| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 | In July 2023 - the Board updated ASSP bylaws and Society Operating Guidelines as a result of dissolving the Council on Professional Affairs (COPA) and its Risk Assessment Committee following a comprehensive business review. In Sept 2023 - the Board approved an update to ASSP bylaws that coincides with an adjustment to Standard Operating Guideline 6.7 - Nomination and Election of Society Officers. The SOG was revised to match current process and timelines, including removing the petition candidate process and including a clarification of the anonymous review process. And in November 2023 - the Board updated ASSP bylaws to ensure its full authority to recruit and appoint a public director. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | American Society of Safety Professionals has seven classes of membership: regular, professional, associate, emeritus, international, honorary, and student. Qualifications for each group vary based on experience, geographic location, and certifications. Regular members, professional members, international members, and emeritus members are eligible to vote on all matters submitted to the membership. Associate members and student members are eligible to vote only on the election of Society officers. Honorary members have no vote. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | All American Society of Safety Professionals members (with the exception of honorary members) in good standing 30 days prior to election are eligible to vote for a new slate of officers at each yearly election. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Form 990 is reviewed by American Society of Safety Professionals' Controller and CFO prior to filing with the IRS. The return is reviewed for clerical accuracy and also reconciled to the audited financial statements. The Form 990 is then reviewed by ASSP's CEO. A copy of the Form 990 is then provided to the Executive Committee and to all members of the governing body before submission to the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Annually, each officer, director and employee of the ASSP completes and returns a record of disclosure. The Board of Directors reviews these records of disclosure to determine whether a conflict exists and, if so, to determine what action should be taken. If a conflict exists, the board member having the conflict of interest would remove him/herself from any discussion of voting on the conflict of interest. The acceptance of such disclosures are made a part of the minutes of the meeting or documented by a mail ballot. The records of disclosure are maintained in ASSP's permanent records. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a | The Executive Committee engaged an independent consultant to review salary surveys for the CEO position. With this data, the Executive Committee approved compensation for the position. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The results of ASSP's audit including the consolidated statement of activities and the consolidated statement of financial position are posted in the Professional Safety journal each fall. Other documents, such as governing documents, conflict of interest policy, the complete fiscal year audit report, and Form 990 are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC section 6104(d). |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Transfer to Related Organization -135,122. Change in Post-Retirement Benefits Obligations 341,261. |
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