Brightstone Inc.

“The form 990 will be presented electronically to each board director at least two (2) weeks prior to the next regular board meeting. It will be reviewed by the directors via one of the following: at the next regular meeting, at a special called meeting, by e-mail or by conference call.”

“After acceptance by the board, each new board member is given a copy of the conflict of interest policy. The board member is asked to sign the policy statement acknowledging agreement to its disclosure terms. This document is retained by the board secretary. When voting is required on a potential conflict of interest issue, the policy is read to the directors and they are asked to disclose any conflict and adhere to the terms of the policy.”

“Compensation of the president/executive director of brightstone has been determined following a review of compensation of other similar positions in the area and review, substantiation, and decision by the board of directors at the november meeting each year.”

“Compensation of the management team of brightstone (director of operations, director of fund development, and program coordinator) has been determined following a review of compensation of other similar positions in the area and review, substantiation, and decision by the executive director upon review and approval of the budget by the board of directors at the november meeting each year.”

“The organization's policies, policy manual, current and prior year audited financial statements, tax returns and budgets are available at www.givingmatters.com . A link to this website is located on the organization's website (www.brightstone.org) and it is noted in the organization's quarterly newsletter. Governing documents are retained by the organization and copies are available upon request.”

“The schedule b submitted with the original 2017 form 990 was unintentionally prepared on the cash basis and some non-cash donations were also unintentionally not disclosed. However, the overall contribution revenue (page 9, part viii, line 1h) did not change...only the composition of the revenue between cash & non-cash sources. This 2017 amended return is prepared to submit a corrected form 990, page 9 (adjustment to part viii, line 1h only), a corrected schedule b (prepared on the accrual basis), and a corrected schedule m (adjustment to part 1, line 9 only) in order to report accurate non-cash donations received.”