Brookhaven Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

“The organization's form 990 is made available to the board of trustees.”

“The organization expects its employees and its board of trustees to conduct business according to the highest ethical standards of conduct. Business dealings that appear to create a conflict between the interests of the organization and an employee or trustee are unacceptable. If an employee or trustee has a potential conflict of interest, they are instructed to bring it to the attention of the organization immediately. The organization will evaluate the potential conflict and act appropriately.”

“The compensation of the executive director is decided by the board of trustees. In determination of the compensation of the executive director, the board of trustees will use comparability data in its deliberation and decision.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial information available to the public upon request.”

“Prior to tax year 2018, the city of brookhaven utilized discover dekalb, a tourism agency for all of dekalb county, for the marketing and branding activities. Discover dekalb had been providing these destination marketing services since 2015. While the city of brookhaven still plans to collaborate with discover dekalb, brookhaven's city council decided in 2018 to transition these activities to the organization.”

“The organization contracts with einstein peo, inc. (ein: 45-5186642) for payroll services. All payroll filings are prepared and filed by einstein peo, inc. The w2s for the organization's employees show einstein peo, inc. As the employer.”

“Branding of brookhaven: program service expenses 65,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 65,000.”

“Since 2018 was the initial year of operations for the organization, the board of trustees felt it was prudent to have an annual audit of the financial statements. The board of trustees interviewed several external cpa firms with an expertise in nonprofit accounting prior to making its selection. Upon completion of the audit, the audited financial statements are reviewed by management and the treasurer, then they are presented to the full board of trustees for approval.”