Lewis University

“Dr. David livingston is a compensated employee of the university and therefore is non-independent. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7b the university is sponsored by the christian brothers of the midwest, inc. Pursuant to the sponsorship covenant signed in august 2001, the following significant legal aspects are incorporated into the document: 1. Board membership - 6 members are to be christian brothers 2. Reserved powers for the christian brothers regarding: (a) to sell, transfer, or encumber real property assets of the university (b) to dissolve the corporation or close the university (c) to merge with another corporation or educational entity (d) to amend the by-laws or the corporate charter of the university (e) to change the catholic character or the christian brothers' sponsorship of the university (f) to change the requirements of having a christian brother as president of the university 3. It is preferred that the president of the university shall be a christian brother, presuming he is equally or more qualified than other candidates, unless the board of trustees, with the concurrence of the provincial of the christian brothers, determines that no qualified christian brother is available to serve in this capacity.”

“The board reviews the draft of the 990 during the applicable board meeting. The document is loaded one week prior to the date of the board meeting.”

“The conflict of interest forms completed by the board of trustee members, the administration and others involved in providing goods and services for the university are reviewed by purchasing and business office personnel as well as senior management. Several levels of review are established to detect conflict of interest situations before contractual relationships are entered into. In addition, board of trustee conflict of interest forms are reviewed by the audit committee chair.”

“In determining the compensation for the president of the university, the board seeks to provide compensation to the president which is fair and reasonable and based upon performance commitment and available resources. The amount of compensation should generally be within the range of peer and area schools. In determining compensation, a compensation committee comprised of the chair and vice chair of the board of trustees and the board treasurer review in detail compensation information contained in peer and area schools on their respective irs form 990 as well as chronicle of higher education executive compensation survey results. The compensation committee then prepares recommendations to the executive committee of the board of trustees who make the final determination regarding compensation of the president. The compensation committee also is available to address other compensation matters as requested by the president.”

“The university contracted with an outside firm in july 2017, to study and aid in the determination of executive pay. The compensation committee maintains minutes of its salary deliberations and decisions.”

“The documents are available upon request to the vice president/chief financial officer.”

“During 2018, the university adopted the provisions of the financial accounting standards board (fasb) accounting standard update (asu) 2016-14, not-for-profit entities(topic 958): presentation of financial statements of not-for-profit entities. This change had no impact on previously reported total change in net assets. The statement of financial position distinguishes between two new classes of net assets - those with donor-imposed restrictions and those without. This is a change from the previously required three classes of net assets unrestricted, temporarily restricted and permanently restricted. The change is also reflected on the prior year column of part x.”