Morningside Ministries

“The form 990 is provided to the organization's governing body for review prior to filing the form 990 with the internal revenue service.”

“Each year, all board members sign a conflict of interest statement. The president and ceo's office monitors this process. If there is a conflict of interest, the board is made aware of the conflict and the board member involved does not speak or vote on those related issues.”

“Compensation process for top official, the president, and ceo's compensation is reviewed and approved on an annual basis by the executive committee. During this review the executive committee utilizes comparability data of other organizations of this nature and the results of their review and decisions are forwarded to human resources. The process for other officers is the same, except comparability surveys are utilized on an as-needed-basis instead of annually.”

“The organization's form 990 is available to the public upon request. The organization was formed prior to the form 1023 filing requirement.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The organization leases space at one of their campuses to tenants who are tax exempt entities who provide services to the residents of the organization. The leased space is not debt-financed.”

“The mission of morningside is to "enhance the dignity and the quality of life of older adults, their families and caregivers with compassionate care." to accomplish this mission, morningside provides elderly persons in san antonio and surrounding communities with personal care in a residential setting, as well as limited recreational services to non-residents. Major program services include retirement housing, assisted living services, memory care, skilled nursing care, and rehabilitation services. Morningside operates three facilities in bexar and kendall counties which are home to over 900 older adults. History and founders - morningside was originally founded in 1959 by the rio texas conference of the united methodist church (formerly, the southwest texas conference of the united methodist church). During that same year, morningside was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the state of texas and received its federal irs 501(c)(3) designation. Very soon thereafter, the methodist conference was joined by the diocese of west texas, episcopal church of the usa and the first presbyterian church of san antonio eco: a covenant order of evangelical presbyterians to help provide care to the elderly. After 55 years of service, morningside's primary goal remains the same: to meet the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual needs of the residents and their families in a faith-based atmosphere. Morningside is open to all elderly persons regardless of religious faith. Charity care for the aged - as part of its ministry, morningside provides charitable care to residents who have outlived their resources. The covenant fund was specifically established to provide financial assistance to those residents who years after moving to morningside find that they can no longer pay for the services they receive. In addition, state medicaid payments to skilled nursing facilities are substantially lower than the cost of the high-quality skilled nursing care provided by morningside. At any one time, approximately 40% of morningside's skilled nursing beds are occupied by medicaid recipients.”

“Volunteers in the organization: the auxiliary at morningside manor was already established when morningside opened its first facility in 1961. The auxiliary was created to help defray the cost of providing care to residents in nursing care, provide personal attention to each resident, and create volunteer opportunities to community members wanting to work with the elderly in nursing care. Today, there are 40 volunteers in the auxiliary providing in excess of 7,000 volunteer hours per year. They undertake a wide range of activities that include running errands for the residents, booking orders for residents and taking residents to the chapel, nearby pharmacies and supermarkets. Volunteers also read to residents who can no longer hold a book or whose vision has failed. They also help lead board and other games for residents and organize musical entertainment for them. Volunteers operate the "welcome wagon" presenting all new residents with a gift bad and also prepare gifts for residents on their birthday, christmas and other special occasions. The auxiliary also operates a gift shop at the manor for the convenience of residents. All profits of the shop are donated by the auxiliary to the manor to be used for renovation of the facilities, purchase of needed equipment and furniture, and to purchase books, materials and supplies that improve the quality of life for the residents. Since 1994, the auxiliary has donated approximately $256,000 to morningside manor from the gift shop proceeds. Volunteers are recruited at area churches, through the internet, and through referrals made by volunteers, residents, family members and employees. Most volunteers spend many years volunteering at morningside with many leaving the auxiliary only after retiring or when their own health fails. In addition, many other volunteers throughout the year participate in a wide variety of activities at all of morningside ministries' three campuses. These volunteers are part of an informal volunteer program which includes one-time, short-term and long-term volunteer service projects. While many volunteers come as part of the corporate volunteer project, church group, scout troop, school class or other organized effort, other volunteers come on their own wanting to help minister to the needs of residents. Volunteer activities include visiting with residents, helping with recreation activities, musical performances, computer lessons and many other activities. These volunteers work under the direction of an activities coordinator on each campus.”

“There has been no change from the prior year to the audit oversight process or independent auditor selection process.”

“Effective 12/31/16, the morningside ministries foundation, inc. (foundation), a former related organization of morningside ministries (morningside), merged with morningside in order to realize financial, legal, and operational efficiencies between the two nonprofit corporations. As a result, on 1/1/17, the foundation transferred all of its assets to morningside based on the book value of the assets at 1/1/17. This resulted in endowment funds being transferred to morningside. This also resulted in a large increase in land, buildings and equipment from the beginning balance and a large decrease in other assets as the beginning balance of other assets included beneficial interest in the foundation.”