Cerenity Senior Care

“The executive committee (comprised of the chair, vice-chair, board secretary, and the chairs of the standing committees) is authorized to act on behalf of the board in the interval between meetings of the board, provided, however, that it may not determinate matters of policy without prior specific authorization of the board.”

“The corporation contracts with benedictine health system, a related organization, for management services. Benedictine health system employed the president/ceo of the corporation and the administrators of the facilities.”

“Benedictine health system, a minnesota nonprofit corporation and healtheast, a minnesota nonprofit corporation, and clement manor inc, a wisconsin nonprofit corporation, are the members of the organization.”

“Each director of the corporation is appointed by the voting members in accordance with the membership agreement. The voting members should be comprised of five persons, two representing healtheast, two representing bhs and one representing cmi.”

“Benedictine health system and healtheast have certain reserved powers relating to the activities of the corporation as set out in the corporation's by-laws.”

“The form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm based on information provided by management. The return was then reviewed by the cfo. An electronic copy of the form 990 was distributed to the governing body prior to filing.”

“On an annual basis, interested persons are required to disclose any relationships that constitute or might lead to a conflict of interest by completing the conflict of interest and gift disclosure statement. The bhs compliance department will distribute the statements and collect and maintain the completed statements. The bhs compliance manager will review the statements and provide a summary of the identified conflicts of interest to the bhs chief compliance officer, who will alert the bhs ceo and the chair of the bhs board of directors to any items of concern. An "interested person" is any person in a position to exercise substantial influence over the system, including but not limited to a board member, board committee member, or officer or director of bhs or a facility (such as facility ceo/administrators and bhs senior leaders and directors). For interested persons who are employees (other than the bhs ceo), following disclosure of the actual or potential conflict of interest and all material facts,the interested person's supervisor will determine whether a conflict of interest exists. For the bhs ceo and board and committee members, following disclosure of the actual or potential conflict of interest and all material facts, the interested person will leave the board or committee meeting while the remaining members of the board or committee determine if a conflict of interest exists. The interested peron may participate in deliberation regarding the transaction if the applicable supervisor, board, or committee determines a conflict of interest does not exist. An interested person who has been determined to have a conflict of interest may not participate in the deliberation or decision regarding the transaction or arrangement involving the conflict of interest and may not be present during such deliberation or decision making. The interested person may be allowed to make a presentation to the supervisor, board, or committee considering the transaction or arrangement as to which the conflict of interests refers prior to the deliberation and decision.”

“Compensation for the organization's ceo is determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors. This committee is comprised entirely of independent directors. The compensation committee reviews data on compensation provided to individuals holding comparable positions in comparable organizations in order to establish a reasonable compensation range. The data is collected and reviewed with the compensation committee by an independent consultant. Based on the market data and in light of any specific individual benedictine health system 41-1531892 qualifications, the compensation committee determines compensation. The deliberations and determinations of the compensation committee are recorded contemporaneously and provided to the governing body for review. Compensation for the cfo, other officers, and other key employees of the organization is determined by the ceo.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public.”

“Benedictine health system's (ein: 41-1531892) ceo and cfo, jerry carley and kevin rymanowski, share their time between the reporting organization and related organizations. See schedule r for information on related organizations.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 103,610. Management and general expenses 171,964. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 275,574. Purchased services: program service expenses 3,475,554. Management and general expenses 272,381. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,747,935.”

“Change in interest in foundation 367,319.”

“The benedictine health system audit/ finance committee oversees the selection of the independent auditor and oversees the annual consolidated audit of benedictine health system and affiliates which includes the organization.”