2018-11-14T16:56:26-06:00 2017-12-31 431594752 MUELLER PROST LC 7733 FORSYTH BLVD SUITE 1200 ST LOUIS MO 63105 990 2017-01-01 710929252 AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE AFRI 6182887695 8 PROFESSIONAL PARK DRIVE MARYVILLE IL 62062 JUDITH BERTELS PRESIDENT/CEO 6182887695 2018-11-13 1 KARYN A NUNN P00958489 3148622070 2018-11-13 71.91.236.98 2018-11-13 11:08:30 CS P AFB652699EF8F7DEFBE1CB16BB263C1EE9EB8014 8C32BF8975EE52E712EE0F7FFCB876BF204F01B2 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z JUDITH BERTELS 8 PROFESSIONAL PARK DRIVE MARYVILLE IL 62062 1170897 0 X WWW.AFRICANVISIONOFHOPE.ORG X 2003 IL CARE FOR THE ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA THROUGH SERVICES THAT ALLEVIATE EXTREME POVERTY, PROMOTE LOVE AND DIGNITY AND AND INSTILL SELF SUFFICIENCY. 8 6 11 285 0 0 1171191 1110944 0 0 262 317 20457 22217 1191910 1133478 591187 755336 0 0 141026 168455 0 0 67847 195957 191869 928170 1115660 263740 17818 650839 658464 20848 10655 629991 647809 X AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE CONFRONTS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE EDUCATED, GROW UP HEALTHY, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC SKILLS AND LEARN ABOUT GOD'S LOVE 0 0 484767 407800 PROVIDED PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION TO 3,000 VULNERABLE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE SCHOOLS. CONSTRUCTED 3 NEW CLASSROOMS, PURCHASED 450 CURRICULUM BOOKS AND 68 NEW DESKS. PROVIDED 700,000 HOT LUNCHES TO STUDENTS. NEW PIT LATRINES AND HAND WASHING STATIONS WERE INSTALLED AT EACH SCHOOL TO COMBAT CHOLERA AND DISEASE. LEADERSHIP AND TEACHERS TRAINING WAS PROVIDED TO 120 MEN AND WOMEN FOCUSED ON REDUCING CHILD MARRIAGE, GENDER CHALLENGES, HIV/AIDS IN THE SCHOOLS. LARGE WATER TANKS WERE INSTALLED AT 2 SCHOOLS AND CURRENT BORE HOLES AND WELLS WERE UPDATED THAT PROVIDE WATER TO 10,000 PEOPLE. 15 CHILDREN RECEIVED LIFESAVING HEART SURGERY OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND BASIC MEDICAL CARE WAS PROVIDED TO 3,500 CHILDREN AND ADULTS. 112 STUDENTS COMPLETED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER BRINGING THE TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO 330. 45 STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND 10 STUDENTS FINISHED THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION THROUGH OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 65 ORPHANS WERE PROVIDED HOUSING, SHELTER AND EDUCATION. CONSTRUCTION FOR THE GIRLS HOUSE OF HOPE WAS STARTED AND WILL PROVIDE A SAFE HOME FOR 120 VULNERABLE AND ORPHANED GIRLS. COMPUTER CENTERS WERE SET UP AT 3 AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER TRAINING AND SKILLS FOR 400 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 15 WOMEN GRADUATED FROM WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT TRAINING PROGRAM AND 7 MEN AND WOMEN GRADUATED FROM SEMINARY SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY AFRICAN VISION FOR HOPE. 323065 250539 AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE PROVIDED HOT NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR 2,500 SCHOOL CHILDREN EVERY SCHOOL DAY. THE AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE ORPHANAGE PROVIDED A SAFE HOME FOR 65 CHILDREN ALONG WITH 3 MEALS EVERY DAY. 589,000 MEALS WERE SERVED IN 2017 TO CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS, ORPHANAGE, AND SONSHINE KIDZ KLUB. AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE THROUGH THEIR ONSITE MEDICAL CLINIC AND AN ON STAFF NURSE WHO TRAVELED BETWEEN SCHOOLS. 8,000 CHILDREN, GUARDIANS, AND STAFF WERE EDUCATED ON HYGIENE TRAINING, SANITATION AND HIV EDUCATION. 2,500 CHILDREN RECEIVED BASIC MEDICAL CARE FOR TREATABLE ILLNESSES SUCH AS VACCINATIONS AND MALARIA TESTING. 500 CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND STAFF WERE PROVIDED PRIVATE MEDICAL CARE FOR ILLNESSES THAT NEEDED ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE. 20 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED AIRFARE TO NEW DEHLI FOR LIFESAVING HEART SURGERY. AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE PROVIDES CLEAN WATER POINTS AT ALL PROGRAM LOCATIONS REACHING 10,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 168463 96997 VOCATION, TECHNICAL, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING WAS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS, WOMEN, AND MEN. AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE EMPLOYS TRAINERS THAT TEACH SEWING, KNITTING, SMALL BUSINESS, AND CRAFT SKILLS TO THOSE ADULTS WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY AND HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR EDUCATION. 50 MEN AND WOMEN WERE TRAINED IN THESE AREAS. THEY HAVE MADE 500 UNIFORMS FOR AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND 300 SWEATERS THAT WERE SOLD TO BUILD SUSTAINABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHER ADULTS LEARNING A SKILL. AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE CHIKUMBI FARM RAISED AND SOLD 2,000 CHICKENS AND ALSO PRODUCED MAIZE, VEGETABLES, AND PROVIDED AN ACTIVE HAMMER MILL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GRIND CORN. THE PRODUCE IS USED BY AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE SCHOOLS AND SOLD FOR PROFIT TO RUN THE FARM. THE AFRICAN VISION OF HOPE TECHNOLOGY CENTER TRAINED 200 STUDENTS AND ADULTS WITH COMPUTER SKILLS. 6 NEW COMPUTERS WERE BUILT FOR THE CENTER AND A SERVER WAS INSTALLED. 300 MEN, WOMEN, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT LEADERSHIP SKILLS. TECHNOLOGY IS VITAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ZAMBIA, BUILDING A WORKFORCE OF DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, LAWYERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS WHICH REQUIRE DRIVERS AND FLEXIBLE LEARNING PROGRAMS THAT GO BEYOND BASIC LITERACY. 976295 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X JUDITH BERTELS 6182887695 8 PROFESSIONAL PARK DRIVE MARYVILLE IL 62062 JUDITH BERTELS PRESIDENT/CEO 60.00 X X 75650 0 0 ROBERT BERTELS VICE PRESIDENT 40.00 X 0 0 0 WARD MCMILLEN CHAIRPERSON 20.00 X X 0 0 0 ASHLEY DAY DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KENT SCHUETTE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN DARR DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID STOGNER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DON MUSKOPF TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 75650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94031 1016913 67668 1110944 317 317 59636 94031 37419 22217 22217 1133478 317 0 22217 755336 755336 75650 37824 18913 18913 74378 36930 18647 18801 3454 1382 1036 1036 14973 5989 4492 4492 326 326 8620 8620 325 325 20749 17330 3419 58328 41748 9892 6688 32475 24357 4059 4059 5212 2085 1564 1563 369 124 123 122 2294 918 688 688 1615 1615 MISSION TRIP EXPENSES 40723 40723 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 8250 6188 1031 1031 DONOR DEVELOPMENT 6661 6661 VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION 3741 3180 187 374 2181 2181 1115660 976295 71518 67847 645375 657804 3090 660 37664 37664 2294 0 80 0 650839 658464 20848 10655 20848 10655 X 621882 638700 8109 9109 629991 647809 650839 658464 17818 0 X X 1 X 0 1 0 X 763069 750936 958138 1171191 1110994 4754328 763069 750936 958138 1171191 1110994 4754328 519775 4234553 2841 2841 4757169 385776 0.89010 0.89850 X 15971 15971 0 21693 21693 0 0 X PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ACCOUNTING STANDARD ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TAX BENEFITS CLAIMED OR EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED ON A TAX RETURN SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UNDER THAT GUIDANCE, AVOH MAY RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION. EXAMPLES OF TAX POSITIONS INCLUDE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF AVOH AND VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE TAX BENEFITS RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM SUCH A POSITION ARE MEASURED BASED ON THE LARGEST BENEFIT THAT HAS A GREATER THAN 50% LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. THERE WERE NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IDENTIFIED OR RECORDED AS LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017. AVOH FILES INCOME TAX RETURNS IN THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL JURISDICTION. THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS OF AVOH FOR 2017 (ONCE FILED), 2016, 2015, AND 2014, ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE TAXING AUTHORITY GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED. 1 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDE FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, CLEAN WATER, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SHELTER TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ZAMBIA, AFRICA. 755336 0 0 0 0 0 0 755336 0 755336 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, PROVIDE FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, CLEAN WATER, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SHELTER TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ZAMBIA, AFRICA. HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS,AND PASTORAL TRAINING ARE ALSO SUPPORTED. 691696 WIRE TRANSFER OF FUNDS 63640 MEDICAL & SCHOOL SUPPLIES, SCHOOL EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, MISC. FMV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE BOARD TREASURER AND CEO TRACK THE USE OF FUNDS BY OBTAINING MONTHLY REPORTS DETAILING THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH FUNDS ARE UTILIZED BY THE COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS. THE REPORTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY RECEIPTS FOR ALL MATERIAL EXPENDITURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITEMS PURCHASED OR CONSTRUCTED. BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS TRAVEL TO AFRICA TO INSPECT THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE ORGANIZATION, AND TO REVIEW FUTURE POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES. CHARITY DINNER & GALA 153667 94031 59636 12150 12150 600 12519 153667 94031 59636 12150 12150 600 12519 37419 22217 ROBERT BERTELS VICE PRESIDENT OF BOARD 24000 RENT FOR OFFICE SPACE IN THE US 0 X 16834 VALUED AT FMV X 329 24690 VALUED AT COST X 2 750 VALUED AT COST X EQUIPMENT 19 17819 VALUED AT COST X OFFICE SUPPLIES 26 7575 VALUED AT COST 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 JUDITH BERTELS (PRESIDENT/CEO) AND ROBERT BERTELS (VICE PRESIDENT) ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED THE TREASURER AND THE PRESIDENT/CEO TO REVIEW THE FORM 990 AND THE PUBLIC INSPECTION COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS GIVEN TO THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION REQUESTS INFORMATION AT EACH BOARD MEETING REGARDING POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SITUATIONS. THE MEETING MINUTES DOCUMENT THE DISCUSSION AND OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A A COMMITTEE OF FOUR BOARD MEMBERS REVIEWS THE RECOMMENDED PAY FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO. COMPENSATION IS THEN DETERMINED BASED ON PREVIOUS YEARS' PAY, THE GROWTH OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND JOB PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE COMPILIATION AND SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.