Catholic Schools Collaborative F/K/A Catholic Schools Consortium

“The board shall have the responsibility for reviewing the organization's form 990 (including all pertinent shcedules) before it is filed with the internal revenue service. A draft of form 990 should be ready for review by the board prior to the filing deadline. The form is submitted to each member of the board via email for review. In conductiong their review of the draft of the form 990, it is preferred that the board shall conduct a top-level or big-picture type of review. However, if the board desires or deems it necessary to conduct a more detailed review of the form 990, then they should contact the preparer of the form 990 to request copies of the relevant detailed tax return workpapers which they would like to see. Once the board has completed its initial review of the form 990, a meeting or conference call will be scheduled with the preparer of the form 990 (regardless of whether the form 990 is externally or internally prepared) to dicuss questions, comments, and suggested revisions identified by the board. The preparer of the form 990 should make any revisions to the form 990 as soon as feasibly possible to ensure that the form 990 is filed with the internal revenue service on a timely basis. All of the questions, comments, and suggested revisions set forth by the boatd should be documented, along with any responses from the preparer of the form 990, if applicable.”

“The procedure for annual monitoring is not yet in place.”

“In its second year of operations, the csc has not yet developed some of its policies and procedures. Thus far, the csc has operated without a staff, with a consultant working with the board of directors. Upon hiring an executive director, policies and procedures will be developed.”

“Catholic schools consortium makes its form 990, organizational documents and form 1023 available to the public through the attorney general.”

“These documents are not yet available to the general public unless requested.”