Inspiritus Inc.

“The finance and executive committees of the board of directors reviewed the form 990 and schedules and approved all documents, by the authority vested in the committees. A copy of the form 990 was provided to all members of the board of directors.”

“The nature of lsgs business requires that all employees safeguard the integrity of lsg. Accordingly, employees should avoid situations presenting actual or potential conflicts of interest. A conflict of interest is broadly defined to include any situation in which employees are engaged in two or more incompatible activities. A conflict of interest includes involvement in outside interests that may conflict with employees duties at lsg or adversely affect job performance. Conflicts of interest can result from a variety of circumstances, including the use of employees association with lsg for private advantage; dealings with clients or suppliers; outside business activities and acceptance of gifts or preferential treatment. Since the appearance of conflicts of interest can be as detrimental to lsg as a conflict itself, agency policy also applies to apparent conflict of interest such as the use of a relative to perform services for lsg without managements prior approval. When a conflict of interest exists or is suspected, employees have a responsibility to disclose information that otherwise might be considered private or personal, such as information concerning financial transactions or a spouse or relatives employment, to ensure compliance with lsgs rules, guidelines, standards, and policies. Employees engaging in activities that are considered to be a conflict of interest or give the appearance of a conflict of interest may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.”

“The performance of the ceo is reviewed annually by the executive committee of the board of directors. This committee, composed of independent board members, arrives at an annual compensation adjustment after completion of the annual review, and following a review of an annual survey of the compensation of ceos in similar positions published by the lutheran services in america. The decision is documented in meeting minutes and communicated to the full board.”

“Lsgs audit report, annual report, and form 990 are provided to guidestar to be posted on their website. These documents are also available to the public upon written request.”

“Adoption services provide access to stable and compassionate families for children who have not experienced security and stability in their lives. During the past fiscal year, 35 children were placed with adoptive families. Lsg has a grant from the dave thomas foundation for adoption to find homes for the foster care systems longest-waiting children, including older children, sibling groups, and those with behavioral, emotional, and medical needs.”

“Family intervention services (fis) offers services and programs to families and children focused on strengthening family relationships and maintaining or building strong, healthy family units. Fis includes a+ parents programs and supervised family visitation (sfv) services. A+ parents provides parent education services based on several nationally recognized, evidence-based programs that enhance overall parenting capacities. The nurturing parenting program and the safecare augmented curriculum are offered to parents in the atlanta region. The triple p program and the healthy families georgia program are offered to parents in the savannah region. A+ parents served 67 families, 103 adults and 35 children during the year. Supervised family visitation services are provided in atlanta and savannah regions to parents and children in foster care to increase safe and timely reunification of families and to increase caregiver protective capacity to ensure child safety, permanency, and well-being. 105 families, 158 adults and 152 children were served through sfv.”

“Behavioral health services (bhs) provide assessments, counseling, nursing, and psychiatric services related to issues such as depression, bipolar disorders, post-traumatic stress syndrome, sexual or physical abuse, substance abuse, and attention deficit disorder. Bhs utilizes a variety of outpatient counseling services to treat clients with the ultimate goal of promoting independence and sustained health. Treatment can be for the individual, group or family unit when appropriate.”

“Lsg has provided disaster response services since 1994 and has played a major role in preparing providers to respond to disasters and participate in recovery efforts. As the affiliate for lutheran disaster response, lsg is continuing to support recovery efforts in georgia.”

“$ (4,833) Change in value of residual trust”