The Sarah Community

“John o'shaughnessy serves as the organization's treasurer. He is employed by the franciscan sisters of mary (fsm) as its cfo/cio. Fsm is one of the five collaborating catholic congregations of religious women of the sarah community.”

“St. Andrews management services, inc is responsible for both administrative and operational leadership of this facility. All employees are employees of the sarah community, except for the executive director. In 2020, executive director tracy haarmaan was compensated $128,741 in wages, retirement matching, and benefits by stams for her services to the sarah community.”

“Only one class of members exists. The initial members are persons who occupy the certain positions of the daughters of charity and of the franciscan sisters of mary. Additional members who are members of the elected leadership of religious institutions of the roman catholic church may be added with the approval of the members.”

“Each member is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members.”

“The following are the powers reserved to members: - to determine and maintain the philosophy and identity of the organization, - appointment and removal of directors of the organization,except those that serve ex officio, - approval of amendments to the articles of incorporation, - amendment of the bylaws and approval of amendment to the bylaws, - approval of any borrowing and guaranties by the organization in accordance with policies which may be established by the members, - approval of the purchase or sale or other acquisition, disposition or transfer of real estate, including any interest therein, by the organization, except for real estate received as a bequest or donation and not used in the charitable activities of the organization and with other exceptions which may be established by the members, - to initiate and/or approve any merger,consolidation, organization or dissolution of the organization, - to approve the sale, transfer or other disposition of the voting stock of the organization. If before the disposition the organization owned a majority of the voting stock of the organization and after such disposition the organization should not own a majority of the voting stock of the organization, in accordance with policies approved by the members from time to time, and - to determine the extent to which and the manner in which the powers described are to be exercised with respect to any stock corporations of the organization or any non-stock corporation of which the member in accordance with policies approved by the members from time to time.”

“The draft form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer for accuracy and made available to the entire board. The final form 990 is mailed to the treasurer of the board for review and signature.”

“An annual conflict of interest disclosure is filled out by each board member, submitted and reviewed by the entire board. The member is then excluded in any voting for applicable subject areas.”

“Process of determining executive director compensation: salaries are reviewed annually during the budget process by the executive director and management company's accounting and operations personnel. During this review, salary ranges for all positions are compared with surrounding facilities. The budget is reviewed and approved annually by the board. Process of determining officer and/or key employees compensation: salaries are reviewed annually during the budget process by the executive director and management company's accounting and operations personnel. During this review, salary ranges for all positions are compared with surrounding facilities. The budget is reviewed and approved annually by the board.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request by mailing a copy to the person making the request.”

“This process has not changed from prior years.”