Abilene Palm House Inc.

“Form 990 and all supporting schedules are completed by an outside accountant. Once complete all forms are supplied to the president for distribution to all board members for review. Once reviewed with any and all questions answered and appropriate action or updates as deemed necessary are complete the return is finalized by the accountant. The Finalized Form 990 and all supporting schedules are again provided to the president for one last review and signature. After signing Form 990 and all supporting schedules are submitted electronically to the IRS.”

“The conflict of interest policy is on the board meeting agenda at the end of each year to ensure that the policy is being followed. There is discussions of any potential conflicts and a statement of compliance is provided to each board member for signature which is filed with the organizations records. There was an indirect potential conflict of interest with a Texas grant, but this was fully disclosed to the governor of Texas on the application and during each year that the potential conflict existed.”

“Palm House only has one employee who serves in an administrative, clerical position with the salary based on what the industry in the Abilene area pays for similar positions.”

“Tax returns, excluding Schedule B, and all policies are available upon written request. There is also a contact section on the organizations website where anyone may request a copy of the organization's tax returns or any policy.”

“Palm House mission program expenses for children's programs and ministries (safe place), benevolence, women's group programs, education and trauma awareness, ministry to the public and outreach and the ransom program targeting men and women in sex trade.”