Covenant House Missouri

“The sole corporate member of covenant house missouri is its parent organization, covenant house, d/b/a covenant house international (chi).”

“Covenant house missouri's organizing documents have reserved certain rights to its parent organization, covenant house international. Pursuant to the organizing documents, covenant house international (parent) has the right to appoint the executive director, board chair, board members, and other officers of the organization.”

“The following decisions for the governing body are subject to approval by the parent organization, covenant house international (chi) - amendment or repeal of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws, increase or decrease in the number of board of directors, appoint/remove members of the board and the officers, compensation of the executive director, use of chi's name, logo and other of its trademarked nomenclature, and other lawful acts or actions with respect covenant house missouri's business, affairs, management, properties or activities.”

“The 990 for covenant house missouri (chmo) is prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by the parent organization and chmo management, and is ready to be filed with the internal revenue service, it is electronically sent to the board of directors for comments. Any comments are grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“The organization requires annual disclosure and affirmation of the conflict of interest policy by all officers, directors and key employees. The disclosure statement requires each officer, director, and key employee to disclose any business or personal interests, direct or indirect, that the person may have in an organization that competes with or does business with covenant house international or any other organization business/ agency affiliated with covenant house international. If a conflict is determined to exist, it must be reported and addressed to the satisfaction of the organization. Any other person having a conflict, and attending said meeting, shall retire from the room in which the board or committee is meeting and shall not participate in the final deliberations or decisions regarding the matter under consideration. Any interested director shall also abstain during such vote. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final discussion or vote and did not vote. A summary of the annual conflicts of interest and copies of the conflicts of interest reports from the directors, executive director, and officers of the organization are also sent to the parent organization, covenant house international. The parent, covenant house international also ensures the annual conflicts of interest reports are accomplished for each affiliate and that the required information is sent to them.”

“The executive director's compensation is determined by the executive committee working in conjunction with the president of covenant house international (parent). Our parent company, covenant house international (chi) hired a consultant to do a salary comparison, create a formula and recommendations for implementing salary structure for the executive directors throughout the covenant house network. The board of covenant house missouri approved the proposed salary changes for our executive director. Any increase in the overall salaries for the organization are reviewed in the budgeting process with the finance committee and presented to the board of directors for final approval. Records of executive committee's compensation decisions are maintained in the covenant house (parent) human resources department record. This process was last undertaken in fiscal year 2024.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are all available for public inspection upon request. The organization's audited financial statements and form 990 are posted on its website.”

“In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. We meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical care; support them to advance their goals of education and employment; and offer homelessness prevention and aftercare services to reduce the risk of a young person becoming homeless in the first place and the likeliness of recurring homelessness. Covenant house encompasses a robust network of "houses," with best-in-class services and a shared commitment to unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support for each young person who comes to our doors. Founded as a drop-in center in new york city in 1972, covenant house now serves tens of thousands of children and youth every year in our residential, outreach, drop-in, prevention, and aftercare programs. Our dedicated staff across the united states, guatemala, honduras, mexico, and canada employ a strength-based, trauma-informed program model that helps young people discover and develop their power to overcome adversity now and into the future. Our north star is to end youth homelessness as we know it today. Young people arrive at covenant house with an array of lived experiences, including foster care, family trauma, substance use, mental health issues, domestic violence, sexual abuse, displacement, and human trafficking. Youth may come to us scarred by anti-lgbtq+ discrimination and violence, or as parents of small children, or pregnant. Our staff meet them where they are, help them stabilize their situation, and accompany them, through our high-quality services, on their journey to wholeness and independence.”

“Write-off of uncollectible pledges -3,138.”

“The process for selecting an independent accountant and establishing a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit has not changed from prior years.”