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AUBREY THONVOLD WILL BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RECONCILINGWORKS: LUTHERANS FOR FULL PARTICIPATION WHICH IS THE SURVIVING ENTITY IN THE MERGER. SCHEDULE N LUTHERANS CONCERNED/NORTH AMERICA (FED ID: 36-3209636) MERGED INTO RECONCILINGWORKS: LUTHERANS FOR FULL PARTCIPATION (FED ID 84-3273216). FINAL YEAR RETURN IS BEING FILED FOR LUTHERANS CONCERNED/NORTH AMERICA (FED ID: 36-3209636). THE TRANSFEROR ENTITY IS LUTHERANS CONCERNED/NORTH AMERICA (FED ID: 36- 3209636), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AS A NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ILLINOIS GENERAL NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ACT OF 1986, AS AMENDED, WITH NO VOTING MEMBERS. THE SURVIVING ENTITY IS RECONCILINGWORKS: LUTHERANS FOR FULL PARTCIPATION (FED ID 84-3273216), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AS A NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT, AS AMENDED, WITH NO VOTING MEMBERS. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION RECONCILINGWORKS: ADVOCATES, INSPIRES AND ORGANIZES FOR THE WELCOME, INCLUSION AND CELEBRATION OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER (LGBTQ) IDENTITIES IN THE LUTHERAN COMMUNION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A RECONCILING IN CHRIST (RIC) PROGRAM: WORKING DIRECTLY WITH LUTHERAN CONGREGATIONS, SYNODS, COLLEGES, SEMINARIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH THROUGH RESOURCES, TRAINING AND ACCOMPANIMENT FOCUSED ON CREATING PATHWAYS TO WELCOME, INCLUSION AND CELEBRATION OF LGBTQ IDENTITIES WITHIN THE LUTHERAN COMMUNION. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE RECONCILING IN CHRIST PROGRAM IN 1983, RECONCILIINGWORKS HAS ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF LUTHERANS CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS. THERE ARE 1031 RIC PARTNERS AS OF THIS FILING. EACH COMMUNITY FOLLOWS A PROCESS TO BECOME A RIC SETTING. SETTINGS MUST DISCERN USING RESOURCES, TRAININGS AND CONVERSATION GUIDES HOW BEST TO MOVE THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH A JOURNEY OF WELCOME TO LGBTQ PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS PROCESS IS TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH COMMUNITY. TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A RECONCILING IN CHRIST (RIC) PARTNER, A FAITH COMMUNITY WILL: (1) CLEARLY STATE A WELCOME TO PEOPLE OF "ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS- OR "LGBTQIA+- AND NAME ITS COMMITMENT TO "RACIAL EQUITY- OR "ANTI-RACISM" IN ITS WELCOME STATEMENT. (2) BE OPEN TO CALLING AN LGBTQIA+ AND BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, PERSON OF COLOR (BIPOC) ROSTERED LEADER. (3) ALLOW SANCTUARY/COMMUNITY SPACE/ TO BE USED FOR LGBTQIA+ WEDDINGS AND BLESSINGS. (4) MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL RIC PROGRAM. THE RIC PROGRAM IS CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES OF LGBTQ PEOPLE ACROSS THE US AND CANADA. CURRENTLY 75% OF RIC CONGREGATIONS REPORT HAVING LGBTQ PARENTS WITH CHILDREN ATTENDING WORSHIP; NEARLY 50% ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION ABOUT LGBTQ IDENTITIES WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR COMMUNITY; 83% OF COMMUNITIES PERFORM SAME GENDER WEDDING SERVICES; AND 45% OF RIC COMMUNITIES EMPLOY OPENLY LGBTQ PERSONS. RECONCILINGWORKS CREATES RESOURCES USING THE LATEST DESIGN TECHNIQUES, AND MAKES THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBPAGE. MANY RESOURCES ARE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. RESOURCES USE RECENT SCHOLARSHIP, THEOLOGY AND LANGUAGE AROUND LGBTQ IDENTITIES. BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH TRAININGS PROVIDE THE BEDROCK OF KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITIES TO JOIN THE RECONCILING IN CHRIST PROGRAM. THESE TRAININGS ARE OFFERED ON A SLIDING SCALE FEE OF 100 - 25. RECONCILINGWORKS STAFF AND SOME VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS TRAINING AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TRAINING'S OFFERED AROUND THE COUNTRY. THESE TRAININGS ARE REACHING MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER BEFORE AND HAVE BECOME A STABLE SOURCE OF PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED BY TWO CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS INTERNS, AMBASSADORS, A CO-FACILITATOR, AND A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEERS AND PROJECT DEVELOPERS (TRANSLATORS, LITURGY WRITERS, PRAYER WRITERS, WEB SITE, ETC.). THIS STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TEAM IS SUPPORTED BY A YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES, AN INCREASE IN RIC CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT, AND SEVERAL GRANTERS FUNDING SPECIFIC INITIATIVES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A SECTION 1. NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS. CORPORATIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL BE COMPOSED OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) NOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN (15) PERSONS WHO ARE BROADLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITYS INTERESTS, POSSESS APPLICABLE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, OR WHO HAVE AN EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF CORPORATION. DIRECTORS SHALL BE NATURAL PERSONS, OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18). SECTION 2. GOVERNING POWERS. PURSUANT TO THE MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT, CHAPTER 317A ET SEQ. OF THE MINNESOTA STATUTES, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE ALL THE DUTIES AND POWERS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE OVERALL DIRECTION OF CORPORATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B AFTER REVIEW BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE 990 IS EMAILED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW. AFTER SUFFICIENT TIME FOR REVIEW BY THE BOARD THE 990 IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED AND FORMS ARE COMPLETED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE SALARIES AND USED THE BIENNIAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS' SALARY AND BENEFITS SURVEY RESULTS TO GET RANGES, ETC. FOR COMPENSATION LEVELS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE SALARIES AND USED THE BIENNIAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS' SALARY AND BENEFITS SURVEY RESULTS TO GET RANGES, ETC. FOR COMPENSATION LEVELS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ASSETS DISTRIBUTED - MERGER -314,327