SCHEDULE O
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2022
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
 
Employer identification number

01-6006001
Return Reference Explanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Barbara Burgess and Bill Burgess are married.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy is provided to all members of the Board before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The conflict of interest policy is articulated to staff, updated annually, and reviewed by the Chief of Staff to monitor compliance.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The compensation committee hired an independent consultant and used 3rd party salary data from AIRI, which contains job descriptions and salary information from like-organizations. This data set was reviewed by the 3rd party consultant and salary bands were updated based on the review and an internal analysis using the same data set. Results were then further reviewed and discussed internally in the compensation committee and salary adjustments were made in accordance with the study.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Bigelow publishes governing documents and financial reports on its website. The conflict of interest policy is circulated regularly and hand-delivered to employees, volunteers, board members, and board committees.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Gain on Interest Rate Swap 622,193.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Audit Committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit and selection of an independent accountant.
Form 990, Part IV, Section C, Line 19: Available by request.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990) 2022


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