2015-05-17T12:51:00-07:00 2014-12-31 990EZ 2014-01-01 452357083 SISTER STAN'S CHILDREN INC SIST 6153775767 6509 Edinburgh Drive Nashville TN 37221 Julia Charles President 6153775767 2015-05-17 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z X www.sisterstanschildren.org X X 132205 X 130192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 0 2013 0 132205 133611 0 0 0 0 399 5667 139677 -7472 26500 0 19028 26500 19028 0 0 0 0 26500 19028 0 0 26500 19028 The purpose of this organization is to support the efforts of Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love (MASEL) in a phased build and support of an orphanage called Nazareth Home for God's Children to care for rejected and abandoned "spirit children" in Northern Ghana. This corporation shall participate in fundraising and awareness-building in order to fulfill these goals. Donations were taken in, recorded, and managed for tax exemption purposes for all donors. They were distributed to MASEL as needed and as set forth in our By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation. See Part I-Line 10 for amounts distributed. Expenses indicate international wire transfer fees plus cashier's check fees. 133611 X 503 In our efforts to educate the public about the work that is going on at the orphanage, we host and manage a website at www.SisterStansChildren.org and a facebook page at www.facebook.com/SisterStansChildren. While most of the accomplishments of these awareness-building services are intangible, financial donations can be made through the website. The grants shown here indicate donations received in 2014 using Paypal on the website. Service expenses indicate the cost for hosting the website as well as fees required by Paypal for these donations made. 12990 X 613 1116 Julia S Charles President 8 0 0 0 Cheryl H Roach Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Mary Jo Krahn Secretary 1 0 0 0 Jasmine T Oaxaca Director 1 0 0 0 Mike J Lynch Director 1 0 0 0 Lee B White Director 5 0 0 0 X 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TN Julia S Charles 6509 Edinburgh Drive Nashville TN 37221 6153775767 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 53996 69146 48975 132205 304322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53996 69146 48975 132205 304322 58000 246322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304322 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 $133,611 was distributed to the Ghanaian organization called MASEL during the Year 2014. These are the regular charitable distributions made during the course of our organizations exempt activities for the purposes expressed in our Articles of Incorporation (to support Nazareth Home for God's Children). $24,165 was distributed to be used for daily operating expenses, and $109,446 was distributed to the Building Fund. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^International Wire Transfer Fees and Cashiers Check;503|Annual Report to TN Secretary of State;22|Website Hosting Fees;212|Travel Board Travel Donated by Board Member;3721|Mistletoe Market Vendor Fee;80|Paypal Withholdings;401|Misc;728^Total;5667^ Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 35b $2,013 was made in revenue during the year 2014 from the sale of baskets made in Ghana and brought back to the US by Board Members or volunteers. This revenue was reported in Part I, Line 7a. These baskets have been sold individually to donors or friends, and during one charitable event during the year. Tax benefits were not given to donors for the revenue brought in by these sales. Form 990-T was not filed because this was not deemed to be unrelated business income by its definition, because it is not regularly carried on, and because it is substantially related to the charitable purposes of this organization, namely raising funds to support the orphanage. Oversight and computer problems by a completely volunteer board of directors. We apologize and promise to do better in the future.