2025-02-12T19:15:51-05:00 2024-09-30 920445391 Elevate Accounting and Advisory LLC 2737 Beaconfield St NW Uniontown OH 44685 990 2023-10-01 820541197 Children of Character Inc CHIL 6608 N Western Avenue Suite 1053 Oklahoma City OK 73116 Jennifer Merryman President and C 2154604059 2025-02-11 true true Brenda Schans CPA P01958609 9374092395 2025-02-12 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Children in Christ 896808 false X www.childrenic.org X 2002 OK CIC inspires & equips local churches to minister Gods love to unreached children & youth, disciple them weekly in His Word, and equip/empower them to be godly leaders and multiplying disciplers. 5 5 1 25183 0 0 833334 868164 1745 8629 23057 0 841963 892966 712133 703671 0 45000 63507 0 29332 141918 123475 899051 890653 -57088 2313 631744 635658 3750 5351 627994 630307 CIC inspires & equips local churches to minister Gods love to unreached children & youth, disciple them weekly in His Word, and equip/empower them to be godly leaders and multiplying disciplers. false false 499924 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 2024, approximately 200,000 children in 27 sites/countries across Sub-Saharan Africa attended CIC clubs weekly. 249962 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 and monthly youth leadership discipleship meetings (2) 5-day child and youth leadership trainings (3) Equipped and empowered active leadership roles within CIC club ministry and peer trainings. 83320 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 50% 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 and ministering Gods love to them. CIC provides interested churches with an initial pastor/church vision-casting and a 5-day LAM Method training. These churches then establish ministry to unchurched children in their proximate regions through childrens weekly clubs. In FY 24, CIC inspired and mobilized 25,183 indigenous ministry volunteers to minister in these clubs. Total participants trained in FY24 were 10,564 in which 2,277 pastors were equipped for the ministry. 863 training events were held. 833206 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true 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 false true 9 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false 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 Brenda Schans CPA 9374092395 2737 Beaconfield St NW Uniontown OH 44685 James Saunders Treasurer 40.00 0.00 X 55000 0 5000 Scott Zimmerman Director 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 Board Chairman 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Merryman President and CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 55000 0 5000 0 false false false 868164 17253 868164 LAM Program Fees 611710 1745 1745 1745 9053 9053 17846 3842 14004 14004 14004 892966 24802 0 0 703671 703671 55000 44000 5500 5500 5000 4000 500 500 3507 2805 351 351 64875 56632 2000 6243 1947 1047 900 15203 15203 9616 4497 5119 10962 872 2491 7599 10581 10581 Bank charges 10291 5101 1170 4020 890653 833206 28115 29332 31971 322044 71983 533 202218 325572 313081 631744 635658 3750 4650 701 3750 5351 X 627994 630307 627994 630307 631744 635658 2313 0 X false true X true false X 897567 1047746 1104019 833333 869909 4752574 897567 1047746 1104019 833333 869909 4752574 494257 4258317 415 4546 4228 7500 9053 25742 4778316 0.89120 0.98110 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Payroll tax payable 701 701 1012966 120000 120000 892966 892966 1010653 120000 120000 890653 890653 true Sub-Saharan Africa 25 313 Program services Childrens Ministry 703671 25 313 25 313 703671 703671 Program Services Sub-Saharan Africa 313 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 stipendprincipal recipients of the support funding reported in Form 990, Part IX, Line 3. Theseindividuals are responsible for spending the organizations funding in accordance with ourexempt achievements. Method of accounting for expenditures (Part I, line 3, col f) Cash method is used 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. Rescusal of self 3. Determining whether a conflist 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 dislosure. The amount was reasonable 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 CIO/COO 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.