Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 | The organization is a professional, scientific association with members. Members are in the categories of Professional, Affiliate, and Student. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a | The organization's members have the right to elect members of the Board of Directors, Professional and Affiliate members can cast a ballot for all open Board of Directors positions except for the Student Representative. Student members can cast a ballot for all open Board of Directors positions. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b | The organization may not change its bylaws without a 2/3rds approval vote by the membership. A change to the bylaws may be initiated by the Board of Directors, or by a referendum of 5% of the membership. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | The Form 990 was reviewed by an independent CPA and the Secretary-Treasurer of ACBS. Then it was provided to all other current members of the ACBS Board of Directors prior to submission. No formal review or comments are required from Board Members. Board members are invited to review and comment and question the Form 990 to be submitted, but such comments are not required. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | Members of the Board of Directors and key personnel are covered annually under the conflict of interest policy. any possible conflicts of interest are discussed by the full board at annual and phone meetings. All potential conflicts are disclosed and discussed by the Board of Directors to determine if any further, or different course should be taken to ensure fair and equal treatment by the party in question. If the party in question is a voting member of the Board of Directors, they are required to abstain from deliberating on their own conflict issue, except to give testimony. Board members are required to sign the Conflict of Interest policy annually. To date, no conflicts have arisen to warrant follow up action by the Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | The compensation for the position of Executive Director is reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee or a sub-committee of the ACBS Board of Directors. The Executive Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Past-President, and Secretary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee annually performs a job competency evaluation, and reviews salary comparability data. The Executive Committee then compiles notes from all Committee members and makes recommendations for and approves any changes in compensation for the Executive Director. The Executive Director is the only key employee an no officers/directors receive compensation. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | The governing documents (by-laws & conflict of interest policy) are available to the general public on the website contextualscience.org. ACBS makes its financial statements available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 | Depreciation rather than amortization are reflected here rather than in expenses. Net change in fixed asset value from 2021 si $1256.00 |
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