Elder Care Alliance

“Elder care alliance hired robin evitts as cfo through reach partners llc, a management consulting firm. As elder care alliance's cfo, robin reports to the ceo and board of directors and her responsibilities include: overseeing all financial and accounting functions including financial close, financial planning & analysis, cash management, financing, tax and regulatory financial compliance, payroll and accounts payable; leading the information technology function, responsible for strategy and delivery, including infrastructure and application support operations; managing insurance strategy and broker partners. The professional services expense to reach partners is paid by elder care alliance directly.”

“Elder care alliance has two corporate members: 1. The sisters of mercy of the americas west midwest community, inc., a division of the sisters of mercy of the americas, a religious institute and public juridic person of the roman catholic church. 2. The sierra pacific synod of the evangelical lutheran church in america - a fellowship of congregations, ministries, and institutions in northern california and northern nevada.”

“The board of directors of the corporation shall include fourteen (14) individuals appointed in accordance with the following: (i) five (5) individuals appointed by the corporate member, sierra pacific synod; (ii) five (5) individuals appointed by the corporate member, the sisters of mercy. (iii) in addition to the individuals appointed pursuant to sub paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, a maximum of four (4) individuals jointly appointed by the corporate members, sierra pacific synod and the sisters of mercy.”

“1. The following actions of elder care alliance (the corporation) shall not be implemented without the approval of the corporate members: (a) adoption or amendment of philosophy, mission and values statement of the corporation; (b) approval of long range and strategic plans of the corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates; (c) reorganizations, dissolution, merger, consolidation, change of control, admission of new members or other affiliation of any manner of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation;(e) adoption of and any change in charity care policies of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries; (f) sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries, subject to paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 hereof; or (g) appointment of the chief executive officer of the corporation.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. Before filing, the form 990 draft returns are reviewed by the ceo and cfo, followed by the audit committee of the board. Upon the audit committee's recommendation, the full board reviews the form 990's to provide their approval, upon which the tax returns are filed.”

“Annually, the secretary of elder care alliance causes to be prepared updated conflict of interest disclosure forms from the board of directors, officers, key employees, and members of committees with board-delegated authority. The secretary prepares a table summarizing the disclosures made and presents the table to the board of directors for their information. If an apparent conflict of interest is identified, the matter is referred to a committee of the board for review and action such as requiring an interested director to recuse himself or herself from a vote on the matter or terminating a business relationship entered into in violation of the policy.”

“The compensation for the ceo and cfo was reviewed and approved by the executive committee of the board of directors of elder care alliance. Comparable compensation information was provided to the executive committee from a compensation study compiled by 3c compensation consulting consortium, a firm that specializes in compensation programs. Similarly, compensation information for executive directors and key employees was gathered from multiple compensation survey sources, including 3c compensation consulting consortium and recommended compensation was developed by human resources. This was included in the budget and approved for fiscal year 2021 by the finance committee of elder care alliance as part of the budget review process.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available on written request to elder care alliance. Documents will be provided via email, us mail, or by fax if so requested.”

“Consultants: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 375,708. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 375,708. Professional services: program service expenses 45,647. Management and general expenses 164,300. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 209,947. Management consulting fee: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 356,015. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 356,015.”