Devitt House Inc.

“Devitt house has 8 churches which are members and 65 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 directors 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 communities, 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. Phoebe isn't just a nursing home, though our non-profit organization has grown from just a single allentown facility in 1903 to now serve thousands of older adults annually. Located in seven pennsylvania counties, phoebe features four continuing care retirement communities, eight affordable housing facilities, home and community-based services and two pharmacies. Phoebe's comprehensive services include skilled nursing care, personal care, independent living, in home care coordination, short term and outpatient rehabilitation, mental health services, and award-winning memory support and dementia services. Phoebe's primary service area includes communities in berks, bucks, lehigh, montgomery, northampton and union counties in pennsylvania. Phoebe's charitable care benefit: phoebe's charitable care levels again increased in fiscal year 2016 and exceeded $15 million, a significant increase from $14.05 million in fiscal year 2015. This level of charitable care demonstrates our continued dedication to supporting seniors, regardless of their ability to pay. 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 demonstration of phoebe's enduring legacy of care and compassion. Those served by charitable and benevolent care are able to receive phoebe's 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 continues to attract skilled and dedicated employees. We offer 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 1,269 individuals. Human resources staff attends and recruits from job fairs and advertises open positions at lehigh valley colleges and other universities in the northeast. Volunteerism at phoebe: phoebe's volunteers range in age from just 14 years old to 102 years old and are trained by phoebe staff for the various activities for which they volunteer. Because of our well-trained staff and dedicated volunteers, phoebe is able to deliver the best services to seniors. Phoebe partners with individuals, local corporations, and organizations to who live in phoebe communities. Phoebe works with more than 636 volunteers who help with activities ranging from office work to chaplain duties. Phoebe also welcomes additional youth volunteers every summer, providing them with mentoring opportunities and valuable exposure to careers in the health care industry. Community education: founded in 2001, the phoebe institute on aging's mission is to provide forums for discussion and learning, including educational programs, cooperative ventures, and outreach activities which promote improved quality of care for the aging and their families in the regions phoebe serves. It is guided by a community advisory board which includes representatives of governmental agencies, hospital and medical personnel, human services providers, area agencies on aging, and faculty from colleges and universities. In 2014, a subcommittee of the phoebe institute on aging (pia) was formed to focus on dementia. This group brought together representatives from community organizations and the phoebe center for excellence in dementia care. The committee collaborates with local organizations to create educational material and develop strategies to make the lehigh valley a dementia-friendly community. The fall conference, held in october 2015 at desales university with an attendance of 400, was titled "aging and technology." presentations focused on developments in aging services technology, as well as on integrating technology in long term care,”

“Leadership for the third year in a row, phoebe ministries was named a top workplace by the morning call. Phoebe is the only large business to make this list for three consecutive years. Additionally, two phoebe communities received best nursing home rankings from u.s. News and world report in 2015. Expanded facilities and services: phoebe richland has a dramatic addition to its campus: a personal care facility featuring 72 studio and one bedroom apartments and four semi-private rooms. The project affords lower lehigh valley and upper bucks county seniors access to phoebe's quality care closer to home. Significant renovations to the trexler wing of the phoebe allentown health care center continue as well.”