Boston Vegetarian Society

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Boston Vegetarian Society
Type Educational Charity
Tax ID No. 04-3082813[1][2]
Registration No. 043082813[3]
Founded 1986 (1986)
Headquarters
  • P.O. Box 38-1071 Cambridge, MA 02238
Area served Eastern Massachusetts
Focus(es) Veganism, Vegetarianism
Method(s) Popular Education
Revenue As of September 2012 $52,434[4][2][1]
Endowment As of September 2012 $127,324[4][1]
Volunteers [Figure needed]
Employees [Figure needed]
Members [Figure needed]
Subsidiaries None
Website www.bostonveg.org
References: Affiliate member of
North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS),
Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA), and
International Vegetarian Union (IVU)

The Boston Vegetarian Society (BVS) began in 1986. In 1998,[3] it was incorporated in Massachusetts as an educational non-profit. In July 1998,[2][1] it was granted 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the IRS.

The BVS provides info on events and related organizations,[5] hosts the annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (BVFF), holds cooking classes, and promotes vegetarianism thru mass transit advertising, monthly free educational seminars, and outreach at fairs & festivals.[4] BVS "seeks to make a better world for people, animals, and the earth through advancing a healthful vegetarian diet and a compassionate ethic."[citation needed] BVS provides education, encouragement, and community support for vegetarians and for anyone wishing to learn more about a healthy, environmentally friendly, and humane way of life.[6] According to a member' reports[citation needed] and earlier versions[citation needed] of the BVS website:[7]

  • BVS is an all-volunteer organization with membership open to anyone who supports its purposes.
  • BVS events are open to members and non-members.
  • When it was first incorporated, its voting membership was open to vegetarians and non-voting membership was open to non-vegetarians. However, around 2009,[citation needed] the BVS Board voted to confine voting membership to Board members so that it could maintain its IVU membership without presenting a two-tiered membership to supporters. IVU member societies are required to vest all executive (decision making) authority exclusively in vegetarians, defined as lacto-ovo (or stricter) vegetarians. Verification is difficult in organizations with two-tiered membership based upon self-reported behaviour.
  • All Food at BVS is vegan and alcohol-free, according to the earliest documents (bylaws and articles of incorporation) of the Boston Vegetarian Society.[citation needed]

Boston Vegetarian Society and its programs are run by an all-volunteer Board. Members do not have voting rights.

Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (BVFF)

Since 1996, the Boston Vegetarian Society has annually hosted the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (BVFF).[8][9][10][11][12]

It was first held on May 5, 1996 at the Howard W. Johnson Athletics Center at MIT[citation needed] because MIT graduate students affiliated with the MIT Vegetarian Support Group (VSG) (as of renamed MIT Vegetarian Group) provided a substantial proportion of the initial organizing effort.[citation needed] The second BVFF, in 1967, was held at Bunker Hill Community College.[citation needed] Since 1998, it has been held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in the Roxbury Crossing section of Boston.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NCCS Organization Profile - Boston Vegetarian Society". Nccsweb.urban.org. Retrieved 2013-09-01. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nonprofit Organization Lookup". Melissadata.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Summary for: BOSTON VEGETARIAN SOCIETY, INC.". Corp.sec.state.ma.us. William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1988-10-20. Retrieved 2013-09-01. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "990-EZ Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax for Boston Vegetarian Society". Internal Revenue Service, Dept. of the Treasury. Retrieved 2013-09-01. 
  5. ↑ "RESTAURANT REVIEW: A Vegetarian's Guide to the MIT Area - A Rundown of MIT Eateries, Local Grocery Stores, and Restaurants". Tech.mit.edu. 2001-09-26. Retrieved 2012-07-23. "The Boston Vegetarian Society is a prime example of this. Their web site, found at <http://www.bostonveg.org/index.html>, is a great place to find out what vegetarian-related events are going on in Boston (for example, the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival will be held on October 13th this year). The site also hosts a long list of links to other vegetarian/vegan-related web sites." 
  6. ↑ "Boston Vegetarian Society - Mission Statement". VegGuide.Org. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  7. ↑ "Boston Vegetarian Society". Bostonveg.org. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  8. ↑ "THE ESSENTIAL VEGETARIAN: Cheese: The vegetarian's friend in Europe - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. 1999-09-10. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  9. ↑ "FOOD REVIEW: The Essential Vegetarian - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. 2000-10-03. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  10. ↑ "Boston Vegetarian Food Festival at Reggie Lewis Athletic Center - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  11. ↑ "BOSTON VEGETARIAN FOOD FEST: Don’t drink the Kombucha". DigBoston. 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  12. ↑ Weiss, Rachel (2011-10-27). "Vegetarian Food Festival in Roxbury growing in popularity". Articles.boston.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 

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