Villa Nazareth Inc

“Pursuant to section 8.6 of the bylaws of villa nazareth, the executive committee is composed of the board chair, the board vice chair, the president and ceo, each of whom shall serve as an ex officio voting member of the executive committee, and two voting members appointed by the board of directors. Each individual appointed to the executive committee shall serve for a term of one year or until his or her successor is duly appointed by the board of directors. The executive committee shall consist of only directors of the corporation. Pursuant to section 8.1 of the corporation's bylaws, committees, such as the executive committee, that are granted the authority to act on behalf of the board of directors may include only directors of the corporation. Further, pursuant to section 8.6 of the corporation's bylaws, the executive committee has and may exercise such powers as may be delegated to it by the board of directors. The executive committee also possesses the power to transact routine business of the corporation in the interim period between regularly scheduled meetings of the board of directors.”

“According to the bylaws of villa nazareth the entity's sole member is commonspirit health, a colorado nonprofit organization.”

“According to the organization's bylaws, directors shall be appointed or refused by the corporate member. The corporate member may appoint one or more individuals to the board of directors, and may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of the board of directors. According to the organization's bylaws, directors of the corporation shall be appointed by the corporate member no later than june 30 of each year. The names and qualifications of each individual accepted by the board of directors shall be submitted to the corporate member, who shall appoint or refuse each nominee in accordance with the corporate member's bylaws and with endorsement of the senior vice president of operations. The corporate member may unilaterally appoint one or more individuals to the board of directors should the board fail to furnish the corporate member with a list of individuals qualified to serve on the board of directors of the corporation. (chcf reserved rights) except as otherwise provided in the corporation's articles of incorporation or the laws of the state of organization, catholic health care federation ("chcf") shall have such rights as are reserved to the corporate member, acting in its capacity as the membership body of chcf, under the governance matrix.”

“The organization's corporate member is commonspirit health. The corporate member shall have the specific rights set forth in the governance matrix. Pursuant to the governance matrix the following rights are reserved to the commonspirit health board directly or through powers delegated to the commonspirit health chief executive officer: - substantial change in the mission or philosophy of villa nazareth, inc. - amendment of the corporate documents of villa nazareth, inc. - approve members of the villa nazareth, inc. Board - removal of a member of the governing body of villa nazareth,inc. - approval of issuance of debt by villa nazareth, inc. - approval of participation of villa nazareth, inc. In a joint venture - approval of formation of a new corporation by villa nazareth, inc. - approval of a merger involving villa nazareth, inc. - approval of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of villa nazareth, inc. - to require the transfer of assets by villa nazareth, inc. To commonspirit health to accomplish commonspirit health's goals and objectives, and to satisfy commonspirit health debts. - adoption of long range and strategic plans for villa nazareth, inc. Pursuant to the organization's bylaws, commonspirit health may, in exercise of its approval powers, grant or withhold approval in whole or in part, or may, in its complete discretion, after consultation with the board and the president and chief executive officer of the organization, recommend such other or different actions as it deems appropriate. (chcf reserved rights) except as otherwise provided in the corporation's articles of incorporation or the laws of the state of organization, catholic health care federation ("chcf") shall have such rights as are reserved to the corporate member, acting in its capacity as the membership body of chcf, under the governance matrix.”

“The completed form 990 is emailed to the board members prior to the extended filing deadline of may 15th, and they are asked to send any questions or feedback to the controller/treasurer. Final approval of the form 990 is then voted on at the may board meeting (third thursday).”

“The organization has a conflicts of interest ("coi") policy (the "policy") in place to protect the interests of commonspirit health ("commonspirit") in circumstances that may result in a conflict between personal interests of a person and the interests of the organization and those it serves. Commonspirit's coi policy applies to commonspirit, its direct affiliates and subsidiaries and any related entity the governing documents of which require the entity to comply with commonspirit policy (collectively the "system entities"). The following persons are required to disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest at least annually (via a formal system-administered survey) if the person's affiliation with commonspirit continues: - members of corporate and community boards of system entities - members of committees of corporate and community boards of system entities - members of the executive leadership team ("elt") of commonspirit - corporate officers of system entities - employed physicians and advanced practice providers - key employees and highest compensated employees as specified by the internal revenue service for form 990 purposes who are not otherwise included in the categories above - employees of system entities at the vice president level and above - all individuals engaged in research at institutions owned or operated by a system entity - select employees as determined from time to time by leadership disclosure, review, and management of perceived, potential, or actual conflicts of interest are accomplished through a defined coi disclosure review process. Each person is required to promptly and fully disclose any situation or circumstance that may create a conflict of interest as soon as she/he becomes aware of it. In addition, at the inception of an individual's relationship with commonspirit (e.g. Hiring, board appointment), and for certain positions, annually thereafter, written conflict of interest disclosure forms must be completed. A failure to disclose may result in disciplinary or corrective actions. Reported potential or actual conflicts of interest are initially reviewed by legal, corporate responsibility or research integrity staff. If necessary, a conflict of interest management plan is developed, which plan shall be subject to acceptance by the appropriate direct manager, supervisor, medical staff office, board or board committee (for board, board committee, elt or corporate officer conflicts), or other appropriate individual or body. Once accepted, the conflict of interest management plan is communicated to the person with the actual or potential conflict and the individual must conduct themselves in conformity with the plan. In the event that a transactional conflict interest arises in connection with a system entity board meeting, the conflicted individual must disclose that conflict prior to or at the beginning of the meeting in which the matter is to be considered. The conflicted individual is excluded from voting on the transaction and is prohibited from using personal influence with respect to the matter, but is not prohibited from providing input if requested to do so.”

“For leadership positions with substantial influence (including the president/ceo), compensation is presented to the organization's executive committee for approval of base pay increases and incentive achievement. Compensation for other officers and key employees of the organization is established by commonspirit health compensation using external compensation surveys or studies containing comparable data for similarly situated organizations, both taxable and tax exempt for similar job responsibilities. Commonspirit's board of stewardship trustees appoints a human resources and compensation committee, comprised exclusively of independent directors, who are accountable for setting reasonable compensation practices for certain executives within the organization. The human resources and compensation committee approves, consistent with the organization's philosophy and principles, the annual performance goals and criteria to be used in determining variable compensation. The human resources and compensation committee also engages an independent consultant and financial legal counsel to validate the organization's benchmarking approach and reasonableness of the total compensation and benefits packages for certain executives. Appropriate comparable data is obtained by the commonspirit health compensation department from independent third-party salary surveys, (e.g., total economic benefits paid by similarly situated organizations, both taxable and tax-exempt, for similar job responsibilities) for all other staff and leadership roles. The documentation of compensation decisions includes (a) the decision made and the date approved; and (b) the comparability data obtained and relied upon by the compensation department and the sources from which the data was obtained.”

“The organization's financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are available to the public upon request. The organization's financial statements are included in commonspirit health's consolidated audited financial statements that are available at www.commonspirit.org. Additionally, the organization's governing documents are available on the north dakota secretary of state's website.”

“I. Introduction villa nazareth, inc. Has an origin dating back to 1897 as st. John's orphanage. Over the years the name and the mission of the organization have changed to meet the needs of the community. In 1981, villa nazareth amended its purpose to serve people with developmental disabilities in a non-institutional, community-based program. Today, the organization operates as chi friendship and is one of the largest non-profit providers of community services to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in north dakota. Hundreds of people with disabilities are served by chi friendship in a variety of vocational and residential programs. During fiscal year 2024 villa nazareth dba chi friendship provided benefits to low income individuals and the broader community of $36,116 as described below. Approximately 972 people benefited from these programs. The major components of these community benefits are as follows: benefits for low income individuals: persons served - 562 community benefit - $32,498 benefits for the broader community: persons served - 410 community benefit - $3,618 total benefits: persons served - 972 community benefit - $36,116 ii. Benefits for low income individuals community service targeted for poor in a typical year, situations occasionally occur which result in people supported by chi friendship losing a job, encountering significant changes in wages, or developing increased medical needs. To maintain medicaid eligibility, limitations are imposed on how much money individuals we serve are allowed to keep to pay for items not covered by medicaid or medicare (such as certain medical equipment, haircuts, clothing, and other expenses). As a result, some people we support could not afford to cover their costs. In addition, the ability for a person with disabilities to participate fully in their community is hindered by these same income limitations. To help facilitate community involvement and the related health and socialization benefits, chi friendship often pays for various activities throughout the year in which the individuals we serve are supported to participate at no cost to them. In fiscal year 2024, chi friendship spent $32,498 to assist people we support with such expenses in 562 individual instances. Iii. Benefits for the broader community other community benefits in-kind donations to various community groups and events totaled $3,618 in fiscal year 2024 and directly benefitted 410 people. Chi friendship provided staff to help at the annual north dakota association of community provider conference, bringing staff from nd providers like chi friendship together to share best practices, learn about emerging issues and services, and discuss ways to better provide services to people with disabilities in north dakota. As an organization accredited by the council on quality and leadership, chi friendship is often asked to provide training to other organizations throughout north dakota in areas like cpr/first aid, personal outcome measures and therapeutic response. We provided staff time, travel expenses and supplies for such trainings. Finally, chi friendship participated in community events like packaging meals for feed my starving children, providing lasagnas to needy local families through lasagna love, and sponsoring a team for a walk to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention.”

“Payments to vendors for entities that are part of commonspirit health are made by commonspirit health. Therefore, no forms 1099 are issued by villa nazareth, inc. Commonspirit health files the forms 1099 and complies with the backup withholding rules for reportable payments to vendors and game winnings. The forms 1099 issued on behalf of villa nazareth, inc are reported to the irs.”