Lost Sparrows Inc.

“The finance committee will preview the 990, and then present it to the entire board for review.”

“Each member is required to divulge any potential conflict of interest and fill out a form that details the potential conflict. Board members that do have a conflict of interest are not permitted to vote on pertinent motions. Oversight of the potential conflicts is given to the executive committee.”

“Board of directors will annually review the performance of the executive director and make recommendations for retention and/or salary increases.”

“The 990 is available upon request and at guidestar.org”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Lost sparrows was blessed with a great year in 2024 as we continued to serve northern indiana and build connections with other amazing organizations. So many amazing conversations, encouraging messages, and inspiring sessions over the year it would be hard to share them all. Our board grew in 2024 in various ways and is very healthy with some new amazing members. Our foster / adopt parent support group continues to provide meaningful support for dozens of families. We have settled into a terrific routine and most months our group operates like a well oiled machine. The children that attend our kids group are always so excited to see their friends that are also adopted or in care, and they love the crafts and games as well. The adults in our group continue to share the challenges they face in their families as well as continue to grow deeper and deeper relationships with other parents. Our healing childhood trauma conference went exceptionally well in 2024. We had almost 425 attendees that attended over 30 training sessions. The conference went smoothly and was very well received. One of our keynote speakers, derek clark (known as the rappin dad on social media) really carried our conference as he shared his incredible story filled with childhood trauma. Everyone that applied for a scholarship received some form of assistance. 2024 also saw the launch of memberships on our center for healing childhood trauma online (www.parentingchildrenwithtrauma.org). We have over 84 courses now providing education on topics related to complex developmental trauma. This platform allows us to expand our reach and support our partners in eastern europe with quality educational content that they would not otherwise have access to. We are looking forward to 2025 and continuing to serve families and help equip and empower them to help children from hard places to heal.”

“Contracted services 7,189 2,066 212 other professional services 29,553 15,266 0 total 36,742 17,332 212”