Join the Journey

“In tax year 2017, the only subcommittee was a social media team. The chairman sat on those meetings and would update the board as required. Primarily the meetings were meant to discuss types of items to be posted on the organization's social media properties.”

“Board Review of 990: A PDF version of the 990 was distributed to the board of directors via e-mail for review.”

“Monitoring Conflict of of Interest: Any partnership or beneficiary selection is brought before the board of directors for review and approval. All actions are made with transparency and clear demonstration that it is on behalf of the mission of the organization vs. individual interest. Additionally, as each board member accepts appointment to the board, he/she is required to review that policy.”

“Documents Available to Public: The documents were available on request and would have been provided via e-mail should such a request have been made.”

“Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Organization mission (Additional Info): As of filing year 2017, Join the Journey conducted its activities in 4 distinct communities Las Lomas, Peru; Titanyen, Haiti; Tiben, Cameroon; and Dahung, Philippines. Each community had varying degrees of partnership and JTJ has employed varying solutions in conjunction with those local partners. We firmly believe in a hand up, not a hand out and so have designed programs to allow beneficiaries the opportunity to start or further build businesses. Annually, we sponsor two major compassion outreaches, Project Passion (Easter) and Project Bright Smile (Christmas), which gives food to local churches to facilitate a celebration with the local populace. During Project Bright Smile, funds are also used for gifts for children of the community we work.”

“Join the Journey initiated grant-based development programs in 2017. This came in the form of poultry and micro-business development. Grants were issued as both pure grants (Cameroon, Philippines) and micro-loans (Haiti), facilitated via our partners in those countries. This type of program had been implemented previously by JTJ in the past but had been dormant as we consolidated our programs in 2014-2015. A resurgent effort began in 2016 to re-connect in places we had previously worked and solidify partnerships in other areas where we had ties. 2017's efforts were a culmination of all of these factors and economic empowerment will remain a vital component to JTJ's mission.”