Meherana

“Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 - Christine C Pearson, the president, is married to Chris D Pearson,a general director.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 - Meherana has two classes of membership: 1) An Associate Member has a sincere interest in Avatar Meher Baba and makes a small monetary donation for membership to show support of Meherana's mission statement. For the fiscal year there were 226 Associate Members. 2) An Active Member also has a sincere interest in Avatar Meher Baba & shows effort to become and remain informed regarding Meherana's goals, activities, and history as well as contributes service work for Meherana. For the fiscal year there were 22 Active Members. Only Active Members may hold office or vote on official business. Both types of membership need to be applied for annually.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a - At Meherana's Annual General Meeting, active members elect the Board of Directors as well as the members of the Membership and Nominating Committees.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b - As part of Meherana's Annual General Meeting, active members vote on the annual operating expenditures and development budgets. Active members also vote on changes or updates, if any, to Meherana's Master Plan, Corporate Bylaws, or Official Policies.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b - Meherana's balance sheet and statement of activities is reviewed alongside the 990 and each question or item is gone over line by line by both the President and Director of Finance.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 14 - Meherana has an unwritten policy of retaining all records since inception.”

“Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 - Governing documents and financial statements are open to inspection by any Director at all reasonable times. The books of account are open to inspection on the written request of any Active Member at any reasonable time. Requests for inspection by the general public are to be made in writing to the President or Secretary. The Conflict of Interest Policy is signed by all directors annually and available to all Active Members on Meherana's website. Financial statements are passed out at each general business meeting of the board and at the Annual General Meeting.”

“Form 990, Part VIII, Lines 1b, 1f, 2 (all lines), and 10: A portion of the listed funds derived from credit card transactions. 2013 1099-K forms received were: American Express gross amount box 1 $3,034.03 and Elavon, Inc (MasterCard, Visa, Discover) gross amount box 1 $33,390.25”

“Form 990, Part I, Line 6 - During retreats & meetings volunteers do site preparation, organize activities, give talks, present musical performances, and create programs for children. During service week-ends volunteers help with mailings, website updating, site maintenance including building repair as well as property maintenance such as brush clearing and other landscaping needs. Volunteers serve on all committees.”

“Form 990, Part IX, Line 19 - Amount listed for conferences , conventions, and meetings represents retreats held at Meherana.”