| FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION |
HBN IS THE LEADING NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING FOR A REDUCTION IN THE USE OF HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICALS IN BUILDING MATERIALS. HBN'S MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE MARKET FOR BUILDING MATERIALS TO ADVANCE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL PRACTICES AND OUTCOMES. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A |
PROGRAMS: HEALTHY BUILDING NETWORK CURRENTLY HAS PROGRAMS IN THREE AREAS: HOMEFREE: HEALTHY & AFFORDABLE BUILDING MATERIALS; OPEN DATA SYSTEMS; AND LEADING EDGE RESEARCH 1. HOMEFREE: HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE BUILDING MATERIALS HOMEFREE IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE, SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEADERS WHO ARE IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH BY USING LESS TOXIC BUILDING MATERIALS. HOMEFREE IS COMPRISED OF AN ONLINE RESOURCE PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS SIX (6) COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, SPOTLIGHTING ON-THE GROUND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THROUGH HOMEFREE HEALTHY BUILDING NETWORK IS ENABLING THOSE WHO DEVELOP, OWN AND OPERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO WORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF HEALTHY BUILDING PRACTICE BY ADAPTING OUR LEADING EDGE RESEARCH AND DECISION-MAKING TECHNOLOGY TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS MARKET. 2. OPEN DATA SYSTEMS IT IS CURRENTLY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY HEALTHIER BUILDING MATERIALS BECAUSE BUILDING PRODUCT INGREDIENTS ARE NOT TYPICALLY OR RELIABLY DISCLOSED. HBN IS THE GREEN BUILDING MOVEMENT'S ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER IN ADVANCING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE CONTENTS AND RELATED HEALTH HAZARDS IN COMMONLY USED BUILDING PRODUCTS. OUR OPEN DATA SYSTEMS INCLUDE: O THE PHAROS PROJECT: A ONE-OF-A-KIND DATABASE LAUNCHED IN 2006, THE PHAROS CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS LIBRARY PROVIDES INFORMATION ON MORE THAN 46,000 CHEMICALS THAT HAVE BEEN SCREENED AGAINST 72 AUTHORITATIVE HAZARD LISTS, AS WELL AS WOOD PRODUCTS SCREENED AGAINST (FIVE) 5 ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTS. THE PHAROS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY EXPLAINING AND EVALUATING BUILDING PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE. O PORTICO: A WEB BASED APPLICATION DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE TO SIMPLIFY THE ANALYSIS, SELECTION, AND SPECIFICATION OF BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT MEET HEALTH AND TRANSPARENCY OBJECTIVES. UNLIKE OTHER PRODUCT DATABASES, PORTICO IS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE WITH A TYPICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY PROCESS. IT CONNECTS DATA WITH PROJECT WORKFLOW AND HAS THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN THE APP: PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PRODUCT RESEARCH AND PRODUCT INFORMATION REQUESTS. USERS CAN MANAGE A BUILDING PROJECT BY DEFINING CRITERIA, SETTING GOALS AND TRACKING PROGRESS. THE PRODUCT LIBRARY IS CONTINUALLY GROWING, AND TODAY HAS MORE THAN 2,500 PRODUCTS. PRODUCTS ARE ASSESSED AGAINST MORE THAN 40,000 CHEMICAL HAZARDS SOURCED FROM HEALTHY BUILDING NETWORK'S PHAROS PROJECT, ALLOWING USERS TO SEARCH AND COMPARE MATERIALS FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD SCREENING AND CERTIFICATION INFORMATION. LASTLY, PORTICO CONNECTS MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN TO THEIR USERS, PROVIDING A DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL TO REQUEST AND PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC PRODUCTS, STREAMLINING THE COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS AND SAVING TIME AND MONEY IN THE PROCESS. O DATA COMMONS: AN ONLINE OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM FOR THE MOST UP-TO- DATE, GLOBAL INFORMATION REGARDING CHEMICAL HEALTH HAZARDS, AND HOW THEY APPLY TO THE PRODUCTS WE MANUFACTURE, SPECIFY AND USE. THIS CURATED, CROWD SOURCING AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM WILL ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 3. INNOVATIVE RESEARCH HBN PUBLISHES INNOVATIVE, ACTIONABLE RESEARCH THAT CHANGES THE BUILDING INDUSTRY. FOR EXAMPLE, KAISER PERMANENTE CITED HBN'S RESEARCH AS THE DRIVER FOR ITS DECISION TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ANTIMICROBIAL ADDITIVES IN ITS BUILDING PRODUCT SPECIFICATION, AND THE HOME DEPOT RELIED UPON HBN'S RESEARCH IN REACHING ITS DECISION TO REQUIRE ALL OF ITS VINYL FLOORING MANUFACTURERS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS CALLED PHTHALATES. IN ADDITION, OUR INFLUENTIAL ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS, HEALTHY BUILDING NEWS AND THE SIGNAL REACH THOUSANDS OF GREEN BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, AND ARE KEY RESOURCES FOR OPINION LEADERS IN THE FIELD. HEALTHY BUILDING NEWS FOCUSES ON MARKET TRENDS AND POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE GREEN BUILDING COMMUNITY. THE SIGNAL COMMUNICATES OUR LATEST RESEARCH FINDINGS, AND IS OFTEN THE FIRST TO RAISE NEW ISSUES OF CONCERN. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4 |
EFFECTIVE JUNE 28, 2016, THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE A CHAIR, A VICE CHAIR, A PRESIDENT, A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, A SECRETARY, A TREASURER, AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AS THE BOARD MAY DESIGNATE. TWO (2) OR MORE OFFICES MAY BE HELD BY THE SAME PERSON, EXCEPT THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND TREASURER. THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, THE PRESIDENT, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE SECRETARY, AND THE TREASURER - AND OTHER OFFICERS, IF ANY ARE DESIGNATED WHO SHALL SERVE ONEYEAR TERMS, SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE BOARD AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN EACH YEAR THAT SUCH POSITIONS HAVE BECOME VACANT DUE TO EXPIRATION OF AN OFFICERS TERM. OFFICERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION LIMITED TO THREE ONE-YEAR TERMS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION FOR AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF ONE-YEAR TERMS, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITS ON BOARD TERMS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.03. SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD, ALL OFFICERS SHALL HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY AND SHALL PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN THESE BYLAWS OR BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD. THE CHAIR SHALL PRESIDE AT ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND SHALL PERFORM ALL DUTIES CUSTOMARY TO THAT OFFICE. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR OR IN THE EVENT OF THE CHAIRS INABILITY OR REFUSAL TO ACT, THE VICE CHAIR SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR AND SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE POWERS OF AND BE SUBJECT TO ALL RESTRICTIONS UPON THE CHAIR. THE VICE CHAIR SHALL PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AND HAVE SUCH OTHER POWERS AS THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PRESCRIBE BY RESOLUTION OR AS THE CHAIR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PROVIDE, SUBJECT TO THE POWERS AND SUPERVISION OF THE BOARD. THE PRESIDENT SHALL SUPERVISE AND CONTROL ALL OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE PRESIDENT SHALL SERVE AS AN EX-OFFICIO, VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD SHALL HIRE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION. UNLESS A CONTRACT, THESE BYLAWS, OR A LAW PROVIDE OTHERWISE, THE BOARD MAY REMOVE SUCH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE AT A MEETING CALLED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL HAVE GENERAL AND ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMS AND AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL SEE THAT ALL ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD ARE CARRIED INTO EFFECT. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AND HAVE SUCH OTHER AUTHORITY AND POWERS AS THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PRESCRIBE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL SERVE AS AN EX-OFFICIO, NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD, BUT SHALL NOT SERVE AS TREASURER. THE SECRETARY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KEEPING OF AN ACCURATE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, SHALL GIVE OR CAUSE TO BE GIVEN ALL NOTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE BYLAWS OR AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND IN GENERAL SHALL PERFORM ALL DUTIES CUSTOMARY TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. THE SECRETARY SHALL HAVE CUSTODY OF THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION, IF ANY; AND THE SECRETARY SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AFFIX THE SAME TO ANY INSTRUMENTS REQUIRING IT; AND WHEN SO AFFIXED, IT MAY BE ATTESTED TO BY HIS OR HER SIGNATURE. THE BOARD MAY GIVE GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANY OFFICER TO AFFIX THE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION, IF ANY, AND TO ATTEST THE AFFIXING BY HIS OR HER SIGNATURE. THE TREASURER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FUNDS AND SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION. HE OR SHE SHALL KEEP OR CAUSE TO BE KEPT COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNTS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL DEPOSIT ALL MONIES AND OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY OF THE CORPORATION IN THE NAME AND TO THE CREDIT OF THE CORPORATION IN SUCH BANKS OR DEPOSITORIES AS THE BOARD MAY DESIGNATE. WHENEVER REQUIRED BY THE BOARD, THE TREASURER SHALL RENDER A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. HE OR SHE SHALL AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES EXHIBIT THE BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS TO ANY OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL PERFORM ALL OTHER DUTIES INCIDENT TO THE OFFICE OF TREASURER, SUBJECT TO THE SUPERVISION OF THE BOARD. THE TREASURER SHALL, IF REQUIRED BY THE BOARD, GIVE SUCH BOND OR SECURITY FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES AS THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE, FOR WHICH THE TREASURER SHALL BE REIMBURSED. |
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THE CEO, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AND FINANCE DIRECTOR REVIEW THE 990 TAX RETURN UPON RECEIPT FROM THE PREPARERS. EACH REVIEWS THE RETURN SEPARATELY AND THEN MEET TO REVIEW AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EACH PERSON MAY HAVE. A COPY OF THE 990 IS ALSO FORWARDED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE REST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHEN THE REVIEW PROCESS IS COMPLETE AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION THEN SIGNS THE RETURN. |
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THE ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF ANY INTERESTS THAT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. |
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A. THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. KEY EMPLOYEES SALARY AMOUNTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE CEO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. |
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A. THE SALARY OF THE CEO IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. KEY EMPLOYEES SALARY AMOUNTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE CEO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. |
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DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.