St Francis Community Services

“J. John heithaus and john d. Heithaus have a family relationship.”

“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 the archdiocese 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 the archdiocese of st. Louis, and thus a member of the member of sfcs.”

“As a member with reserved powers over catholic charities of the archdiocese 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 the archdiocese 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.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm. The return is reviewed by management and any necessary revisions are made. A copy of the form 990 is sent to the members of the governing board prior to filing of the tax return.”

“When board members are recruited, they sign a disclosure form as part of the application process. Those approved for membership subsequently attend an orientation, during which the conflict of interest policy is explained in depth. In years thereafter, board members annually review the conflict of interest policy and sign a new disclosure form. Any disclosure requires follow-up to ensure that no conflict of interest actually exists or that steps are taken to resolve 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.”

“The board reviews the performance and compensation of the executive director annually. In the past, catholic charities of the archdiocese of st. Louis has provided a compensation analysis, which is used by the board in its review of the executive director, and upon termination when a new search is being conducted for the position.”

“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. Sfcs also posts its annual 990 form on its website (www.sfcsstl.org). Finally, governing documents are available online through the state of missouri's secretary of state website.”

“Change in value of pv annuity liability 36,631.”

“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.”