2019-01-09T10:02:52-06:00 2018-09-30 042571780 ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PC 50 WASHINGTON STREET WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2017-10-01 043254131 THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED CONC 9784053200 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 CHAD DORSEY PRESIDENT AND CEO 9784053200 2018-12-13 1 CHARLES WEBB CPA P01584539 5083669100 2018-12-13 64.238.141.162 2018-12-13 09:32:59 ES P 08613436F880F07E7F4AEA81ECD155255F41F76B CB2B07AFD6767982BCB28B09646F6ACBACA35001 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z CHAD DORSEY 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 9332423 0 X WWW.CONCORD.ORG X 1994 MA TO IGNITE LARGE-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. 13 12 46 11 0 0 8947129 8954599 157441 375787 1269 1790 23798 247 9129637 9332423 0 0 0 0 4865117 5023042 0 0 0 4062836 4359483 8927953 9382525 201684 -50102 1787926 1905577 586208 753961 1201718 1151616 X THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. OUR MISSION IS TO IGNITE LARGE-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. OUR 47 PROJECTS DEVELOPED FREELY AVAILABLE SCIENCE, MATH, AND ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND MADE THEM AVAILABLE UNDER OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN CONTENT LICENSES. THESE MATERIALS WERE ACCESSED THROUGH SEVERAL CONCORD CONSORTIUM WEBSITES BY OVER 2.7 MILLION UNIQUE USERS FROM 50 STATES AND 120 COUNTRIES (WITH MORE THAN 10 VISITS PER COUNTRY). IN FY2018, USERS LAUNCHED OVER 296,000 ACTIVITIES FROM OUR STEM RESOURCE FINDER (WITH OVER 68,000 VISITS PER MONTH TO THE SITE). OVER 29,000 TEACHERS AND 483,000 STUDENTS USED ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY PORTALS. OUR MOLECULAR WORKBENCH SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED OVER 1.5 MILLION TIMES IN ITS HISTORY. OUR FREE BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER WAS MAILED TO OVER 6,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND THE ELECTRONIC VERSION WAS SENT TO OVER 26,000 SUBSCRIBERS. 0 0 739378 THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE INTEGRATING METEOROLOGY, MATHEMATICS, AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: RESEARCH ON STUDENTS' LEARNING AND USE OF DATA, MODELING, AND PREDICTION PRACTICES FOR WEATHER FORECASTING PROJECT (HTTPS://CONCORD.ORG/PRECIPITATING-CHANGE) IS TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND APPLY WEATHER-RELATED SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS BY EMPLOYING CORE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND THINKING INVOLVING DATA, MODELS, AND PREDICTION. FEW PHENOMENA HAVE THE SALIENCE OF WEATHER IN OUR DAILY LIVES. METEOROLOGISTS MUST DEEPLY UNDERSTAND DATA QUALITY AND SAMPLING TRADE-OFFS, SPEAK THE "GRAMMAR" OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS, AND BE ABLE TO CHARACTERIZE THE UNCERTAINTY OF MODEL PREDICTIONS. WEATHER AND WEATHER FORECASTING OFFER AN IDEAL MEDIUM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, AND A PRIME OPPORTUNITY FOR POWERFUL, ENGAGING APPROACHES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PARADIGM FOR STEM EDUCATION. OUR RESEARCH FOCUSES ON ENACTED EXPERIENCES THAT LEAD TO SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING CONTENT UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES, AS WELL AS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS THAT FOSTER AND SCAFFOLD THESE ENACTED EXPERIENCES EFFECTIVELY.THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABS, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, DEDICATED SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO THE CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE 2018 FISCAL YEAR. CURRICULUM. THE PROJECT DEVELOPED A MULTI-DAY, MULTI-LESSON CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE UNIT CONSISTS OF SIX NOVEL, HIGHLY INQUIRY-BASED LESSONS, PLACING STUDENTS INSIDE SIMULATED WEATHER PHENOMENA AND ENABLING THEM TO PLAY THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS. IN THIS ROLE, STUDENTS ACTIVELY EMPLOY COMPUTATIONAL THINKING (CT) PRACTICES AND SKILLS AND SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS UNDERSTANDING AS THEY COLLECT AND ANALYZE INCOMING DATA, RUN AND REFINE WEATHER MODELS, AND MAKE AND EVALUATE PREDICTIONS-ALL WITHIN ONGOING, QUASI-REAL-TIME SITUATIONS. THE LESSONS ALIGN WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE - WEATHER AND CLIMATE OF THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS. A TEACHER GUIDE IS DESIGNED TO HELP TEACHERS FACILITATE PRODUCTIVE STUDENT SCIENCE DISCOURSE AND THE USE OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS. THE DESIGN ELEMENTS INCLUDE CLASSROOM-EMBEDDED PHENOMENA, EXPERIMENTATION WITH REAL-WORLD PHENOMENA, WIND TABLES, EXPLORATION VIA COMPUTER MODELING AND SIMULATION, AND THE USE OF AUTHENTIC DATA SETS FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE A WEATHER SITUATION HOLISTICALLY WHILE LEARNING A SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL THINKING PRACTICE.ASSESSMENTS. THE PROJECT HAS DEVELOPED PRE/POST-ASSESSMENTS TO EXAMINE STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF WEATHER AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING. IN ADDITION, THE ASSESSMENTS GATHERED IN THIS PAST PILOT YEAR HAD EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS AND CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS USING A PROTOCOL TO CODE WHEN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING OCCURRED DURING EACH LESSON. THE RESEARCH TEAM COLLECTED THIS DATA FOR TWO TEACHERS IN MEDFORD, MA, AND ONE TEACHER IN CHICAGO, IL, DURING THE PILOT YEAR. EACH TEACHER HAD BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY. THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND TO INCLUDE THREE TEACHERS IN GROTON-DUNSTABLE, MA, ONE TEACHER IN MEDFORD, MA, AND TWO TEACHERS IN BARROW, AK.TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT DEVELOPED ONLINE WEATHER STATIONS THAT WERE USED BY STUDENTS TO PREDICT A WEATHER FRONT AS IT MOVED THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOM. STUDENTS WORKED WITHIN GROUPS TO MOVE TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO PREDICT THE MOVEMENT OF A FRONT SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE A REALISTIC FORECAST FOR THE COMPLETE AREA. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH WIND TABLES THAT ALLOWED THEM TO MAP CHANGES IN WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED OVER AN AREA. SEVERAL SANDBOX MODELS WERE PRODUCED TO HELP STUDENTS MAKE THEIR FORECASTS MORE MEANINGFUL WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO LARGER DATA SETS. THIS YEAR, STUDENTS WILL BE RESPONDING ONLINE WITH THEIR OBSERVATIONS IN A STUDENT PORTAL THAT WILL BE ENHANCED WITH ADDITIONAL HINTS AND SCAFFOLDING. EACH OF THE STUDENT LESSONS WILL HAVE AN EMBEDDED ONLINE GLOSSARY ENHANCED WITH TEXT-TO-SPEECH AND MOVIES TO HELP STUDENTS WITH THE SCIENCE AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING VOCABULARY PROVIDED IN THE CURRICULA. 602585 THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE INQUIRYSPACE 2 PROJECT (HTTPS://CONCORD.ORG/INQUIRYSPACE) AT THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM (CC) IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY SCHOOL TO OFFER STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCITING PRACTICE OF SCIENCE AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SCIENCE LEARNING. WE HAVE SET THREE GOALS TO (1) REDUCE BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION AND INCREASE EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE BY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND CHEMISTRY CLASSES, (2) DEVELOP CURRICULAR MATERIALS THAT COHERENTLY SCAFFOLD STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES TO EXPLORE NATURAL PHENOMENA, AND (3) DEVELOP TEACHER MATERIALS TO SUPPORT A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH THAT FACILITATES STUDENTS LEARNING THROUGH INDEPENDENT EXPERIMENTATION. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CURRICULUM, RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE SECOND YEAR BY CC IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNER AT PHYSICS FRONT IN SANTA CRUZ, CA.CURRICULUM. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR INQUIRYSPACE 2 (IS2) REACHED THREE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES DURING YEAR 2 OF THE PROJECT: (1) REVISION OF THE PHYSICS CURRICULUM MODULE FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH FOUR PHYSICS TEACHERS IMPLEMENTED IN FALL OF 2017, (2) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIOLOGY MODULE, WHICH TWO BIOLOGY TEACHERS IMPLEMENTED IN THE SPRING OF 2018, AND (3) DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM DESIGN FRAMEWORK. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ALSO WENT INTO RECRUITING TEACHERS AND PLANNING MORE EXTENSIVE PILOT TESTS IN THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING THE HOSTING OF A SUMMER TEACHER WORKSHOP IN WHICH THREE BIOLOGY TEACHERS AND FIVE PHYSICS TEACHERS PARTICIPATED. RESEARCH. DURING THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL INQUIRYSPACE 2 MILESTONES IN RESEARCH OCCURRED TO GATHER EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING OF SPECIFIC INQUIRY-BASED ACTIVITIES. RESEARCHERS MADE PROGRESS IN THE FOLLOWING: (1) DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THE PARAMETER SPACE REASONING INSTRUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHYSICS MODULE, (2) COLLECTED AND ANALYZED SCREENCAST VIDEO DATA FROM PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY MODULE IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND (3) DEVELOPED A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK FOR INQUIRYSPACE 2. IS2 WAS TESTED IN FIVE PILOT CLASSROOMS (TWO IN ME, TWO IN RI, AND ONE IN MA). CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER FEEDBACK, AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED BY CC RESEARCHERS INFORMED IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH THE CURRICULUM AND THE TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY. WORK WAS DONE TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT IS2 RESEARCH EFFORTS AND CURRICULUM MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING (1) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLUGIN MODULE OF THE MONTE CARLO BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE TRACING (MC-BKT) ALGORITHM IN COLLABORATION WITH PHYSICS FRONT, WHICH WAS EMBEDDED IN THE PHYSICS MODULE, (2) ENHANCEMENTS TO IS2 ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS ABLE TO USE THE LATEST SENSORS AND SOME ADDITIONAL LEGACY INTERFACES FROM PASCO AND VERNIER, AND (3) INTEGRATION OF SIMULATION ACTIVITIES INTO OUR DATA SCIENCE LEARNING PLATFORM, CODAP. 613775 IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE GENIGUIDE PROJECT (HTTPS://CONCORD.ORG/PROJECTS/GENIGUIDE), THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM (CC) COLLABORATED WITH PROJECT PARTNERS AT NORTH CAROLINE STATE UNIVERSITY (NCSU). THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO INVESTIGATE HOW TO BEST USE THE GUIDE INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS) TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS THEY USE OUR GAME-LIKE GENETICS SOFTWARE, GENIVENTURE. THE GENIGUIDE ITS AND TEACHER DASHBOARD GIVE REAL-TIME FEEDBACK ON STUDENT PROGRESS THROUGH GENIVENTURE, IDENTIFYING PROBLEM AREAS AND PROVIDING BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS.THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUIDE SYSTEM REACHED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES DURING YEAR 3 OF THE PROJECT: (1) THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND REFINEMENT OF THE SIX LEVELS OF THE GENIVENTURE GAME WAS COMPLETED, (2) THE SIMPLE RULES-BASED ITS WAS REPLACED WITH A MORE INTELLIGENT, DATA-DRIVEN BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE TRACING ITS, (3) REMEDIAL CHALLENGES WERE ADDED TO THE GAME TO HELP STUDENTS STRUGGLING WITH SPECIFIC CONCEPTS, AND (4) THE TEACHER DASHBOARD WAS EXPANDED TO TRACK AND DISPLAY NOT ONLY STUDENT PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECD-BASED CONCEPTS. IN PREPARATION FOR CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATIONS DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, EXTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT MATERIALS WERE DEVELOPED, RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS WERE REFINED, AND 10 TEACHERS WERE RECRUITED AND TRAINED IN A TWO-DAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP. ALL THE WORK ABOVE WAS INFORMED BY A SERIES OF DESIGN-TEST-REFINE CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATIONS COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH PILOT TEACHERS IN A DIVERSE SET OF SCHOOLS LOCATED IN ME, NC, NJ, AND MA, AS WELL AS AT ONE INTENSIVE SUMMER CAMP IN THE BOSTON AREA. CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER FEEDBACK, PRE/POST TEST DATA, AND THE ANALYSIS OF TRACE DATA DROVE IMPROVEMENTS TO VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE GUIDE SYSTEM FROM THE ITS TO THE GAME, TEACHER DASHBOARD, AND OTHER SUPPORT MATERIALS.FINALLY, WE HELD A TWO-DAY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT OUR OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 13-14, 2017. 5597173 375787 THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM PRODUCED TECHNOLOGY-BASED CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE, MATH, AND ENGINEERING FOR STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE. OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS PRODUCED DOZENS OF CURRICULAR UNITS AND ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING LEARNING IN PHYSICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING. ASIDE FROM OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS, WE GATHERED AND INVESTIGATED RESEARCH DATA FROM 44 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS, AND BENEFIT OTHER RESEARCHERS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. 5597173 375787 7552911 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 133 0 1 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA CA X YU-LING WU CFO 9784053200 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 GOERY DELACOTE BOARD MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 MARGARET HONEY BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVID ROSE BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 LEV SVIRIDOV BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 DIEDERICH FRAMHEIN TREASURER 2.50 X X 0 0 0 LAUREN WALTERS CHAIR 1.50 X X 0 0 0 CHAD DORSEY PRESIDENT/CEO 40.00 X X 191467 0 49593 KATE BYRNE BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 LISA BUONCUORE CLERK 0.60 X X 0 0 0 KATHY HURLEY BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 KIM KASTENS BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 HELEN QUINN BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAULETTE ALTMAIER BOARD MEMBER 0.70 X 0 0 0 YU-LING WU CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 40.00 X 154462 0 38227 CHARLES XIE PI & SENIOR RESEARCHER 40.00 X 131242 0 30196 WILLIAM FINZER PI & SENIOR RESEARCHER 40.00 X 131523 0 12802 CAROLYN STAUDT PI & SENIOR DEVELOPER 40.00 X 130284 0 20699 JENNIFER GOREE SENIOR SOFTWARE & IT MANAG 40.00 X 126229 0 19583 DAN DAMELIN PI & SENIOR RESEARCHER 40.00 X 118234 0 12193 983441 0 183293 16 0 1 0 FABLEVISION 308 CONGRESS ST 6TH FL BOSTON MA 02110 CURRICULUM ACTIVITY DESIGN 336769 DOUGLAS MARTIN ZOOPDOOP LLC 54 MAPLE ST SHELBURNE FALLS MA 01370 PROGRAMMING 139500 2 8806135 148464 8954599 CONTRACT REVENUE 541900 375787 375787 375787 1790 1790 247 247 9332423 375787 0 2037 X 433749 110888 322861 3529218 2735677 793541 384246 384246 389829 143484 246345 286000 286000 8080 8080 27000 27000 1401456 1249579 151877 98333 74367 23966 411833 301084 110749 332767 237797 94970 173318 145929 27389 33731 27967 5764 5416 5416 10865 10865 SUBCONTRACTORS 1678787 1678787 PARTICIPANT SUPPORT 145574 145574 MISCELLANEOUS 24074 21436 2638 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 8249 4680 3569 9382525 7552911 1829614 0 500 500 1184556 1184660 453753 579287 108393 85551 219940 202905 2180 17035 38544 38544 1787926 1905577 586208 753961 586208 753961 X 609303 649315 592415 502301 1201718 1151616 1787926 1905577 -50102 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 4976725 4535126 7106843 8813256 8954599 34386549 4976725 4535126 7106843 8813256 8954599 34386549 273432 34113117 36670 14715 11996 25067 2037 90485 34477034 299389 0.98940 0.98710 X 50865 48864 2001 152930 138546 14384 16145 15495 650 17035 X 9512105 179682 179682 9332423 0 9332423 9562207 179682 179682 9382525 0 9382525 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC TOPIC, INCOME TAXES. THIS STANDARD CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS AND PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REGARDING A TAX POSITION TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WHICH QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2018. THE ORGANIZATION'S INFORMATION RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHAD DORSEY PRESIDENT/CEO 191467 0 0 0 0 0 20000 0 29593 0 241060 0 0 0 YU-LING WU CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 154462 0 0 0 0 0 16000 0 22227 0 192689 0 0 0 CHARLES XIE PI & SENIOR RESEARCHER 131242 0 0 0 0 0 13142 0 17054 0 161438 0 0 0 CAROLYN STAUDT PI & SENIOR DEVELOPER 130284 0 0 0 0 0 12740 0 7959 0 150983 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B NO MINUTES ARE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. THE TREASURER AND CFO REPORT WHAT IS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING TO THE FULL BOARD AND THE MINUTES ARE TAKEN AT THIS TIME AND BECOME PART OF THE BOARD MINUTES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE CFO SENDS THE FORM 990 TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE ITEMS WARRANTING ATTENTION BY THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE FORM AND NO RESPONSE IS REQUIRED FROM THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE COMPENSATION OF THE SENIOR MANAGERS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CEO AND CFO. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,249,579. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 151,877. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,401,456. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM.