Faith in Action Fremont County

“We have 3 employees with administrative duties. For each program--TAXI, TNR, HELP/ASSISTANCE--we have advisors to confer with. Administration makes the final decisions with input from those advisors and from the community members who use or benefit from the programs.”

“The program director and volunteer data consultant work up the 990 or 990EZ filing over a period of weeks. We go over it and the supporting documents many times during preparations. We're not against hiring a Non-profit tax preparer, have looked but not found anyone local for the job. We're probably in over our heads and decided after struggling with this year's return, to widen our search.”

“Select pages of the 990 will be posted to our website with a link to request more information. The community website Non-Profits of Fremont Co. IA summarizes our 990 each year. We will present select pages of the 2024 990 to Sidney, IA City Council and share copies with select advisors. We will post a link on our website and will have copies available in our office on the town square.”

“Our office is open to the public 5 days each week and by appointment. Files are kept on premises and in the office computer. The Program Director's laptop is linked with the office computer. We have staff meetings monthly for training updates and discussion. Quarterly meetings are attended by advisors, volunteers involved with particular projects, donors. Conflict of interest policies from SWIPCO and from the NEMT transportation brokers A2C and MTM are reviewed and renewed annually. We post the policies in our office and put laminated copies in the door pockets of our Taxi vehicles. We keep track of our finances with Quickbooks linked to two banks. A variety of reports are printed and shared at meetings or by request. Excel spreadsheets for each program are kept to track donations and grants both in and out. Cash donations as well as volunteer hours and donated mileage are logged for each program.”

“The expense breakdown for our three charitable programs are: TNR expenses $7,078. H.E.L.P expenses $679. Fuel for transportation fleet $$23,156 Repair and maintenance for transportation fleet $13,200. Total: $44,113”

“In 2024 we removed two vehicles from our Taxi Fleet. The 2006 Chevrolet Uplander van @ 198,000 miles, with a persistent electrical problem was retired. We donated it to the Humane Society, they sent it to auction where it brought $1,000 for the Humane Society, not for us. Our 2000 Subaru Legacy Outback was no longer needed for the Taxi Fleet. We made it inactive on the Fleet Vehicle roster and no longer use it to transport passengers. The car needs mechanical repairs, has not been sold. Valued as is: $2,500. Our vehicle asset total was reduced by $4,537. Our two remaining owned Taxi Fleet vehicles in 2024, the 2009 Pontiac Torrent ($1,681)and 2016 Ford Transit Connect ($2,767) remain active in the fleet. Total value of remaining owned assets @ end of 2024: $12,531”