2024-10-29T21:13:39-04:00 2023-12-31 364124296 THOMA AND ASSOCIATES LTD 854 W BOTTOM AVE COLUMBIA IL 62236 990EZ 2023-01-01 237082113 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 6165 COUNCIL 6165 KNIG 3148251046 PO BOX 133 COLUMBIA IL 62236 MATT SAINZ FINANCIAL SECRETARY 6182817444 2024-10-29 true false RAYMOND W HEINEN P00805922 6182817444 2024-10-29 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X N/A X X 64599 X 13471 51128 32127 19001 32472 32833 32833 -361 35892 -48 35483 35892 35483 35892 35483 35892 35483 X TO EMPOWER CATHOLIC MEN TO LIVE THEIR FAITH AT HOME, IN THEIR PARISH, AT THEIR WORK AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY. TO EMPOWER CATHOLIC MEN TO LIVE THEIR FAITH AT HOME, IN THEIR PARISH, AT WORK, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY. TO SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC IDEALS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING. TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF CATHOLIC MEN IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS. TO ASSIST THE POOR AND INDIGENT IN ACHIEVING A MEANINGFUL LIFE EXPERIENCE. DESIGNATED DONATION -- SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAIL. JIM VONDERHAAR GRAND KNIGHT 10.00 0 PAUL SMITH DEPUTY GRAND 5.00 0 MATT SAINZ FINANCIAL SE 10.00 0 JASON TUCKER TREASURER 5.00 0 KEITH HEINEN SECRETARY 5.00 0 X false false false false false false false false JASON TUCKER 2834 OVERVIEW DRIVE 2834 OVERVIEW DRIVE COLUMBIA IL 62236 3148251046 false false false false false false false false INTELLECTUAL DI 6898 6898 6898 FISH FRYS 33665 33665 19533 4 9307 9307 3804 49870 49870 30235 30235 19635 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES GENERAL LIABILITY 388 KC SUPREME DUES 937 KC ILLINOIS DUES 1,130 KC CHAPTER DUES 191 CATHOLIC H.S. SCHOLARSHIP 2,000 LIFE NETWORK 2,379 VOCATION SUPPORT 2,080 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PAR 11,558 DESIGNATED DONATIONS 12,170 TOTAL 32,833 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20 -48 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT FORM 990-EZ, PART III TO EMPOWER CATHOLIC MEN TO LIVE THEIR FAITH AT HOME, IN THEIR PARISH, AT THEIR WORK AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 DESIGNATED DONATION -- SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAIL. FORM 990-EZ, PART V THE COUNCIL EXPERIENCED THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF A VERY ACTIVE, BELOVED MEMBER IN AUGUST 2023. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH, IT CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT THE MEMBER'S FAMILY HAD NO FUNDS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE MEMBERS'S FUNERAL EXPENSES. REACTING IN THE SPIRIT OF ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S MISSIONS - TO CARE FOR THE WIDOWS OF DECEASED MEMBERS - COUNCIL LEADERSHIP SOLICITED DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND ALSO DECIDED TO APPROVE A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNCILS'S OWN FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE BREADKOWN OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SITUATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: THE COUNCIL OFFICERS VOTED TO SPEND 5,000 FROM IT'S OWN BANK ACCOUNT. FROM THIS 5,000 AMOUNT, A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,700 WAS ISSUED FROM THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY TO THE CEMETERY WHERE THE DECEASED MEMBER WAS LAID TO REST. THE REMAINING 2,300 FROM THE 5,000 AMOUNT APPROVED, WAS ISSUED BY CHECK PAYABLE TO AN OFFICER OF THE COUNCIL. THAT OFFICER HAD PAID THE FUNERAL HOME'S INVOICE IN FULL FROM HIS PERSONAL FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT WELL IN EXCESS OF 2,300. THAT OFFICER TOOK THE ACTION OF PAYING THE ENTIRE INVOICE HIMSELF BECAUSE THE FUNERAL HOME WOULD NOT ACCEPT SEPARATE CHECKS FROM A SERIES OF INDIVICUAL DONORS WHO WISHED TO ASSIST IN PAYING IT'S INVOICE. ALL FURTHER DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COUNCIL DESIGNATED FOR THE DECEASED MEMBER'S FUNERAL EXPENSES WERE DEPOSITED INTO THE COUNCILS' BANK ACCOUNT AND SUBSEQUENTLY REIMBURSED TO THE OFFICER WHO HAD PAID THE FUNERAL HOME'S INVOICE TO DEFRAY HIS COST. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHECKS FROM MEMBERS DEPOSITED, AND THE AMOUNT REIMBURSED TO THE OFFICER, TOTALED 7,170. EVEN WITH THAT REIMBURSEMENT AND THE COUNCIL'S REIMBURSEMENT OF 2,300, THE OFFICER WAS NOT FULLY REIMBURSED AND EFFECTIVELY MADE HIS OWN PERSONALS DONATION THROUGH PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE OF THE INVOICE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NEITHER THE COUNCIL NOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OFFICER OR MEMBER RECEIVED A BENEFIT FROM USING THE COUNCIL'S BANK ACCOUNT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF CHECKS AND REIMBURSEMENT TO THE OFFICER. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NO INDIVIDUAL WAS ENRICHED BY THE 5,000 DONATED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DECEASED MEMBER. ONLY THE FUNERAL HOME AND THE CEMETERY RECEIVED THE BENEFIT OF THE CONUCIL'S OWN FUNDS. FURTHER, TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL, NO MEMBER REPORTED HIS DONATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING FUNERAL COSTS OF THE DECASEED MEMBER AS A CHARITABLE DEDUCITON ON HIS PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN. THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND DUE DILIGENCE AFTER THESE ACTIVITIES OCCURRED, THE COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE TO COLLECT DONATIONS FOR FUNERAL COSTS THROUGH ITS BANK ACCOUNT NOR TO DONATE COUNCIL FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF A DECEASED MEMBER'S FUNERAL. CORREECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. A POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON THIS TOPIC WAS ADOPTED AND COMMUNICATED TO THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERS. THE COUNCIL, IT'S OFFICERS, AND IT'S MEMBERS NOW UNDERSTAND THAT ANY ASSISTANCE WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES OF A DECEASED MEMBER IN THE FUTURE CAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH PRIVATE DIRECT PAYMENTS FROM AND INDIVIDUAL TO THE DECEASED MEMBER'S FAMILY THAT WILL NOT INVOLVE THE COUNCIL'S BANK ACCOUNT, AND THAT NO DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE WILL BE MADE FROM COUNCIL FUNDS.