2024-02-21T18:28:00-05:00 2023-09-30 920445391 Elevate Accounting and Advisory LLC 2737 Beaconfield St NW Uniontown OH 44685 990 2022-10-01 820541197 Children of Character Inc CHIL 6608 N Western Avenue STE 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 Jennifer Merryman CEO 2154604059 2024-02-20 true Jennifer Merryman XXX-XX-XXXX Brenda Schans CPA P01958609 9374092395 2024-02-21 X 0 00 AAL2 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Children in Christ 958369 false X www.childrenic.org X 2002 OK Called to go to challenging places and unreached people, Children in Christ inspires, equips, and mobilizes a God-grown indigenous ministry from local church to broader communities that values children, ministers Gods love to them, matures them in Christ, and empowers them. 6 6 1 33336 0 0 1104019 833334 0 3652 8629 0 1107671 841963 848559 712133 0 76910 45000 0 22961 114890 141918 1040359 899051 67312 -57088 685082 631744 3750 685082 627994 Called to go to challenging places and unreached people, Children in Christ inspires, equips, and mobilizes a God-grown indigenous ministry from local church to broader communities that values children, ministers Gods love to them, matures them in Christ, and empowers them. false false 517556 Children in Christ holds weekly childrens clubs (CIC clubs)in remote, unchurched regions, which are led by equipped and trained indigenous local church ministry volunteers. These weekly CIC club meetings include games, worship, Bible lessons, discipleship content, life application questions and prayer. In FY 2023, approximately 236,841 children in 4529 clubs in 26 sites/countries across Sub-Saharan Africa attended CIC clubs weekly. 200995 Children in Christ inspires, equips and empowers children and youth to not only grow in their faith, but also to meaningfully impact others with Gods love and truth. The ministry intentionally focuses on mentoring and developing servant leaders through ongoing discipleship as well as more structured leadership development initiatives like: (1) being trained in our Living Active Method discipleship principles, concepts and techniques that equip and empower them to impact and disciple others, (2) being actively encouraged to serve as part of the CIC Club ministry facilitation team and equipped weekly in that teams preparation, (3) being equipped and empowered as key trainers, (4) serving as core team members in all aspects of the ministry, (5) co-ministering with more senior leaders to do follow-ups, club evaluations, and spiritual impact surveys, (6) actively growing in their faith through Child and Youth Leadership retreats and trainings. 133996 Children in Christ inspires, equips, and trains indigenous Africa church leaders and lay ministry volunteers in the importance of children and how to minister to them effectively. We train pastors and churches to understand that children, who are 48% of the population in Africa are very important to God and should be very important to the church as well. Additionally CIC emphasizes the importance of the local church reaching the unchurched children by ministering Gods love to them. CIC provides interested pastors and churches with 5 days of childrens ministry vision and ministry trainings, so that those churches can establish ministry to unchurched children in their proximate regions through childrens weekly clubs. In FY 23, CIC inspired and mobilized 33,336 indigenous ministry volunteers to minister in these clubs. Total participants trained in FY23 were 10,131 in which 1893 pastors were trained and equipped for the ministry. 1027 training events were held. 852547 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 true false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true true false X Brenda Schans CPA 9374092395 2737 Beaconfield St NW Uniontown OH 44685 James Saunders Treasurer 40.00 0.00 X 40000 0 5000 Scott Zimmerman Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tayo Fagbenro Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Terry Andrews Director and Founder 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Andrews Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank Williams Secretary and Board Chairman 0.05 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Merryman President and CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 40000 0 5000 0 false false false 833334 833334 7500 7500 117535 116406 1129 1129 1129 841963 8629 0 0 712133 712133 40000 32000 4000 4000 5000 4000 500 500 41500 34425 2000 5075 175 175 11884 11884 60094 55382 4712 9644 1379 4208 4057 10091 9519 572 Bank charges 8530 3709 776 4045 899051 852547 23543 22961 225929 31971 71983 188290 202218 270863 325572 685082 631744 3750 0 3750 X 634463 627994 50619 685082 627994 685082 631744 -57088 0 X false true X true false X 793137 897567 1047746 1104019 833333 4675802 793137 897567 1047746 1104019 833333 4675802 71160 4604642 1089 415 4546 4228 7500 17778 4693580 0.98110 0.73270 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 961963 120000 120000 841963 841963 1019051 120000 120000 899051 899051 true Sub-Saharan Africa 26 339 Program services Volunteer trainings Sub-Saharan Africa 26 339 Program services Clubs and trainings Sub-Saharan Africa 26 339 Program services Youth Leadership 78 1017 78 1017 Program Services Sub-Saharan Africa 339 Wire transfer Program services Sub-Saharan Africa 339 Wire transfer Program services Sub-Saharan Africa 339 Wire transfer false false false false false false Use of grant monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2) The organization used a reasonable method of estimation that includes only the stipend principal recipients of the support funding reported in Form 990, Part IX, Line 3. These individuals are responsible for spending the organizations funding in accordance with our exempt achievements. Accounting Method (Part II, line 1) Cash method is used Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2 Terry Andrews is married to Tim Andrews Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The CIC board chairman distributes the Form 990 to all board members for review. Board member questions are addressed and any board member comments on information in the Form 990 are reviewed and, when appropriate, incorporated in the final Form 990. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The purpose of CICs conflict of interest policy is to protect CICs interests when it is contemplating entering into a transaction that might benefit the private interests of an officer or director of CIC or might result in a possible excess benefit transaction. 1. Duty to disclose 2. Recusal of self 3. Determining whether a conflict of interest exists 4. Procedure for addressing the conflict of interest 5. Violations of the conflicts of interest policy if, after hearing the members response and after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the board or executive committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a Jennifer Merryman: Jennifer, the CEO, volunteers her time to the organization and does not receive payment. During the current year, the organization requested that an independent firm provide a fair market estimate regarding the value of her donated services for the purpose of this disclosure. The amount was reasonably determined to be $120,000. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b James Saunders: Officers generally do not receive compensation for services in their capacity as officers. The only officer who received income from CIC is the treasurer. However, the income received is for the accounting services rendered. The board reviews and determines all prospective officer and key employee salary packages. All salary packages are determined to be at or below market value. Form 990 availability to public Part VI line 18 After filing the tax return, CIC generally posts the 990 for public inspection on its website. In order to ensure the privacy of its donors, CIC carefully reviews and redacts any private donor information, which takes one or two weeks before the return is posted publicly. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Governing documents are not available on the website however they are made available to the public upon request.