Devitt House Inc.

“Devitt house has 8 churches which are members and 62 individual/family life members.”

“The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted and managed by the board of trustees which shall exercise the powers of the corporation and the powers given to diretors under the nonprofit corporation law of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. The board shall consist of nine trustees who shall be members of this corporation (or officers or directors of a corporate member) six of whom shall be residents of kelly township, union county, pennsylvania or the surrounding communitites, one shall be a representative of the penn central conference, ucc, or his proxy; and one shall be a representative of phoebe-devitt homes, or his proxy.”

“Initial review of the tax return is done by the controller of phoebe ministries. After initial approval, the return is reviewed by senior management. Following final approval by senior management,the return is made available to the entire board of directors for review. Once this process is complete, the return is filed.”

“Any new employee or board member meeting the definition of interested person is provided a letter regarding their responsibility to disclose any conflicts of interest which include the full policy and the conflict of interest statement for signature. The conflict of interest statement is renewed at the beginning of each fiscal year. The compliance officer reviews all acknowledgement statements for any conflicts of interest. If a conflict is determined to exist, it will be reviewed by the governing board to determine whether the conflict is acceptable. If a board member has a conflict, they would abstain from any votes that were in the area of their conflict. All documents are maintained in the office of the compliance officer.”

“Each year a compensation survey is completed for officers and key employees. Information is compiled and compared with current internal and external data for benchmarking. Based on this review, the overall compensation adjustments and plan critera are presented to the compensation committee for review. The yearly plan for overall adjustments is voted on by the compensation committee and presented to the governing board for approval. The compensation committee of the governing board is responsible for setting the compensation and benefits for the president, ceo/cfo. All comensation decisions made by the committee are determined in keeping within fair market value range for the industry. The compensation committee discussions are recorded in their respective minutes. A general summary is provided by the chair of the compensation committee to the governing board memebers through discussion in executive session.”

“The financial statements are available through the organization's website and the 990 is posted to the website guidestar.org. Other documents are not made available.”

“The audit committee is responsible for engaging the audit firm. They are also responsible for recommending the approval of the completed audit report to the entire board of directors. The process has not changed from prior years. Hours worked for related organizations: the officers of the corporation are employed by phoebe services, inc. Every corporate officer contributes hours to each entity within the consolidated group, for a total of 40 hours per week. As it is not possible to accurately reflect the number of hours devoted to each entity, officer hours are reported in their entirety on each entity's return.”

“Phoebe-devitt homes (d/b/a phoebe ministries) is a pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation that provides a full continuum of residential, health, and community support services and programs designed to meet the needs of senior adults and their families. A faith-based organization affiliated with the united church of christ, phoebe has been in operation since 1903. Our services include long-term care, independent living, skilled nursing, personal care, short-term and outpatient rehabilitation, pharmacy consulting and distribution, in-home geriatric care management, award-winning memory support programming, telehealth (virtual medical care), and respite care. We serve thousands of seniors and their families annually and provided nearly $11.5 million in charitable and benevolent care. Phoebe's primary service area includes communities in berks, bucks, lehigh, montgomery, northampton and union counties in pennsylvania. Phoebe's charitable care benefit: phoebe provides the highest quality care to all residents, regardless of ability to pay. Charitable and benevolent care rose substantially to $11.5 million during the 2012-2013 fiscal year. This is a trend that has been increasing over the last few years and is linked to unreimbursed medical care for our residents. Phoebe remains committed to our residents and employs comprehensive charitable care programming to allow residents to receive uncompromised care even when they exhaust their funds. This is a clear demonstration of phoebe's enduring legacy of care and compassion. Those served by charitable and benevolent care are able to receive our quality care and programming, ensuring that each and every person at phoebe is experiencing the joys, comforts, and happiness expected in life. Phoebe's workforce benefit: phoebe serves as a stable employer with competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and opportunities for ongoing growth and education within the health care profession. Last year, phoebe ministries continued as a leader in providing jobs to people in the community, employing 1,166 individuals. Over the past fiscal year, phoebe hired 287 employees. Volunteerism at phoebe: phoebe is able to deliver the best services to seniors with the help of well-trained staff and dedicated volunteers. Phoebe works with a number of organizations that offer their members as valuable resources to assist those who live in phoebe communities. Phoebe works with more than 896 volunteers who help with activities ranging from office work to chaplain duties. Last year, dedicated phoebe volunteers logged 67,533 hours of work (not including governing board and committee hours). Phoebe also welcomes youth volunteers every summer, providing them with mentoring opportunities and valuable exposure to careers in the health care industry. Community education: phoebe communities serve as clinical training settings for students in certified nursing assistant (cna), licensed practical nurse (lpn) and registered nursing (rn) programs at area schools. We provide a rotation site for medical residents of area hospitals. Phoebe services pharmacy is a teaching facility and rotation site for doctor of pharmacy candidates. Additionally, phoebe serves as a teaching facility for rehabilitation services (physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy) as well as a training site for master's degree level social work interns. Phoebe's clinical pastoral education (cpe) program has trained more than 164 clergy, seminarians and qualified lay persons of all faiths in the art and skill of pastoral care. Our long-term care communities also support internship positions for students at area colleges in fields including business, communications, nutrition and information technology. The phoebe institute on aging provides forums for discussion and learning, including educational programs, cooperative ventures and outreach activities that promote improved quality of life and care for the aging and their families in the regio”

“Phoebe recently received two distinguished service awards from leadingage pa, the pennsylvania state association for non-profit senior services providers. Mary kay mcmahon, executive director of phoebe berks, was chosen as the recipient of the leadingage pa 2013 leader of the year award. She was recognized for providing creative service, support and education to leadingage pa members through sharing best practices in operations, marketing initiatives, institutional advancement strategies and community outreach. Phoebe wyncote was awarded the leadingage pa 2013 innovation of the year recognition for its change to care program. Change to care is a daily program at phoebe wyncote designed to reduce fall rates and maintain the highest standards of care for skilled nursing residents. Phoebe wyncote was also listed as one of america's best nursing home by u.s. News and world report and received the highest available 5-star rating from the centers for medicare & medicaid services for the second year in a row. For over a century, phoebe's tradition of excellence and passion for caring have made us the leader in services to senior adults and their family members.”