John L Santikos Charitable Foundation

“Successor trustees and new trustees filling vacancy shall be elected by the board of directors of the area foundation at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors of the area foundation.”

“The board of trustees may, but is not required to, create any one or more of the following committees: standing committees and special committees. At this time the organization does not have committees.”

“A detailed review of the form 990 was performed by the san antonio area foundation's audit committee. All committee members received a copy of the form 990. Once accepted by the audit committee, a copy of the form 990 was provided to each member of the board of directors before filing with the irs.”

“The john l. Santikos charitable foundation has a written conflict of interest policy that requires all members of the board of trustees to annually disclose potential conflicts of themselves and their family members on a questionnaire. The questionnaires are reviewed for conflicts. Any questionnaires that disclose potential conflicts are brought before the board of trustees for review. No member with a financial conflict shall evaluate or vote on any matter in which he or she has a financial conflict of interest and shall not use his or her personal influence with other responsible members to approve or disapprove any action by the foundation related to the matter. Members who have an emotional conflict of interest or an apparent conflict of interest may continue to participate in the discussion and many vote on the matter if no financial conflict of interest exists provided that the member first discloses his or her emotional or apparent conflict of interests.”

“The foundation makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon request. The audited financial statements, form 990 and quarterly investment reports are available on the foundation's website.”

“Section a includes trustees of the john l. Santikos charitable foundation and the santikos enterprises, llc board of directors. The john l. Santikos charitable foundation is the sole member of santikos enterprises, llc, a disregarded entity. Trustees of the john l. Santikos charitable foundation are not compensated by the foundation but are compensated for their duties as board of directors of santikos enterprises, llc.”

“Transfer of assets from san antonio area foundation 469,483,454.”

“The financial statements were audited on a consolidated basis. The audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior year.”