Save the Storks

“Joseph Baker, CEO/President, and Ann Baker, Secretary, have a family relationship.”

“The 990 was prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's Chief Financial Officer for accuracy. It was then provided to all members of the board for review prior to being filed with the IRS.”

“The organization requires its directors and officers to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement on an annual basis. All officer and board members review the signed statements. In addition, should a potential conflict arise during the year, interested parties are required to disclose the situation as soon as possible. The board as a whole is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the policy. If a conflict of interest is determined to exist, interested parties are required to excuse themselves from the discussions and any following vote of the board. The President and Chairman review the signed COI statements.”

“15a - The independent members of the Board approves the CEO/President's compensation and uses comparability data. The approval process is documented in the minutes. 15b - The Board approves the Secretary's compensation. The CEO approves the CFO's compensation. The Secretary's approval process is documented. The organization does not compensate any officers or key employees. Therefore, these lines were answered no in accordance with the instructions.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public upon reguest.”

“Save the Storks is a young, rapidly growing company aggressively pursuing their mission. The short term result of this exponential growth has been higher fund raising and administration costs in the present as they are catching up with yesterday and building for tomorrow.”

“ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT General Explanation - The need for Save the Storks Every day, three thousand women wake up and head to an abortion clinic to end the life growing inside them. Deceived into believing that life is just a "blob of tissues or a "clump of cells," women are told they're wisely taking care of a problem, not ending a life. The Guttmacher Institute tell us women have abortions primarily for the following reasons - - Having a baby would cause a change or interruption in their career or education - They don't have the finances to provide for a child (or another child) - They lack relational support for having a baby and/or raising a child One in three women in America will have an abortion before she turns 45. - 75% of women who have abortions live in poverty - 60% have already had at least one previous live birth - 46% are not married and not cohabiting, and feel alone in their life and decision - 64% of women who've had abortions felt pressured by others to abort. As long as organizations profit financially from a woman's decision to abort, those organizations can never provide unbiased counseling or options. Fifty-four percent of women who have abortions said they were unsure about their decision at the time, and seventy-nine percent reported not receiving counseling on other options. This is not true care for women. General Explanation - Our partnership with pregnancy resource centers Pregnancy resource centers outnumber abortion clinics in the United States by three to one. They offer all of their resources for free and are funded by the generous donations of individuals and groups in their communities and around the country. Driven by both their concern for the women and children and their desire to see the systems overturned that make women feel abortion is their only option, people who work at pregnancy centers sacrifice time and resources to support women every day. These centers provide resources through the first three years after birth, dispelling the myth that they only care about babies being born, and not about the material resources needed to birth and raise a child. Save the Storks provides resources to pregnancy centers to gain visibility in their communities and take the resources straight to the women. One of these resources is our Stork Bus, which is a mobile medical unit that provides free ultrasounds to women outside of abortion clinics. Four out of five women who board a Stork Bus choose life after hearing the heartbeat and seeing the undeniable reality of the life growing inside them on the ultrasound screen. This is the future of caring for women in unplanned pregnancies. This is a way to tangibly provide for their needs while recognizing the complex situations that cause them to consider abortions in the first place. And this is how innovation meets genuine care to provide support and help to women in need.”