Society of St Vincent De Paul

“The Council/Board may have an Executive Committee of a minimum of members sufficient to perform the Board's duties. The Executive Committee may consist of the President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Spiritual Advisor, a limited number of Directors, and the Executive Director (non-voting). The Executive Committee may act in place of the Council/Board between Board meetings on all matters, except those specifically reserved to the Council/Board by the Bylaws or by federal or state law. The Executive Committee must report its actions to the Board at the next Board meeting. The President calls meetings of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee may elect to hold meetings in person or by other means agreed to in advance of the meeting.”

“The Society is referred to as the Galveston-Houston Archdiocesan Council (the Council), and is composed of 54 parish-based Conferences. Conferences are independent groups of people who put their faith in action by responding to the needs of people in their local community. The Council serves as a resource and support system for the Conferences.”

“Each of our Conferences have members that elect a Conference President. The Conference Presidents become the body of the District Council and they each elect a District President. The District Presidents become the body of the Archdiocesan Council and they elect an Archdiocesan Council President (Board President). The Archdiocesan Council President appoints officers to the Board. These appointments must be approved by the Board. The number of appointed positions shall not exceed the number of District Presidents so that the majority of the Board is member-elected.”

“After preparation and review by the Director of Finance and Executive Director, the 990 is sent to the Finance Committee for review and then presented to the full Board for approval prior to filing.”

“Each board member completes a Conflict of Interest declaration annually. The declarations are reviewed each year by our independent auditors.”

“No member of the Executive Committee with a conflict of interest regarding the compensation arrangement is allowed to take part in the compensation determination process. In determining the appropriate level of compensation for the Executive Director, the Executive Committee examines market data from LaborIQ, an accurate compensation tool that pulls from a large data pool and provides information specific to non-profit environments. This information from LaborIQ is validated against the prior year's United Way Wage and Benefit report and the non-profit trends report from PNP staffing. The analysis performed by Achilles, the Society's HR consultant, includes utilizing knowledge of current market conditions, current job scope, and the salary market reviews from LaborIQ to make recommendations for grade changes and potential increases. A similar process is followed for determing compensation of other officers and key employees. The Executive Director reviews the information and makes merit increase recommendations based on position within internal salary grade, contribution over this past year and overall score on the annual evaluaton.”

“The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston makes these documents available upon request.”

“During the 2023-24 fiscal year, the Society made the decision to close its two thrift store locations in order to refocus attention on core programs.”