Project Joy and Hope for Texas

“Form 990 review process: copy of the form 990 is emailed to board members for review. The board treasurer and executive director conduct a detailed review, and all governing members have the opportunity to provide feedback.”

“Explanation of monitoring and enforcement of conflicts: the board continuously monitors and reviews activity to insure no conflicts of interest exist. The organization has a written conflict of interest policy dated 1-2-2019.”

“Compensation review and approval process - officers & key employees the board's president and treasurer perform annual performance reviews of the director and key employees, and concurrently adjust the respective salaries. The executive director's salary and other salaried positions are periodically reviewed to determine that they do not exceed comparable rates for similar positions.”

“Other organization documents publicly available: the organization makes its filings available to the public via the web at www.guidestar.org”

“Project joy and hope (pjh) exists to enhance the quality of life and to prevent and relieve the suffering of children living with life-limiting conditions and their families. Pjh serves as an advisor to and role model for similar programs through the united states and strives to be a leader in pediatric palliative care innovations and programs.”

“Project joy & hope (pjh) exists to enhance the quality of life and to prevent and relieve the suffering of children living with life-limiting conditions and their families. Pjh serves as an advisor to and role model for similar programs throughout the united states and strives to be a leader in pediatric palliative care innovations and programs. Pjh achieves its mission by promoting physical and psychological well-being for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, through community awareness, education, and supportive care programs designed to assist families with a medically fragile child. Project joy and hope directly assisted over 1,040 individuals in the fiscal year ended 4/30/2019, and many additional individuals benefited indirectly from community awareness regarding pediatric palliative care through the agency website and public events conducted by the organization.”

“Project joy and hope's board of directors is ultimately responsible for selecting the independent auditor. The board treasurer, in cooperation with the executive director, are responsible for oversight of the independent audit.”

“Project joy and hope operates a residential facility, composed of twelve 3 bedroom, 2 bath units, providing a spacious, peaceful environment for medically fragile children and their families. Volunteers provide friendly visits and support. The shelter program provided a total of 552 units of service (206 adults and 346 children) during fiscal year ended 4/30/2019. Project joy and hope is not a united way agency. All programs and operational expenses are funded through public donations and special event fundraisers. Clients needing shelter due to a medical condition of a child are referred by social workers, schools, and medical institutions. Housing: the tulip project is a family-friendly campus. The campus is composed of twelve 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex style units. The campus can provide shelter for up to 72 individuals or 12 single family households, per night. These facilities are designed to assist families with children who are waiting on transplant, receiving treatment for a life-threatening condition, or utilitzing palliative care services.”