2020-12-15T23:07:47-05:00 2020-07-31 990 2019-08-01 822072961 I BELIEVE IN ME INC % Aje Hill IBEL 7177982717 PO BOX 4255 FREDERICK MD 217054255 Erin Roelke Board President 3017881288 2020-12-15 false 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Aje Hill PO BOX 4255 Frederick MD 21705 210433 false X www.ibelieveinme.com X 2017 MD Our mission is to inspire and challenge youth through mental, physical, and social activities that foster self-respect and respect for the world around them. 9 9 0 20 0 0 0 199531 0 0 0 0 0 6936 0 206467 0 400 0 0 0 9488 0 0 207 0 111131 0 121019 0 85448 8748 93419 16499 15722 -7751 77697 X Our mission is to inspire and challenge youth through mental, physical, and social activities that foster self-respect and respect for the world around them. true false 57581 0 0 I Believe in Me partnered with local businesses and community organizations to provide high-quality fresh foods to the community members most in need on a no-questions asked basis within the communities most affected by the pandemic. We first identified this need when youth participating in our program began communicating that they had siblings and family members in need, often due to loss of income resulting from pandemic shutdowns. The food distribution has expanded to distributing biweekly food distributions to over 275 families in about an hour's time through the effort of dozens of dedicated volunteers and generous support from local businesses, residents, government agencies, and private foundations. While we are still working to identify other local organizations who are wiling and capable of continuing the distribution program we have started, it is clear that the long term need of the community we serve is continuing to grow. 57121 400 0 I Believe in Me's core service program continues to be operating a youth mentoring program for youth from 6 to 16 years old from at-risk backgrounds in our community. This is accomplished primarily through our after school program during the school year and our summer program in summer months. Participation in the program continued to grow in FY2019. Our waiting list grew to over 60 youths before the pandemic hit in early 2020. The physical restrictions of the pandemic required some creative adjustments to the way we provided mentorship. Zoom meetings, establishing a 24-hour help line, and delivering food and hygiene products were among the many ways our program adapted in the early part of 2020. With the start of the fall 2020 school year, we have secured a temporary home for in-person mentorship that allows for proper social distancing at the DRCC Church in New Market, MD. We look forward to obtaining a permanent home for the program in the coming year in Frederick City. 114702 true true false false false false false false false 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 false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 0 false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false MD X Ryan Miller 7177982717 1726 Castle Rock Road Frederick MD 21701 Aje Hill Executive Director 50.00 0.00 X 1875 0 0 Jamontrez Williams Lead Mentor 15.00 0.00 X 6450 0 0 8325 0 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 5000 194531 21000 199531 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10902 0 3966 6936 0 6936 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 206467 0 0 6936 400 400 0 0 0 0 9488 8868 413 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3201 0 3201 0 1519 199 1320 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8774 8774 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 557 0 557 0 0 0 0 0 4600 4600 0 0 0 0 0 0 costs of food, supplies, and transportation of food for COVID-19 response program 52806 52806 0 0 Santa's Little Helpers ($21k in-kind from Angel Lilly Foundation) 21814 21814 0 0 Back to School supplies including clothing, shoes, hygeine products, backpacks, notebooks, misc 11419 11419 0 0 Mommy & Me Prom 3314 3314 0 0 2977 2508 469 0 121019 114702 6110 207 1548 62969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37000 6550 7200 30450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8748 93419 16499 15722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16499 15722 X -7751 71697 0 6000 -7751 77697 8748 93419 85448 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 0 0 0 17438 199531 216969 0 0 0 17438 199531 216969 64303 152666 216969 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37000 0 6550 30450 0 0 0 0 30450 Part III, line 2 Due to the financial and emotional hardship the COVID-19 pandemic visited disproportionately on those who were already facing financial, employment, and family difficulties in our community, I Believe in Me partnered with other community foundations and volunteers to provide multiple weekly food and supply distributions to the community. As the quarantines began in the spring, our mentors started to notice that it was not just the students in our program that were battling increased food insecurity, but their siblings, parents, and extended family members as well. We identified a gap in the services already in place by local government and nonprofit organizations. Much of the food being provided were pre-bagged canned foods of lower nutritional quality that often went to waste. Many of the locations and times for distributing food were inaccessible to large pockets of the community without transportation. IBM stepped into that gap to meet the community where they are. Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board Treasurer shared the full 990 with the board at the December 2020 board meeting. Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All board members and officers sign annual conflict of interest statements to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. The Executive Director, Board President, and Board Treasurer are the only officers authorized to transact on behalf of the organization, and will consult the policy and each other should a transaction present a potential conflict of interest. No such consultations were necessary in the current year. 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:| Aje Hill, The board officers obtained comparable salary data for executive directors of similar organizations in the Frederick Maryland area to establish the target compensation and benefits. The funding secured fell below the target, so compensation was established and budgeted at the amount funded., 2019| Jamontrez Williams, The board officers obtained comparable compensation data for mentors and transportation providers in the Frederick, MD area. Using the expected number of hours to be worked and funding sources available, and hourly rate was established., 2019| Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public