Bethany Christian Services Inc

“This Form 990 is prepared by the organizations Senior Vice President of Fiance and undergoes a technical review by the Tax Department of our auditing firm, Plante Moran. Prior to filing, the return is provided to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for their information and the committee votes to give their approval to the filing of the return. The return is made available to all members of the Organizations Board of Directors by way of posting to the organizations web portal.”

“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 interests that may give rise to a conflict of interest. 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 organization are compensated by the Parent Organization. There are no employees of the branch offices included in this Group Return who are officers of the organization.”

“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 fulltime employees of the Parent Organization, Bethany Christian Serivces. Each officers duties consists of administrative and operational management on behalf of both the Parent Organization as well as all entities covered under 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 23,786,697, Grants and allocations 402,296, Revenue 13,759,723 See Schedule O for description of services.”

“Other Program Services provided include 4,989 children received post-adoption services to help them thrive within their new families. 2,571 children were cared for through the Safe Families For Children ministry. 11,290 children benefited from ADOPTS, youth, and family counseling. 2,768 expectant parents benefited from pregnancy counseling services protecting unborn children.”