Metro Hope Ministries Inc

“The executive committee has the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The 990 is reviewed and approved by the full board of directors prior to filing.”

“Any director, officer, or key employee of this corporation or a member of a committee of this corporation who is interested in a matter, contract, or transaction presented to the board, or a committee for action, authorization, approval, or ratification shall (unless his or her interest therein is obvious from the matter, contract, or transaction itself) without request, make a prompt, full, and frank disclosure of his or her interest therein to the board, or the committee, prior to action upon the matter, contract, or transaction. The disclosure (if required) shall include all material facts about the matter, contract, or transaction. The body to which the disclosure is made shall thereupon determine, by majority vote, whether the disclosure shows that a conflict of interest exists or can reasonably be deemed to exist. If the body to which the disclosure is made determines that a conflict exists or can reasonably be deemed to exist, that fact shall be noted in the minutes of the meeting at which the matter, contract, or transaction is considered or acted upon, and the interested person shall not vote on, nor use his or her personal influence on, nor participate (other than to present factual information or to respond to questions) in, the discussion or deliberations with respect to the matter, contract, or transaction. The interested person shall not be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at any meeting where the matter, contract, or transaction is considered or acted upon. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect the disclosure made, the vote on the existence of a conflict, and, where applicable, the interested person's abstention from voting and participation, and whether a quorum was present. For purposes of this provision, a person shall be deemed to be "interested" in a matter, contract, or transaction if he or she is involved in the matter or is the party (or one of the parties) proposing to contract or deal with the corporation, or is a shareholder, partner, employee, officer, or director of, or has a material financial or influential interest in, the entity proposing to contract or deal with this corporation. Any matter, contract, or transaction wherein a conflict of interest exists or is deemed to exist with respect to one or more members of the body voting on the matter, contract, or transaction shall in all cases be fair and reasonable to this corporation and with respect to matters, contracts, or transactions presented to the board, or one of its committees, shall be approved by a majority of the board or such committee. All directors, officers, key employees, or members of a committee of this corporation shall comply with any and all policies adopted by the corporation from time to time regarding conflict of interest and all rules regarding conflict of interest set forth in the minnesota nonprofit corporation act and minnesota law generally.”

“The 990 is on our website, also available on guidestar and ecfa. Other documents are available upon request.”

“Metro hope ministries serves men, women and children devastated by life- controlling habits. Led through outstanding christ-centered residential recovery programs, these wounded individuals receive personalized and professional care and discipleship from dedicated staff. Progressing over a period of 6 to 12 months from assessment to healing to equipping to graduating, they acquire the tools to transform into healthy and fruitful members of our society. Metro hope believes that at the core of all human struggles, including addictions is mankind's tragic separation from our creator. Consequently, its programs aim toward and promote the total healing (physical, mental and spiritual) available through the finished work of jesus christ. During this period, 155 men were admitted into our men's program. This number was lower this fiscal year due to the fact that men would come into our guest rooms and didn't want to leave so they stayed for the residential program. The revolving door closed. 53 women and 65 children were admitted to our women and children's programs. All together, they received 28,662 nights of shelter and 85,986 nutritious meals along with countless hours of life changing help through our christ-centered programming and the hope founded in the gospel message.”