Lufkin Educational Broadcasting Foundation

“Al ross michelle ross officer officer spouse”

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“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 bookkeeper continually monitors 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 board of directors approve the officer's salaries.”

“Board of directors approve salaries.”

“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.”

“The ministry of lebf, inc. (kswp/kavx) inspire lives for christ and has since 1985. Our mission: serve others, share hope, and connect to a real & loving god. We achieve the mission via on-air broadcasting, internet broadcasting, community outreach, and prayer initiatives. Because we are listener-supported, we concentrate on creating and sharing programming which ministers to and encourages our listeners. Our programming is designed to fill the airwaves (traditional and digital) with messages of real faith, hope, and love in jesus and to provide methods & opportunity for listeners to connect to each other and the community. During the fiscal year, ending december 31, 2019, our programs utilized over a thousand volunteers giving approximately 2,000 hours of their time in various roles throughout the year of kswp/kavx broadcasting. While our broadcasting stations, kswp/kavx, have different christian music & talk formats, both share content, and messages of love, hope & faith in relationship with jesus christ. On-air, kswp ranks in the top 3 radio station in lufkin, nacogdoches and san augustine counties. Kavx also broadcast to 13 east texas counties and ranks in the top 11 stations in the same counties. Both kswp and kavx cover lufkin, nacogdoches and the surrounding 13 east texas counties, 3 louisiana parishes. Web streaming (kswp.org and kavx.org), mobile apps and the internet provide ways for people to listen anywhere in the world and/or on any device with internet access. Kswp listeners tuned into kswp.org on the internet for 185,512 hours. Kavx listeners turned into kavx.org on the internet for 43,172 hours. The combined total of kswp and kavx listeners was 228,684 hours. Daily the kswp/kavx internet sites, apps and web presence ministers the gospel and reaches listeners in 13 east texas counties surrounding angelina and nacogdoches counties, 65 u.s. Cities & internationally listeners in 198 countries for christ. Calls, emails, and social media posts come from all over the world with people sharing how much encouragement and hope the ministry gives them. Lebf, inc. (kswp/kavx) programs are an integral part of the kswp/kavx ministry. We provide biblically based educational programming designed to educate, train, encourage, and develop listeners in areas like, financial stewardship, spiritual growth and maturity, strengthening marriage and family relationships, health and wellness, issues impacting christian world views, etc. The educational content on kswp and kavx websites plus numerous social media channels have well over 5,000 views/impressions weekly. Our team works in every means possible, alongside several organizations and mentors to discover creative ways to more fully engage listeners by improving our on-air sound, connect with communities, partner with great concert events, and transform our cities through prayer and community outreach. Kswp/kavx connect more people to god in real, loving ways across the country and around the world. We are committed to giving back to the community and building unity in the body of christ through community outreach efforts. As a voice for christ, we raise awareness, rally support, and connect people to a real and loving god with local ministries and charitable organizations at the kswp/kavx prayer ministry, we believe that god hears and god answers prayers. We provide opportunities to listeners to both receive prayer and to pray for others. Over the past year, kswp & kavx team received over 153,501 prayer requests and god answered praise reports through our various prayer channels and rejoiced for over 600 people who dedicated their lives to jesus christ this year via the amen prayer app. You can find out more about the kswp/kavx prayer app at kswp.org/prayer/ or kavx.org/prayer/”

“Throughout the year kswp & kavx broadcasting. While our broadcasting stations, kswp/kavx, have different christian music/talk programs/ministry formats, both share content and messaging of hope found in relationship with jesus christ. On-air, we broadcast to a combined average audience of over 890,000 listeners on a weekly basis in lufkin/nacogdoches and the surrounding texas forest country region. Web streaming (kswp.org and kavx.org) 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 listening and sharing how much encouragement and hope the ministry has given them. We provide 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 worldview, etc. The monthly newsletter serves as an educational outreach to over 108,000 recipients. The educational content on the kswp and kavx websites and numerous social media channels have well over 50,000,000 views/impressions annually. The kswp/kavx mentoring program exists to help domestic and international christian radio stations reach their communities for christ. Our team works to discover creative ways to more fully engage listeners by helping to improve the on-air sound, connect with communities, create great concert events, and transform their cities through prayer and community outreach, kswp/kavx mentoring help to connect more people to go through radio stations across the country and around the world. We are committed to giving back to the community and building unity in the body of christ through community outreach efforts. As the voice for christ and christian music for the family, we raise awareness, rally support, and connect people to god, local ministries and charitable organizations via the kswp/kavx prayer ministry. At kswp/kavx, we believe god answers prayers and provides opportunities to listeners to both receive prayer and to pray for others. Over the past year, kswp/kavx received over 21,000 prayer requests through our various prayer channels and rejoiced for over 300 people who dedicated their lives to jesus christ this year. Kswp/kavx prayer connections.”

“Telephone 10,153 2,146 2,457 development & underwrite 5,269 3,788 3,788 internet 8,400 485 485 mailings 31 0 8,088 dues & subscriptions 5,649 1,111 1,260 production/programming 7,340 0 0 shareathon equip/material 6,149 0 0 ratings survey 6,000 0 0 equipment lease 3,964 954 636 contributions/scholarship 40 609 3,183 website 1,955 0 169 staff development 0 1,760 0 software fees 258 649 840 meals 856 257 444 seminars & training 0 617 700 resource materials/svc 589 362 0 events/remotes 309 215 140 security 0 263 0 studio supplies 75 0 0 eft fees 0 0 45 merchandise & stickers 6 0 0 total 57,043 13,216 22,235”