2018-04-02T08:07:33-07:00 2017-12-31 990 2017-01-01 650312952 GUATEMALA CHILDRENS MISSION INC GUAT 2392625624 3680 Pelicans Nest Drive Bonita Springs FL 34134 Thomas Maloney Treasurer 2392625624 2018-03-23 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Christopher C Gault 4302 South Church Way Louisville KY 40207 602516 0 X www.aguavivahome.org X 1992 FL To provide financial and physical assistance to the poor in Guatemala, especially to orphans and children whose families are unable to provide for them. In particular, the Organization provides funds for the operation of a children's home and school in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. There are 61 children in the Home and over 300 students attend the onsite school. The number of children in the home varies from time to time. In the years preceding 2016 the number was usually 80 or more. Recent Guatemalan law limits the number of children a children's home may have. 9 9 0 30 0 0 600560 602516 0 0 15 0 0 0 600575 602516 538697 522989 0 0 0 0 0 0 6574 55103 48355 593800 571344 6775 31172 1131938 1119322 0 0 1131938 1119322 X To provide financial and physical assistance to the poor in Guatemala, especially to orphans and children whose families are unable to provide for them. In particular the organization provides funds for the operation of a Children's home and school (Asociacion Guatemaltecco Americana de ayuda Mutua y Cooperacion Social "Agua Viva") in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. There are 61 children under the home's full time care, however 6 of the older children live in a transition house outside the home in order to prepare them for when they leave the home at age 18. There are over 300 students that attend the school. The Home and school are located upon property owned by the organization. 1 0 390915 373329 0 The Organization's funds are used to support the operation of a children's home and school in Chimaltenago, Guatemala. The home cares for over 61 children. Because they are older, and getting close to the age when they must leave the home, six of those children reside in a "transition home". The others reside in the home. The Organization also supports the operation of a school on the same property, which services the children from the home and children from the impoverished neighborhood next to the home's property. The number of students that attend the school exceeds 300. The cost to maintain, house and feed over 61 children who are cared for by the Organization was 373,582. 85817 75584 0 The Organization has only one Mission which is described in Explanation number 1. Part of that Mission is to support the operation of a school constructed on the Organization's property. The School has over 300 students. The school goes only to middle school. All of the age appropriate children who live at the Home attend the school. The other students come from the impoverished neighborhood that is located next to the Organization's property. The school has 23 teachers and is considered excellent. 74907 74076 0 The organization provided $5,971 as scholarships to impoverished children in the neighborhood of the Home to enable those children to attend the onsite school. Without the scholarships, they would have been unable to attend. The scholarships were based upon need. The organization incurred expenses for work teams and for materials for individuals who came to the home to do new construction, building repairs and programs for the children. 0 0 0 There were no additional program service accomplishments or expenses related thereto. However, a portion of the wall that encloses the Home and School was destroyed by an extreme storm. 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The Home is for orphans and children whose family cannot support them. 522989 Funds are disbursed monthly pursuant to an annual budget. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 The organization made grants to a Guatemalan charity in the total amount of $522,989 in the year 2017 and had expenses in Guatemala $28,650. Those grants and expenses were used to support a children's home for approximately 66 children (the number can vary throughout the year) and a Christian school for over 300 students. The school serves the children at the Home and those from the surrounding impoverished neighborhood. There is an annual audit in Guatemala of the funds received from the organization, and of the expenses paid with the received funds. The organization's officers and directors review the audit to verify that the grants were used for the charitable purposes intended. In addition, the organization's officers are present in the Children's Home on a frequent basis to verify that the grant money is being used for the charitable purposes intended. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Recent Guatemalan law has articulated a decided preference for children to be raised in a family setting, especially for children 6 years old and younger. By reason of that, the Organization has designed and improved a specific section of one building to be used as home for young children. The Guatemalan charity that operates the Children's Home has hired a husband and a wife, who are mature Christian individuals, to live in that space with the children, and to share meals as a family in that space. Currently there are 10 young children who are participating in that arrangement. Given the fact that there are 10 young children in their care, the husband and wife team need help from other employees of the home, and that help is being provided. The organization is monitoring this situation carefully. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The Organization does have members. Members consist of the directors and their spouses and any other person appointed by the Board as a member. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Yes, the members have the power and the responsibility to elect Directors, just as in a regular business organization the stockholders elect the directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The proposed form of the completed 990 is sent to all Directors with a request that they review the completed 990, and advise of any errors or omissions. The Directors are requested to copy all other Directors with their corrections and comments. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The State of Florida requires that an organization such as ours adopt a written conflict of interest statement, which has been done. Such statement applies to all directors and officers, and all such persons are required to report violations. Any action taken by the Board is reviewed to determine if there is a potential conflict of interest. All of these procedures were followed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 All officers and directors are volunteers, and none of them receives any remuneration of any kind. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 The Organization files a copy of its 990 as part of its annual Florida registration as a charitable entity operating within the State of Florida. As a result, anyone can view the 990 by going to the State of Florida on-line site. In addition, in the organization's monthly newsletter, there is a notice which states that the organization's financial details, including a copy of its 990, may be seen by accessing the State of Florida site. The newsletter explains how to obtain access to that site. The organization's governing documents are a matter of public record in Florida by way of the state maintained public records for corporations in the State of Florida. The organization's conflict of interest policy has been filed with the organization's annual report. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The answers provided in Part VI, section C, line 18 is responsive to this question. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 The $43,788 amount equals the 2017 depreciation