Bethany Christian Services Inc

“This Form 990 is prepared by the Director of Finance of the Organziation. The form is provided to the auditing 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 avaialble to all members of the Organizations Board of Directors by way of posting on the Organizations web portal. Once the return is reviewed by the Audit Committee the Chief Financial Officer is instructed to complete the electronic filing requirements as estasblished by 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 judgement is necessary to the disinterested directors consideration of the transaction.”

“This Group Return is filed in 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 Organziation, 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 included in 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 worked on Group Return entity matters.”

“Program Service Expenses 26,078,978, Grants and allocations 388,874, Revenue 13,017,873 See Schedule O for description of services.”

“Other Program Services provided include 4,000 children received post-adoption services to help them thrive in their new families. 1,448 children were cared for through the Safe Families for Children ministry. 8,499 children benefited from ADOPTS, youth, and family counseling. 2,751 expectant parents benefited from pregnancy counseling servcies protecting unborn children.”