Ksbj Educational Foundation Inc

“The organization amended the bylaws and had two significant changes that need to be reported on the form 990. The first was to to split the role of the secretary-treasurer into 2 roles, corporate secretary-treasurer and chair of the finance committee. The second change gives the board authority to appoint assistant secretaries and/or assistant treasurers.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an outside cpa firm. Upon completion, the return is reviewed by the accounting manager, the cfo, and the president. Upon their approval, the form 990 is provided to the entire board of directors prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The board members are required to annually complete a commitment form that includes a statement of conflict of interest. In addition, board members are required to annually complete a conflict of interest/related party questionnaire. The accounting department staff continually monitor vendors for compliance with the conflict of interest/related party policy. Should a conflict of interest exist, interested parties are required to recuse themselves from the decision making process and subsequent vote.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the organization's president involves comparative salary surveys, and is contingent on budget considerations. An independent compensation consultant is engaged for further input, and forms 990 from similar organizations are analyzed. Recommendations are made by the hr committee and compensation packages are approved by a compensation committee, consisting of independent members of the board of directors. Documentation of deliberations and decisions made are kept in the minutes.”

“The process for determining the compensation of the organization's officers involves comparative salary surveys, and is contingent on budget considerations. An independent compensation consultant is engaged for further input, and forms 990 from similar organizations are analyzed. Recommendations are made by the hr committee and compensation packages are approved by a compensation committee, consisting of independent members of the board of directors. Documentation of deliberations and decisions made are kept in the minutes.”

“The organization makes the governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy available to the public at the organization's main office during normal business hours.”

“Ksbj educational foundation inc's (ksbj) mission is to be the voice of hope connecting people to god. Ksbj shares the gospel of jesus christ through christian music, ministry, and education using broadcasting, events, and mentoring.”

“Ksbj & ngen broadcasting: while ksbj & ngen have different christian music formats, both share the message of hope found in relationship with jesus christ. On-air, they broadcast to a combined average audience of over 859,000 listeners on a weekly basis in houston and the surrounding gulf coast region. Web streaming (www.ksbj.org and www.ngenradio.com) and mobile apps provide a way for people to listen anywhere in the world on any device with internet access. Calls, emails, and social media posts come from all over the world with people sharing how much encouragement and hope the ministry has given them. In addition to the encouraging music played by ksbj and ngen, all of the on-air content shares hope, shines his light and ministers to the hearts of the hurting. A couple of the on-air messaging campaigns this past year included: - love that sticks - throughout february, the focus is about god's unconditional love. Nothing can separate us from it - now that's the kind of love that sticks (1 john 4;9-11) listeners blanketed the gulf coast with encouraging post it notes to spread god's love thousands of listeners expressed the positive impact the campaign had on their lives and their community. Also, over 13,000 subscribed to the ksbj text list to receive "love notes" during the outreach campaign. - choose joy - this christmas, ksbj encouraged listeners to choose joy by focusing on their relationship with jesus, the true reason for the season. To help listeners deepen their relationship with him, ksbj created the "joy pledge" to remind them of their commitment to choose joy. We also encouraged listeners to sign up to receive christmas texts from ksbj highlighting scriptures that share the jo we have in christ, and over 12,700 listeners subscribed to the christmas text campaign - ngen's uncomfortable messaging - following jesus isn't always easy. It takes effort and courage. Jesus commands us to love others and never qualifies us to only love when it's convenient or easy. Because of this, ngen radio encouraged listeners to step out of their comfort zones and exude the love of christ through their actions. The ngen radio team did the same as they went on-site with star of hope to hand our water to houston's homeless. Ksbj education/mentoring: educational and mentoring programs are an integral part of ksbj's ministry. Ksbj provides biblically based educational programming designed to educate, train, encourage, and develop listeners in areas of financial stewardship, spiritual growth and maturity, strengthening marriage and family relationships, health and wellness, issues impacting christian worldviews, etc. The ksbj bimonthly newsletter serves as an educational outreach to over 100,000 recipients. The educational content on the ksbj and ngen websites and numerous social media channels have well over 50,000,000 views/impressions annually. The ksbj mentoring program assisted several domestic and international radio ministries by sharing knowledge gained through more than 30 years of broadcasting experience. Domestic mentoring relationships included stations in texas, new york, washington dc, california, virginia, michigan and arkansas. International mentoring relationships included ministries in east asia & the pacific and in europe. You can learn more about the ksbj mentoring program at: http://www.ksbj.org/about/pages/mentoring. Ksbj community outreach; ksbj is committed to giving back to the community and building unity in the body of christ through community outreach efforts. As the voice of hope, ksbj raises awareness, rallies support, and connects people with local ministries and charitable organizations. Here are a few highlights from the past year: - ksbj blood drive - in august, ksbj encouraged listeners to donate blood at our multiple blood drive donation sites across the city. The response was amazing. The blood center received enough donations to save over 3,400 lives in the community. - giving tree- the ksbj giving tree”