Bethany Christian Services Inc

“This Form 990 is prepared by an employee of the organization, the Director of Finance, and provided to our audit firm of Plante Moran for technical review by their Tax Department. Prior to filing the return is provided to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors for review. The return is made available to all members of the Agencys Board of Directors by way of posting on the Agencys web portal. Once the return is reviewed by the Audit Committe the Chief Financial Officer is instructed to complete the electronic filing requirements of the IRS.”

“The organization has a standard written Conflict of Interest Policy that each board member and officer is required to abide by. Each person must certify in writing his or her acceptance of the policy. Directors are required to disclose annually any financial interest that may give rise to a conflict of interests. Directors may deliver written notice to all other Directors or may give oral notice at a meeting of the Board of Directors. A director having a personal financial interest may not participate in the approval of such proposed transaction unless his or her judgment is necessary to the disinterested directors consideration of the transaction.”

“This Group Return is filed on behalf of all branch offices of Bethany Christian Services. Filing requirements of the 990 do not allow the activities of the Parent Organization to be included with those of the Group Return. All officers of the corporation are compensated by the Parent Organization. There are no employees of the offices included in this group return who are officers of the corporation.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial Statements are available upon request of the Parent Organization, Bethany Christian Services, Inc.”

“The officers listed in Section A are full-time employees of the Parent Organization, Bethany Christian Services. Each officers duties consists of administrative and operational management on behalf of both the Parent Organization as well as all members reported on the Group Return. While each officer records his or her actual time worked, it is not practical to differentiate those hours worked on Parent Organization matters from those hours worked on Group Return entity matters.”

“Program Service Expenses 18,843,121, Grants and allocations 270,082, Revenue 14,081,886 See Schedule O for description of services.”

“Other Program Services provided include 4,170 children received post-adoption services to help them thrive in their new families 15,370 children benefited from general counseling or specialized ADOPTS counseling 8,430 people benefited from pregnancy counseling services protecting unborn children.”

“As a result of the legal entity restructuring completed by the Parent Organization, certain real property assets and long-term pension liabilities have been eliminated from this Group Return and are now shown as Parent Organization assets and liabilities.”