San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return

“Family relationship - david, david jr., ambrose, and freda robinson family relationship - curtis and lee gunn and mary walden family relationship - george and kymberly rapier family relationship - jack, laura, clay, john, and steve richmond”

“The board of directors of san antonio area foundation appoints the majority of all members of the board of directors of all entities under the group exemption.”

“The board of directors of san antonio area foundation has approval power of certain decisions taken by the supporting organizations, including decisions to amend the governing documents.”

“A detailed review of the form 990 was performed by the san antonio area foundation's audit committee. All committee members received a copy of the form 990. Once accepted by the audit committee, a copy of the form 990 was provided to each member of the board of directors before filing with the irs.”

“The real estate supporting organizations are in the process of adopting the conflict of interest and document retention policies. For all other entities under the group exemption, at the first annual board meeting of every supporting organization, each member signs an annual conflict of interest form. Each entity under the group exemption has a written conflict of interest policy that requires all members of the board of directors to annually disclose potential conflicts of themselves and their family members on a questionnaire. The questionnaires are reviewed for conflicts. Any questionnaires that disclose potential conflicts are brought before the respective board of directors for review. No member with a financial conflict shall evaluate or vote on any matter in which he or she has a financial conflict of interest and shall not use his or her personal influence with other responsible members to approve or disapprove any action by the foundation related to the matter.”

“The san antonio area foundation uses the ceo evaluation form received from the council on foundations. The foundation provides the evaluation document along with the accomplishment report to each member of the board of directors for completion. All replies are sent directly to a single member of the governance committee to compile in a report for the committee chair to review. The governance committee chair meets with the board chair to review the compilation. The compilation is then presented to the remaining members of the board of directors in an executive session. The board chair meets with the ceo to address any issues. In regard to other officers and key employees, the ceo prepares a human resources analysis that includes a council on foundations compensation summary with the most recently available base salaries. The ceo uses this information to make salary recommendations for all staff, which are reviewed and approved by the finance committee and the board of directors.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements and form 990 of the entities are available upon request.”

“Dennis noll serves the following roles for entities under the group exemption and related organizations: -chief executive officer, san antonio area foundation -board director, friends of the carver -secretary/treasurer, richmond family foundation -vice president, john l. Santikos charitable foundation as the chief executive officer of san antonio area foundation, the group ruling holder, he serves as the chief executive officer over all subordinates in the group exemption.”

“Culinary health education for families is a new supporting organization for 2017.”

“Effective 12/31/17, unicity ceased being a supporting organization.”

“The financial statements were audited on a consolidated basis. The audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior year.”