Christus Trinity Mother Frances Foundation

“Process to review the form 990: the organization engages an outside accounting firm to prepare form 990. Once prepared, the form is reviewed by the organization's internal accountants, and a copy is provided to the board prior to filing.”

“Process to monitor and enforce conflict of interest policy: the board reviews and resolves, if necessary, any transactions as they arise throughout the year in accordance with policy standards. The organization's internal accountants distribute and review annual questionnaires to identify any potential conflicts of the board members and officers. When a conflict of interest is identified, the individual is removed from discussions and cannot vote on any transactions involving the conflict.”

“Availability of documents: the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Compensation from related organizations: the governing board of christus trinity mother frances health system, upon advice from nationally recognized compensation consultants, who periodically review all executive compensation, approved a deferred compensation plan that provides a 65% total retirement benefit for senior executives that serve 20 years or more. This program has both retention and non-competition clauses that create a risk of forfeiture. Deferred compensation is subject to a risk of forfeiture based on retention, non-competition and other contractual factors. Accruals of deferred compensation are not includible in w-2 compensation until paid. Other employee benefits include qualified pension plans, health, dental and life insurance plans, disability insurance, etc. Taxable expenses are included in the w-2 paid compensation salary amount.”

“Relationships between officers & directors: the officers and directors reported on part vii with compensation from related organizations have business relationships with each other through their employment with the related organizations.”

“Significant changes to governing documents: the governing documents were amended as of may 1, 2016. The documents were amended to reflect the name change of the organization from mother frances hospital foundation to christus-trinity mother frances foundation. The amendments also included a change to remove the member designation of mother frances hospital regional health care center, the description of the purposes of the organization and the composition of the board.”

“Individuals who may elect members of the governing body: as stated in the articles of formation, mother frances hospital regional health care center, the supported organization, has the power to appoint the majority of the directors within the governing body.”

“1099s reported by organization: no 1099s were issued by the filing organization. The organization's 1099s are issued by a related organization, mother frances hospital regional health care center, who reports all 1099s for the entire system and allocates expenses to the appropriate related organization; therefore, this question is answered as "none" for this filing organization.”

“... (continued from part i) from the community to support activities for hospital growth.”