Christian Science Organization Purdue University

“The president, ellen elrick is the mother of trustee lynne scott. No payments are made to either, nor any business either trustee is an owner, shareholder or which shares any personal affiliation of any kind.”

“The organization changed its bylaws near the end of 2018. The organization entered into a relationship (disclosed on schedule r) with another non-profit organization with the same mission. The bylaws were amended to allow for the current board to be dissolved and replaced by a successor board comprised of at least 2 members affiliated with purdue university and almost all assets were transferred to the related organization in order to perpetuate the existence of the filing organization.”

“Each member of the board of trustees is provided a copy of the tax return prior to filing. If any questions arise during review they are brought before the full board and discussed prior to filing to ensure accurate reporting of information on form 990 and its related schedules.”

“When making purchases or awarding grants the trustees ensure that no money is provided to any trustee, family member of a trustee, or any person who may not be operating at arm's length from the organization or its trustees.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are requested via written communication to the organization. Upon requests such documents are furnished either on paper or electronically to the person or organization making the request.”

“The entity does not have any written policies regarding conflicts of interest. However, during the existence of the entity there have not been any dealings with any board member or related individual resulting in compensation or the purchase or sale of goods or services. The entity had one large transaction in 2018, the sale of a building. This sale was between the organization and purdue university (a public university). No member of the board is in a position where this would constitute any conflict of interest and was done completely at arm's length.”

“The entity does not have a whistleblower policy in place. However, the nature of the activities render this point moot. There are no employees and the board is not compensated. The only way an issue could be subject to a whistleblower policy would be in the event the entire board conspired to violate a law, rule or regulation in which case the policy would be completely ineffective. If the organization changes structure so a policy is needed one will be put into place.”

“The entity does not have a document retention and destruction policy in place. However irs guidelines for document retention are followed and any documents with sensitive information of a donor or other party are shredded or otherwise disposed of in a secure manner.”

“Ellen elrick - 1107 w park ave, champaign, il 61821. Ronald messman - 907 division street, barrington, il 60010. Lynne scott - 15990 deer trail ct, chesterfield, mo 63017. Patty ray - 2184 south ridge road, lake leelanau, mi 49653. Barbara williams - 5205 32nd ave s, minneapolis, mn 55417.”