Avila University

“The province council, after consultation with the board chairperson and president, shall appoint one member of the province council to serve on the board of trustees. This member is included in the one third plus one members of the board of trustees that are to be representatives of the sisters of st. Joseph of carondelet.”

“An independent accountng firm prepares and reviews the 990. The 990 is then reviewed by the organization's officers and accounting personnel. Any questions or concerns the organization's officers and accounting personnel have are addressed and any corrections or clarifications that need to made are made. The 990 is then provided to the audit committee of the board for their review prior to filing the 990. Any questions and concerns the audit committee have are addressed and any concerns or clarifications that need to be made are made. The final 990 with all required schedules is then provided to the board of trustees prior to filing the 990.”

“Avila university employees and board of trustees should make decisions and take action in a manner which promotes the best interests of avila university and avoid the prospect or appearance of a conflict or duality of interest. At the time of employment (or election in the case of a board member) and annually thereafter, avila university provides to the board and to all executive officers and key administrative staff, a copy of the conflict of interest policy and the applicable conflict of interest disclosure form and questionnaire. The forms are compiled and a report of the results is then submitted to the board. If there is a conflict the individual with a conflict abstains from voting.”

“Line 15a: the board of trustees reviews the president's salary annually at the time of the renewal of the president's contract, using survey data and approval by the board of trustees. Line 15b: salaries of other officers and key employees are reviewed and compared against hr and survey data annually by the hr department and the president.”

“The organization provides their audited financial statements to guidestar for public inspection. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public.”

“Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by the sisters of st. Joseph of carondelet, is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional, undergraduate and graduate education to prepare students for responsible lifelong contributions to the global community.”

“With the mandated move to limit person to person contact avila university provided a flexed online teaching environment for 2020-21. The university also was impacted by the reduction of summer conferencing revenues.”