Heart for Lebanon Foundation

“The return is reviewed by the executive committee and the full board of directors before it is filed with the irs.”

“Based on the conflict of interest form and where the conflict of interest might occur, when anything comes to the board's attention about that conflict, the board member is asked to leave the room before discussion begins and is allowed to return to the board meeting after the vote is taken.”

“The Board of Directors appoints a Compensation Committee each year that reviews and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee as to the compensation for our CEO and Executive Director. This is done in conjunction with review of 3 to 5 other like minded and size ministries.”

“The Board of Directors appoints a Compensation Committee each year that reviews and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee as to the compensation for our CEO and Executive Director. This is done in conjunction with review of 3 to 5 other like minded and size ministries.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy available upon request.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Heart for lebanon requires a case history form to be turned into the director of field operations. The form has family information, which lists each family member's name, age, profession, work address, and education background. The case history form is filled out by heart for lebanon team members that visit each applicant. No form will be considered prior to the field visit (background checks on h4l team members are required). The case history form has general information such as file number, applicant name, address, phone number referral, description of problem or need, economic status, medical history, other help received by the family, and a short summary of the environment situation. The h4l team recommendations to the director of field operations for approval within thirty days. Heart for lebanon does not provide monetary support to individuals/families. Heart for lebanon provides goods and services to meet their needs. In case of student scholarships that are requested, heart for lebanon seeks recommendations from the christian schools and all monetary support is paid directly to the school. For short-term aid projects, h4l members visit the aid recipient for followup and evaluation of proper use of goods and services provided. Every six months, heart for lebanon director of operations reviews recommendations to continue or to halt support for long-term aid projects. All recipients are checked against the ofax list.”

“Heart for lebanon provides goods and services (such as blankets, gloves, coats, hats and heaters) to individuals and families, who are required to fill out a form, but the heart for lebanon also distributes basic packages of food and hygiene supplies to refugee families. The estimated number of recipients come from the amount of packages distributed. On a monthly basis h4l serves about 31,200 individuals through humanitarian aid.”

“Heart for lebanon provides scholarships to deserving children through the application process referenced above. On a monthly basis h4l provides scholarship assistance to about 345 students. H4l also provides special camps and events throughout the year that reach an estimated 21,000 additional children.”