Mercy Research

“The filing organization has a sole corporate member, mercy health.”

“The sole corporate member has the authority to: -appoint the president of the corporation (or his or her substitute or successor), in consultation with the board; and -appoint the board as set forth in article v.”

“The following governance decisions are reserved to the sole corporate member: -adoption of or revision to the philosophy, mission and values according to which the corporation is operated; -approval or adoption of any amendment of the articles of incorporation of the corporation, or adoption of any amendment of these bylaws; -adoption of a plan of merger, dissolution or consolidation of the corporation; -authorization or approval, as applicable, of the sale of, or series of related sales which at the outset are intended by the corporation to ultimately result in the sale of, all or substantially all of the corporation's property; -removal of the president of the corporation, with or without cause; -authorization or approval, as applicable, of the sale, conveyance, lease, transfer, or disposition of the corporation's property, incurrence of debt or of encumbrance of the corporation's property; -after consultation with the board, authorization or approval or amendment, as applicable, of the strategic and financial plans, goals, and objectives of the corporation, including, without limitation, the operating and capital budgets, incurrence of debt, investments, financial targets and capital leases; -removal of board members as set forth in article v; and, -authorization or approval, as applicable, of any unbudgeted expenditures or unbudgeted incurrence of debt by the corporation in excess of those amounts permitted by the policy established by the corporate member from time to time.”

“Dscr the process used by management &/or governing body to review 990 the form 990 is prepared by mercy health's tax department, using information provided by the filing organization. A draft form 990 is reviewed by the filing organization's finance team. The draft form 990 is also reviewed by mercy health's tax department, to ensure accuracy and consistency with other related organizations' forms 990. After questions arising from the various reviews are addressed and incorporated into the form 990, a revised draft is provided to the filing organization's leadership team, including the cfo and ceo, for review. Once reviewed and approved by the filing organization's leadership team, the form 990 is then signed and filed with the irs.”

“Officers, directors, key employees and other disqualified persons are required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire annually and did so in the normal course for the year ended june 30, 2024. This process is administered at the mercy health level by mercy's corporate compliance department. The conflicts and their respective resolutions are shared at the mercy level with a team including mercy's senior vice president of financial operations & planning, chief compliance officer and other members of finance, legal and hr. The questionnaires are then reviewed with leadership at the local level and potential conflicts discussed and resolved. Summary results are reviewed with mercy's stewardship committee of the board of directors.”

“Process to establish compensation of top management officials, other officers and key employees for the top management officials, those classified as officers (and thus disqualified persons) and key employees, the organization relies upon mercy health, which uses the following to establish the compensation: external market salary surveys, external market salary studies, and engagement of an independent compensation consultant. For certain executives and physicians the compensation is reviewed/approved by the compensation committee of the board of mercy health. For all other caregivers compensation is reviewed/approved by the total rewards oversight committee. Compensation reviews are completed on an annual basis and review was completed during the reporting year.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available upon request but are not published publicly.”

“Former employee compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the organization's fiscal year while average hours are based on the fiscal year period from july 1, 2023 through june 30, 2024.”

“Form 1099/1096 filing vendors for the filing organization are paid by mercy health (ein 43-1423050). As such, all required form 1099 and form 1096 reporting is made for the entire mercy health system (with limited exceptions) under the mercy health ein.”

“W-3 filing most employees are paid by a related organization under a common paymaster arrangement. As such, required payroll filing (including w-2 and w-3's) is reported under the related organization, mhm support services, ein 20-2553101.”

“Purchased services: program service expenses 77,066. Management and general expenses 84,533. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 161,599. Research participant fees: program service expenses 2,651. Management and general expenses 2,908. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,559. Medical director fees: program service expenses 7,871. Management and general expenses 8,634. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,505. Other miscellaneous contract services: program service expenses 168,411. Management and general expenses 184,729. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 353,140. Courier services: program service expenses 985. Management and general expenses 1,080. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,065. Consulting fees: program service expenses 209,986. Management and general expenses 230,330. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 440,316.”

“Net transfers (to)/from affiliates 4,027,265. Donated property 2,545.”

“Audit of financial statements the filing organization's financial statements were included in mercy health and subsidiaries annual financial statement audit. Mercy health and subsidiaries received an unqualified opinion from the external auditors for fiscal 2024 (the tax year currently being reported). However, no separate audit opinion was issued on the financial statements of the filing organization. The ultimate responsibility for oversight of the financial statement audit and selection of the external auditor lies with the stewardship committee of the mercy health board of directors. Audit results are communicated to this committee.”

“Single audit act and 2 cfr 200 audit mercy health undergoes a consolidated 2 cfr 200 audit every year and this audit was completed for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2024 by december 13, 2024. Each entity that receives federal funds during the year is included on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards (sefa) and is also included in the population included in the audit. If the filing entity received federal funds during the year ended june 30, 2024, it will be included on the mercy health consolidated sefa, and therefore, also included in the population included in the audit.”