Christian Educators Outreach

“During the year ended june 30, 2017 board term limits were instituted. Board memberes (except for the executive director) now serve 3 year terms and are limited to two terms. A schedule was approved by the board in the annual meeting that will gradually rotate existing members off in a manner that will not hinder the work of the board and will allow the board time to recruit and train new members. After 1 year off a board member may be invited back.”

“The organization's board of directors has no committees authorized to act on behalf of the board. All decisions are made by the full board of directors.”

“A copy of the organization's 990 is provided to the full board of directors for their review prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and attested to annually by all members of the organization's board of directors. Through their conscious efforts during the decision making process, the organization refrains from entering into transactions which are in violation of the policy. It is the continuing responsibility of the board of directors to scrutinize their transactions and outside business interests and relationships for potential conflicts and to immediately make such disclosure to the chair of the board.”

“Compensation for the organization's executive director is determined by the full board of directors on an annual basis. These deliberations are documented in the organization's board minutes.”

“The organization's form 1023 and form 990 are made available for public inspection at the organization's office.”

“The organization's governing documents are stored at the organization's office and are available to the public upon request.”

“Ceo stopped working directly with refugee aid and is instead working through established partnerships and ministry relationships to assist refugee aid. Kevin and alyssa walker have lived in chicago serving the charles simeon trust, a ministry that trains about 3,000 preachers and teachers around the world each year. Kevin walker has traveled to canada, mexico, and dubai to teach the bible in addition to video-teaching through online courses.”

“Description of european missons during the year ended june 30, 2017, christian educators outreach (ceo) provided funding and other support for the following missions in europe: the bohalls ceo provided the bohalls with over $34,000 as well as ongoing mentoring and professional development. During the year ended june 30, 2017, thomas foley, executive director, visited on site in croatia several times. The bohalls are engaging in church leadership and outreach to young people through work with their church's youth group, leadership in their annual summer camp which serves students from across croatia, and a sports outreach ministry. Doug and lea coppage in the ministry year ended june 30, 2017, ceo provided over $38,000 to the coppages for their ministry in hungary. Along with their high school age daughter, karen, they live and serve in vac, which is 30 minutes north of budapest. Their ministry was to high school and elementary school students as well as adults through english instruction. They are also active in the deaf community through volunteering at a deaf school and serving as a participant/advisor to the deaf church in budapest. Additionally, they are active in sports ministry as doug is a coach for a youth baseball team and completed a new baseball field in cooperation with the city. They were visited on site several times in the fiscal year. Laszlo and keri nemeth ceo provided over $18,000 for the work of the nemeths in budapest. Laszlo is the founding pastor of the south budapest church. The nemeths have been associated with ceo since the beginning of our work. Their church serves southern budapest neighborhoods near the airport and their outreach includes the homeless, prostitutes and orphans. Paul and erin genua ceo provided over $17,000 to paul and erin's ministry to high school students in budapest, hungary. Paul and erin both served as english teachers and hosted an international bible study in their home. They were active in an international baptist church that was an outreach to english speaking expats. The genuas were visited multiple times during the year in budapest. Darda roma church ceo provided approximately $4,000 in support to the darda roma church. The various darda ministries all serve the roma outreach of ceo. Whether they be grants for education, scholarships for children to attend summer camp or funding for ministry leaders, they serve the roma people group. These funds support the mission of ceo are managed and distributed with the executive director's oversight and approval in collaboration with melody wachsmuth of osijek, croatia. During the year, the organization incurred travel costs of approximately $13,000 for the executive director to make site visits to support, train, and ensure mission appropriate activity of ministry partners.”

“Description of sub-saharan african missions during the year ended june 30, 2017, christian educators outreach (ceo) provided funding and other support for the following missions in south africa: josh and abby davis ceo provided over $41,000 to the davises for their ministry in south africa in support of the church they helped start in mossell bay. From this ministry has grown an initiative that teaches the poor how to grow a vegetable garden to improve their family's nutrition, especially important for those on hiv medication. They have founded and lead a ministry called 'growing hope' that provided housing to the poor as well as food. This ministry has opened many doors for relationship and the sharing of the gospel.”