St Augustine College

“The President determines the starting salaries of the other officers of the organization. Officers receive standard increases annually.”

“The Executive Committee shall consist of members, all of whom shall be voting Trustees, except for the President, who shall be ex-officio without vote and who shall not be counted as part of a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. The Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Finance Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Chairs of all Board standing Committees shall be members of the Executive Committee. The purpose of the Executive Committee shall be to act on behalf of the Board of Trustees between regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Trustees where in the business judgment of the Executive Committee an emergency exists, or there is insufficient time to call a special meeting of the Board of Trustees as provided for in these Bylaws, or the Board of Trustees has delegated to the Executive Committee the authority to act on its behalf; assist the Chair and the President with their responsibilities to enable the Board of Trustees to function effectively and efficiently, i.e. oversee the work of Board Committees and the College's planning process and progress on achieving planning goals; and to develop a process to evaluate the performance of the President consistent with the standards utilized by institutions of higher education. Unless the Board of Trustees delegates to the Executive Committee the authority to act on its behalf, the following items are reserved for action by the Board of Trustees: selection, termination, compensation and evaluation (provided the evaluation of the President's performance will be subject to the provisions of the President's employment contract) of the President; selection of corporate legal counsel for the College; Trustee and Board Officer election and removal; changes in institutional mission, goals and philosophy; amendments to the articles of incorporation; incurring of corporate indebtedness; sale of College assets or tangible property; adoption of the annual budget; and conferral of degrees.”

“The organization engages an independent public accounting firm to assist with the preparation and review of the Form 990. The VP for Finance reviews the Form 990 prior to submission with the Internal Revenue Service.”

“The Officers and the Board of Trustees are required by the Bylaws to complete and sign a disclosure form provided annually. If a conflict were to arise, the officer/trustee is not allowed to vote on the matter.”

“The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determines and approves the compensation for the organization's President. The President's compensation is reviewed whenever a new President is hired by the College. The College's former President left the organization on 6/30/2017. For the fiscal year ended 6/30/2018, the College employed an Interim President whose compensation was evaluated and determined just prior to the beginning of FYE 6/30/2018. The Interim President's responsibilities as President concluded on 7/1/2018 when a new President was hired by the College. The compensation of the new President was evaluated and determined by the Compensation Committee during FYE 6/30/2018. The Compensation Committee reviewed the compensation of similar positions at similar organizations when evaluating and determining compensation for both the Interim President who served during FYE 6/30/2018 and the President whose employment began on 7/1/2018. Both employment contracts were reviewed by the College's legal counsel prior to finalizing.”

“Governing documents, Conflict of Interest policy, and Financial Statements are available from the main office at the discretion of the Board of Directors.”

“Form 990-t part i line 13 shows unrelated business income in the amount of $5,429. This amount represents disallowed transportation fringe benefits, which is not reflected on form 990 part viii column c or on form 990 part i line 7a. As a result, form 990 part viii column c and form 990 part i line 7a are $0.”

“(Expenses $ 1,383,308 including grants of $) Student Services - provides a variety of supportive services to the student body, including the expenses of admissions, registrar, financial aid, advising/tutoring, and other activities contributing to the students' emotional/physical well-being and social development outside of formal instruction.”

“(Expenses $ 421,120 including grants of $) Head Start Support Services - provides professional development, training and technical assistance to Chicago / Early Head Start delegate agencies and their respective sites. Major professional development initiatives will be largely based upon the Education Domains in alignment - CLASS instrument, the Creative Curriculum, TSI GOLD, School Readiness Goals and other pertinent areas. Head Start Support Services also works with the Chicago DFSS - Office of Children's Services, the Chicago Public Schools, INCCRRA/Gateways to Opportunities, ISBE, and other entities.”

“(Expenses $ 227,279 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 166,000) Auxiliary Services - The two Auxiliary Services offered by the College during 2017-2018 were the College Bookstore and Child Care services for children of students, faculty, and staff.”