2025-08-14T12:37:38-05:00 2024-09-30 430352985 Kerber Eck & Braeckel LLP One South Memorial Dr Ste 900 Saint Louis MO 63102 990 2023-10-01 430654856 Evangelical Children's Home EVAN 3144273832 8240 St Charles Rock Road St Louis MO 63114 Julia A Adami CEO 3144273755 2025-08-07 1 1 Steve Eckhard CPA P00019710 3142316232 2025-08-07 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Every Child's Hope Julia A Adami 8240 St Charles Rock Road St Louis MO 63114 16678096 0 X www.everychildshope.org X 1858 MO Partnering with the community to assist children, youth and families in their unique pursuit of health and wholeness through quality, professional and faithful services. 14 14 242 178 0 0 6907444 8182740 4082304 5197313 1424571 1750999 31932 -2232 12446251 15128820 1057540 1006425 0 0 8896606 10387657 0 0 568127 3612244 4379143 13566390 15773225 -1120139 -644405 39144185 42226435 2975057 2226814 36169128 39999621 X See Schedule O 0 1 3535631 20563 1258114 See Schedule O 3946338 539735 445473 See Schelule O 4834449 42797 3495133 See Schedule O 536468 403330 353 ECH offers a range of educational services from an early education center to the Carrie Elligson Gietner School.Early Education Services was a head start program providing day care and developmentally enriching services to low-income families, up to the age 6, residing with their family in the local community. The program engaged each child's enthusiasm for growth in social, emotional, cognitive and physical areas of development. Support was provided to help parents raise their children in the home with sensitivity to their child's cognitive, emotional and physical needs. To assist the families, the program offered parent education, in-home parents as teachers consultations, emergency food and clothing assistance and community linkages to a range of supports. In fiscal year 2024, Early Education served 63 children and their families. The Early Education Services program was discontinued on October 31, 2023. The Carrie Elligson Gietner School. operated by ECH as an affiliated 501(c)(3). provides an on-site alternative program for children who are not attending public school due to behavorial and/or learning challenges. The Program is designed to help elementary through high-school aged students achieve emotional well-being along with improved performance and behavorial functioning. The long-term goal for every student is reintegration to the most appropriate community-based school and ultimate achievement of high school graduation. Some students are in residential treatment at ECH while others are referred through partnerships with coordinating area public school districts. In fiscal year 2024, the ECH School served 63 students. 536468 403330 353 12852886 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 48 0 1 242 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X Peter Guiffrida 3144273832 8240 St Charles Rock Road St Louis MO 63114 Regina Berwin Secretary 0.40 0.10 X X 0 0 0 Jeremy Fettig Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Paul Flynn Treasurer 0.40 0.10 X X 0 0 0 William Gamewell Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Gerhard Glassl Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Dennis Mertz Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Gail Saxton Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Stephen Schroeder Assistant Treasurer 0.30 0.10 X X 0 0 0 Susan Shelton Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Lucille Smith Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Shari Smith President 0.40 0.10 X X 0 0 0 Selena Vaughn Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 David Viehmann Vice President 0.40 0.10 X X 0 0 0 Annie Williams Board Member 0.25 0.10 X 0 0 0 Brandi Behne CFO to 1-31-24 32.00 8.00 X 120612 0 15081 Julia Adami CEO 32.00 8.00 X 83817 0 5371 Peter Guiffrida CFO 32.00 8.00 X 0 0 0 Sherry Gerke Chief Development Officer 32.00 8.00 X 113038 0 12045 Angela Sliepen COO 32.00 8.00 X 110656 0 4341 Micheal Brennan Former CEO (to 7-31-23) 32.00 8.00 X 99908 0 17665 528031 0 54503 3 1 0 0 KAI Build LLC 2060 Craigshire St Louis MO 63146 Construction Services 3749712 H & M Management LLC 35 Toddington Terrace St Louis MO 63128 Food Services 282212 Rekha Ramanuja 9700 Fairgreen Drive Olivette MO 63132 Psychiatric Services 162872 Michael J Shanker 301 Ridge Trail Drive Chesterfield MO 63017 Psychiatric Services 104576 4 34758 6482952 1665030 129733 8182740 Contract Service Fees 624100 5197313 5197313 5197313 870749 870749 1661032 744630 1364390 161022 296642 583608 880250 880250 19872 34758 23864 -3992 -3992 Miscellaneous 900099 1760 1760 1760 15128820 5199073 0 1747007 392137 392137 614288 614288 330532 330532 8323838 6883310 1112223 328305 214854 179526 22876 12452 878379 744492 101104 32783 640054 514168 102351 23535 22857 13799 8318 740 71840 71840 41297 41297 1094153 857873 193457 42823 246478 174602 57507 14369 245379 142554 84893 17932 557578 492325 54822 10431 157388 135558 21060 770 13469 13469 426690 392250 26498 7942 774119 617146 139635 17338 Maintenance 446318 377417 42814 26087 Food 146139 146117 10 12 Staff Development/Recru 127069 114963 10899 1207 Printing and Publicatio 63539 22420 9854 31265 -55170 24472 -79778 136 15773225 12852886 2352212 568127 1746770 1059699 124346 52787 1441188 1563832 3842 201414 154903 19928627 10094398 8898831 9834229 20997880 22329051 5729914 7231934 39144185 42226435 1545783 1138025 36409 77961 588892 803973 1010828 2975057 2226814 X 29927691 31880045 6241437 8119576 36169128 39999621 39144185 42226435 X -644405 3480182 994716 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 5143000 6376224 12859563 6907444 8182740 39468971 5143000 6376224 12859563 6907444 8182740 39468971 4388723 35080248 590964 558073 584526 839647 870749 3443959 17809 344440 219620 31932 1760 615561 43528491 0.80590 0.79900 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5777739 750 1254671 51761 6981399 5271130 546980 40371 5777739 5360805 1502449 -1534378 57746 5271130 4601397 797834 38424 5360807 4368380 308684 75667 4601397 0.08330 0.91670 1 0 165295 165295 18866361 9490898 9375463 890721 603500 287221 6250 6250 9834229 Beneficial Interest in charitable remainder trusts 1082543 Investment in Missouri Alliance for Children and Families, LLC 398748 Beneficial Interest in perpetual trusts 4800271 Operating lease right of use asset 752733 Finance lease right of use asset 197639 7231934 Operating Lease Liability 775489 Finance Lease Liability 206096 Gift Annuity Liability 29243 1010828 X Part V, Line 4: The Organization has a number of donor-restricted funds established for educational and operational purposes. Endowment funds are held and administered for Evangelical Children's Home by unrelated organizations. The intended use of the endowment funds are restricted to the stated purpose of each endowment document. Due to multiple documents the intended uses vary. Part X, Line 2: The Home and the School are exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(a) as organizations decribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). As such, they are only subject to tax on unrelated business taxable income as defined by the IRC. The Home and School each file form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax) with the U.S. Federal Government. The Home and School are no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for jurisdictions in which the Home and the School have filed tax returns for years prior to the year ended September 30, 2021. FASB ASC Section 740-10 clarifies accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum standard a tax position is required to meet before requiring disclosure in the financial statements. Management annually reviews its tax positions and has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition in the consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2024. Golf 54630 34758 19872 250 7155 7592 8350 517 54630 34758 19872 250 7155 7592 8350 517 23864 -3992 1 Evangelical Children's Home School 11814 Borman Dr St Louis MO 63146 431441744 501 (C) (3) 0 392137 To fund excess operating expenses to the School. 1 0 Reimbursement for Supplies and Living Quarters 215 582833 31455 FMV Clothing and Supplies Part I, Line 2: ECH Home pays for expenses on the School's behalf when deemed necessary. There is no formal grant agreement, but since the School is a related organization, ECH Home supports the School as needed. ECH Home pays for expenses based on invoices received directly from vendors. The same accounting personnel handle all payments to and from ECH Home and ECH School. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Micheal Brennan Former CEO (to 7-31-23) 99908 0 0 0 0 0 13086 0 4579 0 117573 0 0 0 X 8069 Thrift Shop Value X 7 87807 FMV X Christmas items 50 21997 Thrift Shop Value X Auction items 57 7855 FMV X Office Furniture 1 2500 Thrift Shop Value X Miscellanous supplies 4 1505 Thrift Shop Value 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, line 3 Early Education Services was a head start program providing day care and developmentally enriching services to low-income families, up to the age 6, residing with their family in the local community. The program engaged each child's enthusiasm for growth in social, emotional, cognitive and physical areas of development. Support was provided to help parents raise their children in the home with sensitivity to their child's cognitive, emotional and physical needs. To assist the families, the program offered parent education, in-home parents as teachers consultations, emergency food and clothing assistance and community linkages to a range of supports. In fiscal year 2024, Early Education served 63 children and their families. The Early Education Services program was discontinued on October 31, 2023. Form 990 Part III, LIne 4a Residential Treatment Services: ECH offers sepcialized care as well as both safe-intensive and aftercare residential treatment servcies for troubled children and youth. This allows ECH to accept youth with a wide spectrum of mental health and behavioral concerns. Residential treatment attempts to stabilize presenting problems, improve overall functioning, and transition youth at discharge to a permanent family setting. Comprehensive services available in each level of treatment include psychiatric and psychological care; physical health care; individual, family and group therapy provided by licensed professionals; case management; crisis intervention; medication management; special education services; and recreation and expressive therapies. Safe and intensive units (SI) serve children ages 6 through 17. Children placed in safe intensive units have often suffered physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse and neglect and have highly acute needs. They frequently display aggressive, self-harm or runaway behaviors. Aftercare services are for children ready to return home after completing ECH's safe and intensive residential program. For six months, ECH helps to ensure the transition will be successful and permanent by providing safety planning, medication management assistance, parent education & coaching, behavioral management, case management, and respite care. In fiscal year 2024, Residential Treatment served 42 children. Form 990 Part III, Line 4b Steppingstone Transitional Living Services: Steppingstone provides shelter and support for at-risk, runaway and homeless youth ages 16-21 in an array of safe and supervised living environments. Steppingstone services are offered in both ECH's St. Louis and Kansas City regions. Based on capabilities identified at initial assessment, the youth is placed in an apprpriate level of care and supervision that can include group living, structured apartment, or scattered site/community apartment. Steppingstone provides services to help youth develop self-sufficiency, including educational and employment assistance, life skills training, individual case managment, and physical and mental health treatment. Steppingstone services are based on the positive youth development philosophy with an overall goal of assisting youth to plan for a stable, safe living environment and self-sufficiency after exiting the program. In fiscal year 2024, Steppingstone served a total of 152 youth in its St. Louis and Kansas City programs. Form 990 Part III, Line 4c Community-Based Services: Community-Based Services includes three programs - Outpatient Psychiatry, Family Solutions for Kids and Foster Care Case Management - that provide a wide range of office and community-based services to children, youth and their families. Outpatient Psychiatry Services are available to children and youth under the age of 20 residing in the St. Louis and Franklin counties of Missouri. Services include psychiatric evaluation, therapeutic stabilization, medication managment and individual and family therapy. In fiscal year 2024, Outpatient Psychiatry served 1,011 youth. Family Solutions for Kids services is a collaborative program with an allied agency that provides intensive in-home therapy and case management services to children and youth between the ages of 4 to 20 residing in the St. Louis and Franklin counties of Missouri. Services are provided by a licensed or provisionally licensed therapist at an average of 5 hours per week for up to 16 weeks. Primary focus is placed on stabilizing presenting problems and strengthening coping strategies and supports to sustain therapeutic gains upon discharge. In fiscal year 2024, Family Solutions for Kids served 382 families. Foster Care Case Management services works with biological families according to the Adoption and Safe Families Act to assist with reunification and permanency for children in residential care or out-of-home placement. The program utilizes a "wrap-around" philosophy and builds upon current strengths by linking the family with natural supports, such as extended family, neighbors, and community resources. Foster Care Case Management services are provided in the Missouri counties of St. Louis, Jefferson, Franklin, Cole, Butler, Ripley, Stoddard, and Dunklin. In fiscal year 2024 Foster Care Case Management served a toal of 629 youth and their families. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A Draft of the form 990 is sent to the finance committee by mail or e-mail for review prior to filing. The CEO and CFO also review the form 990 prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All Board Members and certain Key Employees sign a Conflict of Interest statement annually, and potential conflict of interest relationships are disclosed on that form at that time. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Board has a Compensation Committee that evaluates the performance of the Executive Director annually and determines compensation at that time. To ensure the compensation is in line with other similar nonprofit organizations, the agency secures compensation survey data from two independent sources and uses that data to compare the Executive Director's proposed compensation with other executive directors at comparable nonprofit organizations. Industry data is also used when determining the pay scale of new and current employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 Evangelical Children's Home makes its Form 1023 available to the public upon written request. The form 990 is made available on www.GUIDESTAR.org. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Evangelical Children's Home makes it governing documents, Conflict of Interest Policy and Financial Statements available to the public upon written request. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Change in value of split interest agreements 994,716. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: ECH has a Finance Committee that assumes responsbility for selecting the auditors and overseeing the performance of the audit. Evangelical Children's Home School 11814 Borman Dr St Louis MO 63146 431441744 School MO 501(c)(3) Line 2 Evangelical Children's Home 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Evangelical Children's Home School B 392137 Cash Value Evangelical Children's Home School Q 159829 Cash Value