Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation

“M.g. Robertson, chairman of the board until april 2018, and a.e. Robertson, director are married. Their son, gordon robertson, is the president and serves on the board as well.”

“Operation Blessing prepares a draft of the 990 which is reviewed by KPMG and the CFO. The revised 990 is submitted to the Board of Directors for their review. Further revisions are confirmed by KPMG.”

“Each officer and director is required to report any conflicts of interest to the President as soon as practical after they become aware of such a conflict. Each officer and director is also required to annually complete the Conflict of Interest questionnaire. Operation Blessing will monitor compliance with its Conflict of Interest policy by determining whether conflicts exist during the review of annual questionnaires completed by officers, directors, and key employees. The Board of Directors, excluding any conflicted persons, will have final approval of any corrective measures or imposed restrictions for conflicts of interest. Such restrictions will require excluding conflicted persons from discussion and approval of transactions benefitting them, directly or indirectly.”

“The board of directors will conduct an independent review of the compensation which includes the president, all vice presidents, and key employees every three years. This process includes securing comparable compensation data from an independent source, reviewing the data to ensure that the compensation is reasonable and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“Operation Blessing will make its audited financial statements publicly available by providing copies on request and also posts the statements on OB.org.”

“Ob received $11,467,578 in cash from the christian broadcasting network, inc., a related organization, and $568,735 in rent and services for a total contribution received of $12,036,313.”

“The Audit Committee has responsibility for oversight and acceptance of the audit and for recommending to the board the retention or termination of the auditor. The Board has appointment responsibility for the auditor.”

“In addition to volunteer medical teams, ob moblizes local health care promoters called community health volunteers that provide free medical services in rural areas allowing remote populations access to primary healthcare. Operation blessing was instrumental in feeding hungry people around the world in fy19, including feeding programs in countries such as el salvador, haiti, israel, kenya, lesotho and uganda. During fy19 ob responded to hurricanes throughout the carribbean including hurricane michael in el salvador, hurricane willa in mexico and a tropical depression that brought severe flooding to sinaloa mexico where ob distributed hygiene kits and water filters. Seismic activity created natural disasters in japan and indonesia, which resulted in a tsunami, and operation blessing provided clean water, solar lights, debris clean up and other immediate aid to assist the victims of the quakes. Ob also assisted victims of the volcan de fuego eruption in guatemala with hygiene supplies, food packs, and water purification devices. In fy19, operation blessing equipped individuals with marketable job skills and small business opportunities in countries such as el salvador, mexico, honduras, jordan, pakistan, peru, mauritania, kenya, and israel. From training in food production and animal husbandry to beautician skills and sewing centers, ob provided those in need with the resources and skills to provide for their families and strengthen communities through income generation. In 12 countries around the world, ob water programs used a combination of techniques to bring safe water to communities such as point of use chlorine generation devices and water filtration. In haiti, chlorine production helped disinfect water and prevent the spread of disease. Ob provides care for vulnerable children, including those who have been rescued from human trafficking, through educational opportunities and programs to combat malnutrition. Ob builds and renovates schools, provides school scholarships, trains teens in vocational skills, and incorporates feeding programs to provide children with opportunities to succeed. Additionally, ob works to combat child trafficking through prevention programs, supports rescue missions, and provides restoration for those who are rescued out of slavery with vocational skills training, medical assistance, counseling, and renovations of safe homes. In fy19, ob benefitted children in el salvador, guatemala, haiti, honduras, israel, japan, jordan, kenya, lesotho, liberia, mexico, peru, and uganda.”

“The hsf's fleet of tractor-trailer trucks transports millions of pounds of food, beverages, other relief products and disaster relief supplies to a network of more than 80 community-based partners in dozens of cities across the u.s. These partners in turn serve roughly 4,500 local food pantries and hunger relief agencies nationwide. Millions benefitted during fy19 from the food, beverages and other products that we distributed to our network. Currently, ob has a 65,000 square foot distribution center in chesapeake, virginia; a 45,000 square-foot distribution center in grand prairie, texas; a 60,000 square-foot storm headquarters distribution center in ocala, florida; and a 60,000 square-foot food distribution center in bristol, tennessee to help reach impoverished families in appalachia. These distribution centers make it possible to strategically ship mixed loads of food and other relief supplies to disadvantaged families and disaster victims across the u.s.”

“A FIRST RESPONDER IN TIMES OF DISASTER, OPERATION BLESSING'S DOMESTIC DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS RESPONDED TO 6 U.S. DISASTERS IN FY19. OPERATION BLESSING'S DOMESTIC DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS HELPED COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS BY PROVIDING RELIEF TO TORNADO VICTIMS IN ALABAMA, FLOODING VICTIMS IN NEBRASKA, AND WILDFIRE VICTIMS IN CALIFORNIA. OPERATION BLESSING ALSO ASSISTED IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE FLORENCE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA, AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL IN FLORIDA, and finalized its response to the 2017 hurricane in Lumberton, North Carolina. We also supported our local community by providing BLANKETS AND PORTABLE HEATERS in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia during the winter of 2019. OB'S INTERNATIONAL RELIEF CREWS COMPLETED THEIR DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT AFTER A YEAR OF PROVIDING CLEAN WATER AND OTHER RELIEF AID TO THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE MARIA WHICH HIT PUERTO RICO IN THE FALL OF 2017. OB PROVIDED ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER THROUGH CHLORINATION AND FILTRATION TECHNIQUES, SOLAR LIGHTS FOR POWER OUTTAGES, FOOD AND HYGIENE SUPPLIES AND PROVIDED BUILDING REPAIR TO STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.”