Syracuse Community Health Center Foundation Inc.

“Schc companies, inc. (the companies) is the sole member of syracuse community health center foundation.”

“Schc companies, inc. (the companies) as the sole member of syracuse community health center foundation and has the power to appoint the governing body.”

“Dr. Ruben cowart, president/ceo of syracuse community health center provided information for the form 990. He reviewed and reported to the board of directors and finance committee the reporting requirements for the form 990. Form 990 is reviewed during the finance committee and board of directors meeting prior to the filing of the return with the internal revenue service.”

“Schc foundation, inc. Requires all employees, providers, directors and department managers to review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually during their annual performance evaluation.”

“Schc foundation, inc. Makes their financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the general public upon request. Schc foundation, inc. Abises by the freedom of information act, also know as foia. Additionally, our irs form 990 is made available to the public through public domain websites. Irs form 990 is also available through federal, state and local agencies.”

“Schc companies and affiliates is an atypical corporation as compared to most voluntary non-profit corporations for the following reasons: 1) the corporation is comprised of 4 companies with a composite operating budget in excess of $110 m annually. 2) the composition of the 4 companies within the corporate structure includes a federally qualified health center, medicaid managed care insurance plank, foundation (fund raising entity) and a parent company. The chief executive officer serves as president and ceo of all 4 entities of schc companies and affiliates, inc. And serves on many external boards to promote the mission of the corporate entities. The time commitment related to the aforementioned duties and responsibilities greatly exceeds the normal 40 hour work week. An estimate of an average work week is 72 hours. For the irs form 990 reporting purposes, the 72 hours is allocated to each corporate entity based upon an estimation of time devoted to each entity. Estimated number of hours worked per week for related organizations: dr. Ruben p. Cowart, president/ceo approximately 18.3 hours for schc total care, inc. Approximately 52.4 hours for syracuse community health center, inc. Approximately 0.4 hours for schc foundation, inc. Approximately 0.9 hours for schc companies, inc.”

“The oversight and selection process did not change from the prior year.”