St Francis Community Services

“The organization pays a management and bookkeeping fee to the archdiocese of st. Louis. Additionally, a management fee is paid to the st. Louis archdiocesan fund (slaf) for the management of the organization's investments.”

“Catholic charities of st. Louis is the member of st. Francis community services corporation(sfcs) and holds certain reserved powers, as stated in the sfcs bylaws. The archbishop of st. Louis is a member of catholic charities of st. Louis, and thus a member of the member of sfcs.”

“As a member with reserved powers over catholic charities of st. Louis, by which the archbishop of st. Louis also has reserved powers over the organization, the archbishop of st. Louis has the authority to appoint up to 50% of the board of directors and to approve all candidates to the board of directors of the organization.”

“As they are members with reserved powers, the bylaws reserve certain powers to the member (catholic charities of st. Louis) and the "member of the member" (archbishop of st. Louis). Additionally, the audit committee of the archdiocese of st. Louis is responsible for the selection of the independent auditor for all archdiocesan entities.”

“A copy of the form 990 is sent to the members of the governing board prior to filing of the tax return. Board members are asked to respond in writing that they have received and reviewed the document. Once any questions are reviewed/cleared by management, the form 990 is accepted for filing and a representation letter is signed by the executive director. At this point, the form 990 is filed with the irs.”

“Each year in august, board members review the conflict of interest policy and are asked to sign a disclosure form. Any disclosure is followed up to ensure that no conflict of interest actually exists, or that steps are taken to eliminate the conflict. No board member is allowed to continue his/her service if a conflict is unresolved. Key staff each year sign a disclosure form and go through the same review process.”

“Catholic charities employs the executive director. It is responsible for reviewing local salary data and determining the executive director's pay. For other agency positions, catholic charities of st louis sets salary ranges based on data collected from the united way of greater st louis and catholic charities usa. Sfcs management is responsible for determining which employees belong in the various ranges. The sfcs board of directors determines annual salary increases, if any, as part of the annual budget process.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policies, and financial statements are available by written request to the executive director. Sfcs also provides these documents to funders as part of application and contracting processes; some are shared, by written request, to the public via these entities. Governing documents also are available online through the state of missouri's secretary of state website.”

“The audit committee of the archdiocese of st. Louis assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent auditor.”