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 listed on guidestar's website. These documents are also available to the public upon written request.”

“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. A+ parents provides parent education services based on several nationally recognized, evidence-based programs that enhance overall parenting capacities. The safecare augmented curriculum is offered to parents in the atlanta and savannah region. The healthy families georgia program are offered to parents in the savannah region. In total, 829 families were served through family intervnetion services in fy2018.”

“Adoption services provide access to stable and compassionate families for children in state custody who have not experienced security and stability in their lives. During the past fiscal year, through a cooperative contract with the division of family and children services, lsgs heritage adoption program placed 49 childrens adoptions were finalized during this period. Additionally, lsg has two wendys wonderful kids grants 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. Lsg matched 43 children on the wendys wonderful kids caseloads with adoptive families and finalized 10 adoptions.”

“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. In fiscal year 2018, lsg assisted residents in doughtery county, who had unmet recovery needs from the tornadoes in january 2017, along with disaster survivors in coastal georgia following hurricane matthew and hurricane irma with long term recovery support and rebuilding efforts. In fy2018, 183 individuals were assisted with disaster recovery.”

“$5,182 Change in value of residual trust”