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        <Identifier>DESCRIPTION OF HOW ORGANIZATION REPORTS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>PART II, LINE 9:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INC. DID NOT INCUR ANY EXPENSES OR GENERATE ANY REVENUE ON THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT DURING THE YEAR.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>PART V, LINE 4:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>GSEM'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING DONOR DESIGNATED PURPOSES: PROGRAM AND PROPERTY PROJECTS FINANCIAL AID GIRL SCOUTING IN VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL TOWNS</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48:</Identifier>
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        <Explanation>UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION FOOTNOTE: THE COUNCIL FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES STANDARD, WHICH REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO REPORT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, RELATED INTEREST AND PENALTIES, AND TO ADJUST ITS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS AND ACCRUED INTEREST AND PENALTIES ACCORDINGLY. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 AND 2011, THE COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS TO REPORT.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>PART XI, LINE 8 - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:</Identifier>
        <Explanation>CHANGE IN CARRYING VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 12,068.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>CHANGE IN CARRYING VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 12,068.</Explanation>
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        <TypeOfGrant>CAMPERSHIPS</TypeOfGrant>
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        <AmountOfNonCashAssistance>151234</AmountOfNonCashAssistance>
        <MethodOfValuation>FAIR MARKET VALUE</MethodOfValuation>
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        <TypeOfGrant>PROGRAM AWARDS</TypeOfGrant>
        <NumberOfRecipients>325</NumberOfRecipients>
        <AmountOfNonCashAssistance>46838</AmountOfNonCashAssistance>
        <MethodOfValuation>FAIR MARKET VALUE</MethodOfValuation>
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        <TypeOfGrant>MEMBERSHIP</TypeOfGrant>
        <NumberOfRecipients>3958</NumberOfRecipients>
        <AmountOfNonCashAssistance>39928</AmountOfNonCashAssistance>
        <MethodOfValuation>FAIR MARKET VALUE</MethodOfValuation>
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        <Identifier>PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>PART I, LINE 2:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INC. DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS BUT DOES PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THEM TO BECOME MEMBERS, ATTEND OUR PROGRAMS OR ENROLL IN CAMP. WE USE THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND BASED ON THE COST OF THE EVENT, INDIVIDUALS ARE GRANTED CAMP FUNDING AWARDS, OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER PROGRAMS. WE WILL ALSO PAY THE MEMBERSHIP FEE REQUIRED BY GSUSA TO ENROLL A GIRL IN GIRL SCOUTING. THE FORMS ARE FILED AND KEPT. THERE IS A RECORD FOR EACH GIRL WHO IS PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. FILES ARE RETAINED BASED ON OUR RETENTION POLICY.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>PART I, LINE 4A</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>MARTHA WALDRON, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, WAS EMPLOYED THROUGH FEBRUARY 2012. SUBSEQUENT TO HER TERMINATION, SHE RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PACKAGE THAT COVERED FOUR MONTHS OF WAGES, HEALTH AND DENTAL BENEFITS TOTALING $38,993.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>ORGANIZATION MISSION STATEMENT</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE MISSION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS IS TO BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER, WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. GIRL SCOUTS PROVIDES GIRLS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THEIR WORLD, CONNECT WITH AND BUILD AN UNDERSTANDING FOR OTHERS AND TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TODAY SERVES 178 COMMUNITIES COMPOSED OF 41,000 GIRLS RANGING IN AGES FROM FIVE TO 17 AND NEARLY 18,000 ADULT VOLUNTEERS. ONE OF EVERY SEVEN GIRLS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS IS A GIRL SCOUT, ESTABLISHING US AS THE LARGEST GIRL-SERVING ORGANIZATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS IS A MULTIFACETED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING GIRLS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIVERSE PROGRAMMING. WITH THE CHANGING TIMES, GIRL SCOUTS IS PROVIDING SIX DIFFERENT OUTLETS FOR GIRLS TO HAVE THE 'GIRL SCOUT EXPERIENCE.' GIRLS CAN PARTICIPATE THROUGH CAMPS, EVENTS, SERIES (PROGRAM SESSIONS), TRAVEL, VIRTUAL AND TROOPS. BY BEING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ORGANIZATION, GIRL SCOUTS IS ENSURING THAT EVERY GIRL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. WHAT SETS THE GIRL SCOUTS APART FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS OUR GIRL-LED FOCUS; THIS MEANS GIRLS, WITH THE HELP FROM ADULT VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, CREATE THEIR OWN AGENDAS FOR PROGRAMMING.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>ALL ADULT VOLUNTEERS AND GIRLS FOURTEEN (14) YEARS OF AGE AND OVER WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE GIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT REGISTERED THROUGH THE COUNCIL ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL BE VOTING MEMBERS; THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF: 1.02.1 DELEGATES ELECTED BY REGIONS (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE V); 1.02.2 VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4.02, EXCLUDING GIRL MEMBERS) 1.02.3 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NOMINATING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE; AND 1.02.4 DELEGATES ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE VI. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS SHALL BE NO FEWER THAN NINETY-TWO (92), AND AT LEAST THREE-QUARTERS (3/4) OF THE VOTING MEMBERS SHALL BE DELEGATES ELECTED BY THE REGIONS.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL: 1.03.1 ELECT, AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.01 OF THESE BYLAWS, THE OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL (EXCEPT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) AND OTHER OFFICERS AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.02; THE MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NOMINATING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE; AND THE DELEGATES AND THE PERSONS TO FILL VACANCIES AMONG DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF GIRL SCOUTS OF THE U.S.A; 1.03.2 SUGGEST THE GENERAL LINES OF DIRECTION FOR GIRL SCOUTING LOCALLY BY RECEIVING AND ACTING UPON REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BY GIVING GUIDANCE TO THE BOARD; 1.03.3 BE AUTHORIZED TO AMEND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS, EXCEPT AS STATED IN ARTICLE XI OF THESE BYLAWS; 1.03.4 BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ALL OTHER ACTIONS WITHIN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND REQUIRING A VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL; 1.03.5 CONDUCT SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME COME BEFORE THE MEMBERS.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE 990 WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND, ONCE APPROVED BY THAT COMMITTEE, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD VIA E-MAIL. AT A SUBSEQUENT BOARD MEETING THE BOARD WILL VOTE TO ACCEPT THE 990.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>ANNUALLY THE BOARD IS ASKED TO REVIEW AND SIGN OFF ON THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. A STATEMENT IS SUBMITTED BY EACH BOARD MEMBER.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE CEOS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS ARE SET AND REVIEWED BY THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND IS BASED ON COMPARISONS TO OTHER SIMILARLY SIZED GIRL SCOUT COUNCILS, SIMILARLY SIZED AND MISSIONED NOT FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA, AND BALANCED AGAINST BUDGETARY REALITIES AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TRENDS IN THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR. GSEM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (GSUSA), HAS ESTABLISHED SALARY GRADES AND BANDS FOR ALL POSITIONS. GSEM (THROUGH ITS HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR) REVIEWS COMPARABLE INDUSTRY DATA TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION FOR KEY POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE CEO. GSUSA PROVIDES ANNUAL UPDATES ON INCREASES TO THE SALARY GRADES. COMPENSATION FOR OTHER POSITIONS IS BASED ON THESE SALARY GRADES, INTERNAL EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS, AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS, AND IS MADE BY THE CEO AND/OR CHIEF OFFICER FOR THE FUNCTION, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE. CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>NET UNREALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS: 893,166. CHANGE IN CARRYING VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 12,068. TOTAL TO FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5: 905,234.</Explanation>
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