best interest of the corporation to do so. The minutes of meetings at which such votes are taken shall record such disclosure, abstention and rationale for approval. The Board of Directors shall from time to review applicable Internal Revenue Service recommended best practices regarding conflict of interest disclosure, recusal and approval procedures and exercise best efforts to ensure Directors are familiar with such Internal Revenue Service recommended procedures; and shall exercise best efforts to ensure these bylaws are consistent with Internal Revenue Service recommended best practices. In any Board of Directors review of possible compensation for services rendered where such compensation met applicable conflict of interest review and approval procedures, the Board of Directors shall also ensure that such compensation was not excessive and shall make findings concerning reasonableness of compensation for comparable services rendered to comparable organizations.”

“Our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements were available by request.”

“For the first half of 2024 management duties were partially delegated to a contractor (Aaron Gunderson).”

“The organization offers both Corporate and Individual Memberships. Corporate memberships come with a number of complimentary individual memberships depending on the size of the contribution.”

“Members of the Board of Directors are subject to election by the general membership of the organization.”

“Section 3.6 of the Bylaws states that members elect members of the board. Section 3.7 states a two-thirds vote of the membership may remove a member of the Board. Section 8.1 of the Bylaws states that "the bylaws provisions on the number of directors shall not be amended to increase or decrease the number of directors, nor shall the provisions of Article 2, Section 2.2, concerning the members electing board members, be amended or substantially altered, without the prior approval of a majority of the members."”

“Michelle Apigian: 101 SUMMER ST, BOSTON, MA 02110 USA Lauren Baumann: 60 CLIFTON ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140 USA Chris Burke: 20 HICKORY POND LN, STRATHAM, NH 03885 USA Kent Gonzalez: 246 PARK AVE, ARLINGTON, MA 02476 USA Betsy Harper: 19 FAIRMONT AVE, NEWTON, MA 02458 Laura Homich: 9 COTTAGE AVE, WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA Hank Keating: 1 STONE FRUIT LN, WESTPORT, MA 02790 Christina McPike: 125 SAINT FELIX ST APT 1, BROOKLYN, NY 11217 USA James Petersen: 335 MAPLEWOOD AVE, PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801 USA Ed Sople: 50 SAUNDERS RD, NORWOOD, MA 02062 USA Andrew Steingiser: 40 MAGNOLIA RD, SWAMPSCOTT, MA 01907 USA”

“We conducted research to assess the training needs of the high-performance building industry, the barriers and obstacles involved, the availability of existing training programs, and provide recommendations for future program development.”

“Expenses listed in Line 11g, column B represent contractor payments related to training and education programing for architects, contractors, engineers, town officials, developers, homeowners, and others on high-performance buildings and the Passive House standard, including Lunch and Learns, Workshops, Presentations, Case Studies, and related content.”

“The 2023 990-EZ for our organization did not include $98 held in our PayPal account.”