Knights of Columbus 382

“Council 382 was formed in 1898. Men from the various parishes in joliet, illinois could join council 382 provided they paid there dues, were catholic, and went through their various initiation rites. The council still has members today. Each member has an equal vote in electing its governing board, changing the by-laws and passing various governance decisions as proposed by the governing board.”

“Council 382 has an annual election to elect members to its governing board.”

“The knights of columbus 382 has adopted a policy of having several completed 990 forms with all attachments in the council's office for review by the membership. Not only is the current year on file, but also past years. This was deemed the best policy, since it allowed for better control over the returns, and still allowed the membership to review the returns. The membership is informed at a regular meeting, when the current 990 is completed.”

“Knights of columbus council 382 has no written conflict of interest policy. Although there is no written policy, there are internal controls in place which provide a degree of transparency to transactions in which the councils enters. For instance, all bills must be approved by the members of the council, who are in attendence at a meeting, before those bills are paid. Current bills are presented at each monthly meeting. This action and other non-financial transactions, that the members must approve, provide the internal control, which help safeguard the council's assets. The council is on a cash basis and does not prepare monthly or yearly financial statements. However, form 990 does have a balance sheet and statement of revenue and expense, and the 990 is available to the public upon request.”

“Line 1f, all other contributions, gifts and grants contribution from a single individual 15,000 disaster contributions from members 256 other miscellaneous contributions 100 ------- total other contributions 15,356 =======”

“The knights of columbus, joliet council 382, is a fraternal organization, which promotes christian fellowship among its members and performs charitable acts for the catholic parishes in joliet, the catholic community of joliet and the community at large.”

“Line 4a, grants to various charitable organizations - joliet community and domestic organizations. Illinois state council of kcs 2,000 kc supreme council for ukraine 2,000 christmas toys and gifts for kids 856 sureme council coats for kids 836 st jude children research hospital 800 ann and robert lurie children hospital 500 catholic charities of joliet diocese 500 joliet catholic academy high school 500 providence high school 500 vets for vets 400 morningstar mission 300 sunrise center 300 guardian angel community 300 warren sharpe center 300 waterleaf women's org 300 northern illinois food bank 200 st john the baptist food bank 200 st john lutheran church food bank 200 joliet hope center 200 semper fi america 200 spanish community center 150 st patrick catholic church 100 st joseph catholic church 100 st mary nativity catholic church 100 st john the baptist catholic church 100 st raymond cathedral 100 march for life 100 miscellaneous grants 180 ------- total grants 12,322 =======”

“4d. Other program services - joliet council 382 has subsidized on an annual basis local seminarians. This year local seminarians were subsidized 2000.”

“The subsidies to various seminarians, whom were studing for the priesthood in the joliet diocese helped addressed the shortage of priest in the diocese.”