United States Catholic Conference

Form 990, Part I, VI, and XI

“Form 990, part i, line 7b part i, line 7b includes section 512(a)(7) qualified transportation fringe benefit amounts that are not revenue and therefore not reported on form 990. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 6 the organization has a sole corporate member, dignity health, a 501(c)(3) exempt organization. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a dignity health, as the sole corporate member, ratifies the selection of members and the dignity health board approves new board members of the organization. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7b reserved rights of the corporate member include adoption of mission and philosophy statements, amendment or restatement of articles of incorporation and bylaws, dissolution of the corporation, acquisition of another corporation, creation of a new subsidiary, merger or consolidation with another corporation, participation as a general or limited partner in any venture, incurring long-term indebtedness in excess of normal operating requirements, ratification of board member appointments and dismissals, selection and removal of independent auditors, and transactions outside the ordinary course-of-business. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 8b the organization does not have a separate committee with authority to act on its behalf. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b the form 990 was reviewed by dignity health corporate tax department along with an independent, outside accounting firm engaged to review the return. The return was also reviewed by the cfo and the ceo of the organization. The form 990 was not presented to the entire mmt board of directors prior to filing. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c the organization has adopted dignity health's conflicts of interest policy. Under such policies, the evp/general counsel is designated as the organization's filing officer and responsible for collecting, reviewing and validating annual disclosures of all covered persons including the members of dignity health's governing bodies including its board of directors and board committees, as well as dignity health's officers and executive leaders, key employees, management personnel at the vice president level and above, and any other personnel designated by the filing officer ("covered persons"). All covered persons are required to disclose actual or potential conflicts arising from the business, ownership, financial and personal interests held by such covered persons or their family members. Covered persons are required to disclose to their supervisors and to relevant decision makers any interest that may present a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such disclosure is required on a transactional basis at the time such conflicts arise, when an individual becomes a covered person (e.g. Upon hiring or upon promotion), and annually thereafter. As part of the annual disclosure survey conducted pursuant to the coi policies, each covered person is required to certify that he/she: (1) has received a copy of the coi policy or coi policies applicable to his/her position; (2) has read the coi policy and understands said policy; and (3) agrees to comply with all requirements of the coi policies, including completing the conflicts of interest disclosure survey as required by the coi policies. Using the information from the annual disclosure survey, the filing officer prepares annual reports of reported conflicts of interest and distributes those reports to the governing body chairs, including the chair of the board of directors and the chair of dignity health board committees, as well as to key leaders of the organization to enable the responsible individuals to monitor and manage disclosed conflicts of interest and assure decisions are made in the organization's best interests. The procedures for addressing a conflict of interest related to a proposed transaction in the case of governing bodies include, but are not limited to: (1) the actual or potential conflict of interest is”