Tpc Social Ventures Inc

“Although a majority of tpc social ventures, inc.'s voting members of the board are not independent, the organization is an affiliate within care new england health system, a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system. Care new england health system; the tax-exempt parent of the system, has a board of directors; the majority of which are independent. The care new england health system board has the overarching duty and responsibility for governing all affiliates within the system to ensure that they are operating in accordance with and supporting the system's charitable mission in providing medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay.”

“The organization is an affiliate within care new england health system and affiliates; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The organization's form 990 reflects two top five independent contractors for services and reports that no forms 1099 were filed with the internal revenue service ("irs"). Care new england health system, a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization pays all outstanding accounts payable invoices on behalf of this organization. In conjunction with this service, care new england health system also prepares and issues forms 1099 to these vendors receiving payments where applicable and files these forms 1099 with the irs. Care new england health system allocates these payments to the organization via an intercompany account.”

“The organization delegated management duties to the providence center, inc.; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, during the year ended september 30, 2024, and paid compensation of $352,165 for the management services performed.”

“Care new england health system ("cne"), as the parent entity of this tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system, has the ultimate authority to elect the members of this organization's board of directors and has certain reserved powers as defined in this organization's bylaws.”

“The organization is an affiliate within the care new england health system and affiliates ("system"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system. Care new england health system is the tax-exempt parent entity of the system. The organization's federal form 990 was provided to each voting member of its governing body (its board of directors) prior to the filing with the internal revenue service ("irs"). In addition, the management of the organization also performed a review of the federal form 990 prior to providing it to each voting member of its board of directors. As part of the organization's federal form 990 tax return preparation process the organization hired a professional certified public accounting ("cpa") firm with experience and expertise in both healthcare and not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990.the cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the organization's finance department leadership ("internal working group") to obtain the information needed in order to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the organization's internal working group for their review. The organization's internal working group reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comments with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990 where necessary and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the organization's internal working group for final review and approval. Following this review, the final federal form 990 was provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body prior to the filing with the irs.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy with which it regularly monitors and enforces compliance. The policy requires that a conflict-of-interest disclosure form consistent with best governance practices and internal revenue service guidelines be circulated to officers, directors, and key employees annually. If an individual discloses an interest that could give rise to a conflict, the individual's potential conflict is referred to the board of directors, which evaluates the conflict and its potential impact on the individual's participation on the board or on certain issues that may come before the board. After consultation with the organization's general counsel, the board will take any necessary mitigating action, if appropriate and necessary, to address any such conflict in a manner consistent with the organization's conflict of interest policy.”

“The board of directors of care new england health system ("cne") has a committee of directors known as the cne compensation committee ("the committee"). The committee is responsible for discharging the board's responsibilities regarding the total compensation program for executives and key physicians in conjunction with the providence center, inc.'s president. The committee at all times conducts itself free from executive management in its decision making process except with respect to decisions relating to the president which are made in conjunction with the care new england health system chief executive officer. The actions taken by the committee enable the organization to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for purposes of internal revenue code section 4958 with respect to the total compensation of certain members of the senior management team, including the president. The three factors which must be satisfied in order to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness are the following: 1. The compensation arrangement is approved in advance by an "authorized body" of the applicable tax-exempt organization which is composed entirely of individuals who do not have a "conflict of interest" with respect to the compensation arrangement; 2. The authorized body obtained and relied upon "appropriate data as to comparability" prior to making its determination; and 3. The authorized body "adequately documented the basis for its determination" concurrently with making that determination. The committee is comprised of members of the board of directors; each of whom are independent and are free from any conflicts of interest. The committee relied upon appropriate comparable data; specifically the committee obtained a written compensation study from an independent firm which specializes in the reviewing of hospital and healthcare system executive compensation and benefits throughout the united states. This study used comparable geographic and demographic market data including but not limited to similarly sized healthcare systems and hospitals, # of licensed beds and net patient service revenue. The committee adequately documented its basis for its determination through the timely preparation of written minutes of the compensation committee meetings during which the executive compensation and benefits was reviewed and subsequentl approved. The actions outlined above with respect to the committee and the establishment of the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness applies to certain senior management personnel, including, but not limited to, the president. The compensation and benefits of certain other individuals contained in this form 990 are also reviewed by the cne compensation committee. In addition, the compensation and benefits of certain other individuals contained in this form 990 are reviewed annually by the care new england health system chief executive officer with assistance from the organization's human resources department in conjunction with the individual's job performance during the year and is based upon other objective factors designed to ensure that reasonable and fair market value compensation is paid by the organization.other objective factors include market survey data for comparable positions,individual goals and objectives, personnel reviews, evaluations, self-evaluations and performance feedback meetings.”

“The organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed through the state of rhode island secretary of state.”

“Core form, part vii and schedule j reflect certain board members and officers receiving compensation and benefits from a related organization. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time or part-time employees or independent contractors of a related organization and not for services rendered as a voting member or officer of this organization's board of directors.”

“The organization is an affiliate within the care new england health system and affiliates ("system"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system. The system includes both for-profit and not for-profit organizations. Certain board of director members, officers and/or directors listed on core form, part vii and schedule j of this form 990 may hold similar positions with both this organization and other affiliates within the system. The hours shown on this form 990 for board members who receive no compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, represent the estimated hours devoted per week for this organization. To the extent these individuals serve as a member of the board of directors of other related organizations in the system, their respective hours per week per organization are approximately the same as reflected on core form, part vii of this form 990. The hours reflected on core form, part vii of this form 990, for board members who receive compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, paid officers and key employees, reflect total hours worked per week on behalf of the system; not solely this organization.”

“This organization is an affiliate within care new england health system and affiliates; a tax-exempt, integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The system's parent entity is care new england health system. An independent cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements of care new england health system and all entities within the system for the years ended september 30, 2024 and september 30, 2023; respectively. An unmodified opinion was issued each year by the independent cpa firm. Care new england health system's audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the system's consolidated financial statements and the selection of an independent auditor.”

“The organization is an affiliate within care new england health system and affiliates; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"). The system engaged an independent accounting firm to prepare and issue a system wide consolidated audit under the single audit act and omb circular a-133 audit.”