Catholic Charities Community Development Corporation

“The president and treasurer of the board conduct the initial review of form 990. The form is then made available to the full board at the next board meeting.”

“The organization adheres to high standards of ethical conduct in governance and operations governing body members. Advisory group members and personnel may not engage in any activity, practice or act which conflicts with the interest of the agency. Personnel must never have nor give the appearance of a conflict of interest or use their relationship with the agency for personal gain. Personnel are prohibited from having a direct or indirect financial interest in the organization's assets, leases, and in any business transactions including professional services. Senior team personnel must complete an annual conflict of interest information survey to facilitate disclosure of information, to prevent and manage potential and apparent conflicts. The conflict of interest acknowledgement form is completed on an annual basis.”

“THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE SHARED WITH THE RELATED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ARE COMPENSATED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES, DIOCESE OF ST PETERSBURG, INC (CCDOSP). THE CCDOSP BOARD OF TRUSTEES DETERMINES THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE executive director. THE BOARD PRESIDENT MONITORS AND EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE executive director. THE executive director IS COMPENSATED AT THE MARKET RATE FOR THAT POSITION. THE POSITION IS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL COLA INCREASES AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR OPERATING PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S KEY EMPLOYEES IS GUIDED BY THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ANNUAL EVALUATIONS. INCREASES IN COMPENSATION ARE GIVEN BASED ON THE MARKET RATE FOR EACH POSITION.”

“Catholic charities will have available on the same day if requested in person, or within 30 days if requested via mail, e-mail, facsimile or private delivery, its form 990, governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements.”

“The payroll returns for this organization and the following related organizations are filed by catholic charities diocese of st petersburg, inc. Catholic charities diocese of st petersburg, inc, catholic charities housing, inc, catholic charities - fountain view, inc, catholic charities- pinellas village, inc, catholic charities - arbor village, inc. Catholic charities - sand dollar, inc. And benedict haven, inc. The salaries and related costs reported on page 10 represent the costs allocated to this entity only.the amounts allocated to each of the related entities are reported on their form 990s. The number of employees reported on page 1, part i, line 5 and page 5, part v, line 2a represents the number of employees whose salaries and related employee costs are allocated to this organization. The total number of w-2s filed for all entities is reported on the catholic charities diocese of st petersburg, inc. Form 990.”

“The organization has a finance committee and an audit sub-committee that provides oversight of the organization's financial statements. The audit sub-committee is responsible for the oversight of the audit, review of the financial statements, and selection of the independent accounting firm.”