Rays of Light Where Special

“Lovers lane united methodist church is the sole member of the organization.”

“The board of directors are elected annually by lovers lane united methodist church.”

“The board of directors and officers of the filing organization are prohibited from changing the filing organization's connectional relationship to the sole member without the member's consent or from otherwise acting in a manner contrary to the purposes of the member or book of discipline.”

“The form 990 is prepared by a third party cpa from the audited financial statements prepared by an independent cpa. After the initial preparation, the return is provided to the organization for review. The board treasurer, board chair and executive director review the form 990. It is then forwarded to the full board for review prior to filing with the irs. Upon receiving approval from the board, the cpa firm processes the return for signature and filing with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy covers all directors, officers and staff members and is given to new board members. The policy is required to be signed annually during the audit process as part of the annual update. All persons must disclose all pertinent relationships applicable to any transaction being considered by the organization. Any person with a conflict must recuse themselves from any final discussions leading to a final decision in the related matter.”

“Compensation for the top official of the organization is officially determined by the sole member of the organization, lovers lane united methodist church, with input from the board of directors of the filing organization. It is approved by the personnel committee of the church. All members of the church's personnel committee are independent to the officer being compensated.”

“There are no other officers or key employees compensated.”

“The financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Rays of light is dedicated to providing free, quality respite care to families with children with special needs and their siblings in the dallas metropolitan area. Together with our volunteers, we strive to provide support and relief to the families through our respite care program called night lights. Rays of light educates and informs the local community about the needs and achievements of special children.”

“Together with our dedicated, compassionate volunteers, rays of light creates a unique evening for the children on the first, second, and third fridays of every month (excluding january and july) from 5:30 to 10:00p.m. On the campus of lovers lane umc, on the first friday at white rock united methodist and on the third friday a spanish-speaking outreach site at christ foundry methodist mission. For families with a child with special needs, it is constant: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It puts such a strain physically, emotionally and financially. Night lights gives the parents the opportunity to have four free hours and the children get four hours of socialization and interaction with their volunteers and peers. Giving the parents time, even if only once a month, can transform families.with one on one volunteer relationship with our special kids, it is a time for that child to shine unfortunately, due to covid-19, rays of light suspended its night lights program from march 2020 through the end of the years for the health and safety of the families and volunteers.”

“Line 2 - the compensation reported on parts vii and ix was paid by lovers lane united methodist church. Rays of light reimburses the church for the compensation paid to employees who are dedicated to its activities. Rays of light does not have any other employees, so it does not file forms w-3 or 941.”