2023-01-29T07:41:05-05:00 2022-09-30 990 2021-10-01 820541197 Children of Character Inc % Jennifer Merryman CHIL 9186079026 6608 N WESTERN AVENUE SUITE 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 Jennifer Merryman CEO 2023-01-29 false 2021 2023-03-07 01:45:13Z Children in Christ Jennifer Merryman 6608 N Western Avenue Suite 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 1220461 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 God's love to them matures them in Christ and empowers them to impact families villages and nations for Christ. 6 6 2 29727 0 0 1047536 1104019 0 0 3439 3652 0 0 1050975 1107671 779941 848559 0 0 112820 76910 0 0 32427 146050 114890 1038811 1040359 12164 67312 644595 685082 1676 0 642919 685082 X 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 God's love to them matures them in Christ and empowers them to impact families villages and nations for Christ. false false 478024 412905 0 Children in Christ inspires equips and trains indigenous African 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 entire 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 out to unchurched children and ministering God's love to them. CIC provides interested pastors and churches with 5 days of children's ministry vision and ministry trainings so that those churches can establish ministry to unchurched children in their proximate regions through children's weekly clubs. In FY 2022 CIC inspired and mobilized 29,727 indigenous ministry volunteers to minister in these clubs. Total participants trained in FY 2022 were 14,966 in which 1,418 pastors were trained and equipped for the ministry. There were 1,220 training events in FY 2022. 432274 373389 0 Children in Christ holds weekly children's 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 2022 approximately 182,097 children in 4,017 sites in 24 countries 25 country groups across Sub-Saharan Africa attended CIC clubs weekly. 72088 62265 0 Children in Christ inspires equips and empowers children and youth ages 9-18 to lead effectively as positive healthy role models and servant leaders in 3 ways: 1 Weekly Monthly youth leadership discipleship meetings 2 5-day child youth leadership trainings 3 Equipped and empowered active leadership roles within CIC club ministry and peer trainings. 982386 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 true false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 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 GA OR TN VA X Bill Schneider 9186079026 6608 N Western Ave Ste 1053 Oklahoma City OK 731167326 Terry Andrews Director and Founder 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Andrews Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tayo Fagbenro Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank Williams Secretary and Chairman of Board 0.05 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Merryman Director and President 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Zimmerman Director 0.01 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Saunders Treasurer 40.00 0.00 X 40000 0 5000 40000 0 5000 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 0 1104019 112789 1104019 0 4228 4228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112214 0 112790 0 -576 0 -576 -576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1107671 3652 0 0 0 0 0 0 848559 848559 40000 32000 4000 4000 0 0 0 0 29642 16303 1482 11857 0 0 0 0 5000 4000 500 500 2268 1247 114 907 20000 14000 2000 4000 0 0 0 0 11874 0 11874 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61833 56872 700 4261 0 0 0 0 12047 4307 4582 3158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 997 997 0 0 0 0 0 0 1074 868 40 166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bank charges 7065 3233 254 3578 1040359 982386 25546 32427 357698 225929 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188290 0 0 0 0 286897 270863 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 644595 685082 1676 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1676 0 X 642919 634463 0 50619 642919 685082 644595 685082 67312 -25150 0 1 0 0 X false true X true false X 1309025 793137 897657 1047746 1104019 5151584 1309025 793137 897657 1047746 1104019 5151584 1368915 3782669 558 1089 415 4546 4228 10836 5162420 0 0.7327 0.7151 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1202521 -25150 120000 0 0 94850 1107671 0 0 0 1107671 1160359 120000 0 0 0 120000 1040359 0 0 0 1040359 true Sub-Saharan Africa 25 272 Program Service Ministry Volunteer Trainings 412905 Program Service CIC Clubs and Trainings 373389 Program Service Youth Leadership & Discipleship 62265 25 272 0 0 25 272 848559 0 848559 Program service Sub-Saharan Africa 272 373389 Wire transfer Program service Sub-Saharan Africa 272 412905 Wire transfer Program service Sub-Saharan Africa 272 62265 Wire transfer false false false false false false 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 272 individuals are responsible for spending the organizations funding in accordance with our exempt purpose achievements. Part I, line 3f | ExplanationTxt:| Cash| Cash| Cash| Part III, line 1 | ExplanationTxt:| Cash| Cash| Cash| Part III, Column(c) | ExplanationTxt:| Number of stipends paid| 272| Number of stipends paid| X 2 112789 Market value on date of gift Market value on date of gift 0 false false false FormAndLineReferenceDesc: Part I, Column(b) 9.Securities - Publicly traded-Number Of Item Contributed: 4 Part VI, Line 2 | Employee:, Relationship:, Employee:| Terry Andrews, Family Relationship, Tim Andrews| Part VI, Section B, Line 11b 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. Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Conflict of Interest 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. Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | Name of the Person:, The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:|, The year in which this process was last undertaken:| 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., 2021| James Saunders, Officers generally do not receive compensaton for services in their capacity as officers. The only officer who receives income from CIC is the treasurer. However the income received is for 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., 2021| Arianna Gorton, Arianna Gorton volunteers her time to the organization and does not receive payment. She was involved in web development for the organization. During the current year the organization estimated a fair market amount regarding the value of her donated services for the purpose of this disclosure. The amount was reasonably determined to be $15,000., 2021| Lisa Calderon, Lisa Calderon volunteers her time to the organization and does not receive payment. She was involved in desktop publishing for the organization. During the current year the organization estimated a fair market amount regarding the value of her donated services for the purpose of this disclosure. The amount was reasonably determined to be $1,200., 2021| Part VI, Section C, Line 19 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.