Boston Vegetarian Society

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Boston Vegetarian Society
Tax ID No. 04-3082813[1][2]
Registration No. 043082813[3]
Headquarters P.O. Box 38-1071 Cambridge, MA 02238
Area served Eastern Massachusetts
Focus Veganism, Vegetarianism
Method Popular Education
Revenue Unknown
Endowment Unknown
Volunteers Unknown
Employees Unknown
Members Unknown
Subsidiaries N/A
Owner N/A
Website www.bostonveg.org

References: Aaffiliate member of North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS), Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA), and International Vegetarian Union (IVU)

The Boston Vegetarian Society (BVS)[4] "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.[5] According to a member' reports[citation needed] and earlier versions[citation needed] of the BVS website:[6]

  • BVS is an all-volunteer organization with membership open to anyone who supports its purposes.
  • BVS events are open to members and non-members.
  • BVS began in 1986, is incorporated in Massachusetts as an educational non-profit, and has 501(c)3 tax-exempt status under the IRS. 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 behavior.
  • 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) [edit]

Annually, the Boston Vegetarian Society hosts the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (BVFF).[7][8][9][10][11] As of 2013, it is held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in the Roxbury Crossing section of Boston. 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 was held at Bunker Hill Community College.[citation needed]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "NCCS Organization Profile - Boston Vegetarian Society". Nccsweb.urban.org. Retrieved 2012-07-27. 
  2. ^ "Nonprofit Organization Lookup". Melissadata.com. Retrieved 2012-07-27. 
  3. ^ http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchSummary.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=&FEIN=043082813
  4. ^ "RESTAURANT REVIEW: A Vegetarian's Guide to the MIT Area - A Rundown of MIT Eateries, Local Grocery Stores, and Restaurants - The Tech". 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.=Tech.mit.edu" 
  5. ^ "Boston Vegetarian Society - Mission Statement". VegGuide.Org. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  6. ^ "Boston Vegetarian Society". Bostonveg.org. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  7. ^ "THE ESSENTIAL VEGETARIAN: Cheese: The vegetarian's friend in Europe - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. 1999-09-10. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  8. ^ "FOOD REVIEW: The Essential Vegetarian - The Tech". Tech.mit.edu. 2000-10-03. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  9. ^ "Boston Vegetarian Food Festival at Reggie Lewis Athletic Center - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  10. ^ "BOSTON VEGETARIAN FOOD FEST: Don’t drink the Kombucha". DigBoston. 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 
  11. ^ Weiss, Rachel (2011-10-27). "Vegetarian Food Festival in Roxbury growing in popularity - Boston.com". Articles.boston.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23. 

External links [edit]

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