The Metrohealth Foundation Inc

“Reportable relationships: michelle wood and miguel de garcia have a business relationship.”

“Election of the governing body: the foundation has directors that elect the governing body.”

“Approval of decisions of governing body: the board has separate committees responsible for the financial oversight, investment of foundation assets, compliance, and financial and fiscal oversight (finance and investment committee); board recruitment (nominating and board development committee). The executive committee (made up of officers and elected members of the board) may exercise the powers of the board of directors between meetings and shall perform such duties as may be delegated by the board of directors. These committees are responsible for taking appropriate action on the various subjects and for recommending and reporting actions taken to the full board for ratification in all material cases. If actions being recommended are complex, typically the action is not implemented until the full board or executive committee of the board has reviewed and ratified the decisions.”

“Form 990 review: the finance and investment committee of the metrohealth foundation is charged with the responsibility of reviewing and approving form 990 prior to its submission. An electronic copy and/or hard copy is provided to the members of the committee and is reviewed in depth at a formal meeting of the committee members. The finance and investment committee approves a motion to send the approved form to the full board of the metrohealth foundation. The approved form is distributed electronically and/or by hard copy to the full board membership following the review and approval by the finance and investment committee. Any questions or comments are resolved prior to the filing of form 990. All members of the board of directors are obligated to review form 990.”

“Form 990 provided to the governing body: the foundation has distributed form 990 to the full board of directors with the exception of donor information on schedule b. Because of schedule b's private and confidential nature, the foundation has chosen to not share that information with the board, including members of the finance and investment committee. As such, we are required to answer "no" to the question on 11a even though a copy of form 990 (with redacted donor information on schedule b) was provided to the directors.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflict policy: annually, board members must disclose their business and family relationships. This information is double-checked to ensure that there are no undisclosed conflicts in carrying out the board members' responsibilities/duties. The information is updated annually by each board member. The president also monitors companies that the foundation does business with and confirms disclosure of board members' relationships with that business. Also, to the best of our knowledge, there are no known officer conflicts.”

“Compensation review and approval: the metrohealth system pays the salaries and benefits of the hospital staff who administer the metrohealth foundation. This is recorded as an in-kind contribution from the metrohealth system, along with the corresponding expense on the foundation's financial statements.”

“Availability of documents: documents are provided upon request and/or as requested through a grant application or state registration process.”