St. Clare Commons

“Pursuant to section 8.6 of the bylaws of st. Clare commons, the executive committee is composed of only directors of the corporation and shall be composed of the chairperson of the board, the vice chairperson of the board, and the president, each of whom shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the executive committee. Each individual appointed to the executive committee shall serve for a term of one (1) year or until his or her successor is duly appointed by the board of directors. Pursuant to section 8.1 of the corporation's bylaws, committees, such as the executive committee, that are granted the authority to act on behalf of the board of directors may include only directors of the corporation. Further, pursuant to section 8.6 of the corporation's bylaws, the executive committee has and may exercise such powers as may be delegated to it by the board of directors. The executive committee also possesses the power to transact routine business of the corporation in the interim period between regularly scheduled meetings of the board of directors. The executive committee also possesses the power to transact routine business of the corporation in the interim period between regularly scheduled meetings of the board of directors.”

“According to the bylaws of st. Clare commons, the entity's sole member is commonspirit health, a colorado nonprofit corporation.”

“According to the organization's bylaws, directors shall be appointed or refused by the corporate member. The corporate member may appoint one or more individuals to the board of directors, and may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of the board of directors. According to the organization's bylaws, directors of the corporation shall be appointed by the corporate member no later than june 30 of each year. The names and qualifications of each individual accepted by the board of directors shall be submitted to the corporate member, who shall appoint or refuse each nominee in accordance with the corporate member's bylaws and with endorsement of the senior vice president of operations. The corporate member may unilaterally appoint one or more individuals to the board of directors should the board fail to furnish the corporate member with a list of individuals qualified to serve on the board of directors of the corporation. (chcf reserved rights) except as otherwise provided in the corporation's articles of incorporation or the laws of the state of organization, catholic health care federation ("chcf") shall have such rights as are reserved to the corporate member, acting in its capacity as the membership body of chcf, under the governance matrix.”

“The organization's corporate member is commonspirit health. Pursuant to section 5.4 of the organization's bylaws, the corporate member shall have the specific rights set forth in the governance matrix. Pursuant to the governance matrix the following rights are reserved to the commonspirit health board directly or through powers delegated to the commonspirit health chief executive officer: *substantial change in the mission or philosophy of the organization *amendment of the corporate documents of the organization *approve members of the organization's board *removal of a member of the governing body of the organization *approval of issuance of debt by the organization *approval of participation of the organization in a joint venture *approval of formation of a new corporation by the organization *approval of a merger involving the organization *approval of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the organization *to require the transfer of assets by the organization to commonspirit health to accomplish commonspirit health's goals and objectives, and to satisfy commonspirit health debts. *adoption of long range and strategic plans for the organization. Pursuant to section 5.5 of the organization's bylaws, commonspirit health may, in exercise of its approval powers, grant or withhold approval in whole or in part, or may, in its complete discretion, after consultation with the board and the president and chief executive officer of the organization, recommend such other or different actions as it deems appropriate. (chcf reserved rights) except as otherwise provided in the corporation's articles of incorporation or the laws of the state of organization, catholic health care federation ("chcf") shall have such rights as are reserved to the corporate member, acting in its capacity as the membership body of chcf, under the governance matrix.”

“Once the return is prepared, the form 990 and accompanying schedules were made available to all trustees either electronically or by hard copy, depending upon the trustees preference, before the company finalized and sent the documents to the irs. This draft was also available at the administrative offices of the reporting entity for trustees' review before the final form 990 and accompanying schedules were finalized and sent to the irs. The review was under the direction of the cfo and/or external tax return preparers if requested by the trustees. Subsequent to the return being provided to the board, the tax return preparer files the return with the appropriate federal and state agencies, making any non-substantive changes necessary to effect e-filing. Any such changes are not re-submitted to the board.”

“The organization has a conflicts of interest ("coi") policy (the "policy") in place to protect the interests of commonspirit health ("commonspirit") in circumstances that may result in a conflict between personal interests of a person and the interests of the organization and those it serves. The policy was last updated during the tax year ended 6/30/2021. Commonspirit's coi policy applies to commonspirit, its direct affiliates and subsidiaries and any related entity the governing documents of which require the entity to comply with commonspirit policy (collectively the "system entities"). The following persons are required to disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest at least annually (via a formal system-administered survey) if the person's affiliation with commonspirit continues: - members of corporate and community boards of system entities - members of committees of corporate and community boards of system entities - members of the executive leadership team ("elt") of commonspirit - corporate officers of system entities - employees of system entities at the vice president level and above - all individuals engaged in research at institutions owned or operated by a system entity. - select employees as determined from time to time by leadership (which includes key employees and highest compensated employees as specified by the internal revenue service for form 990 purposes who are not otherwise included in the categories above). Disclosure, review, and management of perceived, potential, or actual conflicts of interest are accomplished through a defined coi disclosure review process. Each person is required to promptly and fully disclose any situation or circumstance that may create a conflict of interest as soon as she/he becomes aware of it. In addition, at the inception of an individual's relationship with commonspirit (e.g. Hiring, board appointment), and for certain positions, annually thereafter, written conflict of interest disclosure forms must be completed. A failure to disclose may result in disciplinary or corrective actions. Reported potential or actual conflicts of interest are initially reviewed by legal, corporate responsibility or research integrity staff. If necessary, a conflict of interest management plan is developed, which plan shall be subject to acceptance by the appropriate direct manager, supervisor, medical staff office, board or board committee (for board, board committee, elt or corporate officer conflicts), or other appropriate individual or body. Once accepted, the conflict of interest management plan is communicated to the person with the actual or potential conflict and the individual must conduct themselves in conformity with the plan. In the event that a transactional conflict interest arises in connection with a system entity board meeting, the conflicted individual must disclose that conflict prior to or at the beginning of the meeting in which the matter is to be considered. The conflicted individual is excluded from voting on the transaction and is prohibited from using personal influence with respect to the matter, but is not prohibited from providing input if requested to do so.”

“The organization's top management official's compensation was paid by commonspirit health, a related organization. The commonspirit health board of stewardship trustees appoints a human resources and compensation committee, comprised exclusively of independent directors, who are accountable for approving reasonable compensation packages for each officer and certain key employees (including the president/ceo). The human resources and compensation committee approves, consistent with the organization's philosophy and principles, the annual performance goals and criteria to be used in determining merit increases and variable compensation criteria for officers and key executives. The human resources and compensation committee also engages outside legal counsel as necessary and qualified independent compensation and benefits specialists (independent experts) to review, analyze and provide benchmarking data for the total compensation and benefits packages of officers and key executives. Appropriate comparable data is obtained from the independent experts, (e.g., total economic benefits paid by similarly situated organizations, both taxable and tax-exempt, for similar job responsibilities). Key deliberations of the committee are documented in meeting minutes which are approved at the next committee meeting and provided to the board of stewardship trustees. The documentation of the deliberations includes (a) the terms of the agreement approved and the date approved; (b) the members of the committee who were present during discussion of the approved agreement and those who voted on it; and (c) the comparability data obtained and relied upon by the committee and how the data was obtained. During the tax year ended 6/30/2021, any executive compensation paid to officers, directors or trustees by the organization was set by the organization's compensation committee utilizing both an independent consultant and comparability studies to determine compensation. The board of directors oversees the compensation setting process and ensures reasonableness and compliance with the organization's compensation philosophy.”

“The organization's financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available to the public upon request. The organization's financial statements are included in commonspirit health's consolidated audited financial statements that are available at www.commonspirit.org or www.catholichealthinitiatives.org.”

“Other fees for services: program service expenses 1,563,364. Management and general expenses 82,282. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,645,646. Consulting: program service expenses 3,620. Management and general expenses 191. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,811. Purchased services: program service expenses 594,500. Management and general expenses 31,289. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 625,789.”