St Thomas Child & Family Center

“The sole member of the corporation is providence health & services, a washington nonprofit corporation.”

“The corporate member has the power to: 1) fix the number of directors of this corporation; approve a slate of directors of this corporation and to remove such directors at any time with or without cause. 2) appoint and remove, with or without cause, the president/chief executive officer of this corporation after requesting a recommendation from the board of directors.”

“The following powers are reserved to the corporate member: 1) to adopt or change the mission, philosophy, and values or fundamental corporate policies related thereto of this corporation or any corporation of which this corporation is the controlling member or shareholder. 2) to amend or repeal the articles of incorporation or bylaws of this corporation and the articles and bylaws of any corporation of which this corporation is the controlling member or shareholder. 3) to approve for this corporation, or for any corporation of which this corporation is the controlling member or shareholder, the acquisition of assets, the incurrence of indebtedness or the lease, sale, transfer, assignment, or encumbering of the assets, if the amount involved in any such transaction is in excess of an amount specified from time to time by resolution of the member of this corporation, or the sale or transfer of other property which may have either historical or religious significance. 4) to approve the dissolution and/or liquidation of this corporation or any corporation of which this corporation is the controlling member or shareholder or the consolidation or merger of this corporation with another corporation or entity. 5) to approve the annual operating and capital budget of this corporation and any deviations from such budget in excess of an amount or percentage specified from time to time by resolution of the member. 6) to approve an annual or longer term strategic plan of the corporation and any significant deviation there from. 7) to approve the initiation of closure of any major work by this corporation or of any corporation of which this corporation is the controlling member or shareholder.”

“Each member of the governing body is provided with a copy of the tax return to review.”

“Board members are required to renew policy and related disclosures annually.”

“Annually the board discusses and approves the director compensation. An evaluation is completed to document the reasoning for any increase.”

“The organization's documents and financial information are available upon request and through an exempt organization information website called guidestar (www.guidestar.org) financial information may also be obtained through providence health and service's website, as it is included in their audited consolidated financial statements (www.providence.com)”

“The process of oversight has not changed from the prior year.”