Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 2,431,855 | 2,581,121 | 2,424,294 | 2,379,404 | 2,316,745 | 12,133,419 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 2,431,855 | 2,581,121 | 2,424,294 | 2,379,404 | 2,316,745 | 12,133,419 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 12,133,419 | |||||
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 2,431,855 | 2,581,121 | 2,424,294 | 2,379,404 | 2,316,745 | 12,133,419 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 66,783 | 42,249 | 43,811 | 69,098 | 152,171 | 374,112 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 57,352 | 63,350 | 3,969 | 6,807 | 4,228 | 135,706 |
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | 12,643,237 | |||||
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
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| Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: | Miscellaneous - 2010 Amount: $ 57,352. 2011 Amount: $ 63,350. 2012 Amount: $ 3,969. 2013 Amount: $ 6,807. 2014 Amount: $ 4,228. |
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a: | In 2013-2014, Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) continued her The Story Lives On emphasis. "As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard," Acts 4:20 (NIV) was the focus passage. The full passage was Acts 4:12-20. In this year of celebrating WMU's 125th birthday, WMU continued to challenge individuals to celebrate the radical stories of WMU - past and present; connect our stories as we forge our future; and commit to tell the gospel story and ignite a passion for the Great Commission in all generations. Beginning September 2010, Human Exploitation became the focus of Project HELP, our critical issue and we continued that focus this year. WMU continued to provide resources and to assist associations and churches in holding educational events in their areas. WMU is the strongest, consistent entity in the church which seeks to help people to understand missions; to see the lostness of the world beginning in one's own community; and to equip women, men, boys and girls to commit to be personally involved in missions. This includes praying, giving financially through the Cooperative Program and special missions offerings, and hands-on involvement. Making Christian disciples is as important today as any time in history. WMU provides quality resources to encourage preschoolers, children, students and adults to follow Christ's example of reaching out to those who are seeking spiritual answers. To assist in the process of missions discipleship SC WMU offers resources to start WMU groups and ideas to enlist more men, women, teenagers, boys, girls, and preschoolers in ongoing missions. WMU, SBC and SC WMU continue to work together to put the needed resources in the hands of churches to begin new groups. From September 1, 2013-August 31, 2014, the following new WMU groups were started with six months of free curriculum with a year's subscription. The groups started were: 8 Mission Friends; 6 Girls in Action; 6 Royal Ambassadors, 5 Children in Action; 1 Acteen; 6 Youth on Mission; 1 Challenger; 4 Women on Mission; 1 Adults on Mission; one language group and 3 WMU officers. This is a total of 42 new groups in 23 churches. Christian Women's Job Corps (CWJC), a ministry of WMU and Christian Men's Job Corps (CMJC) continues to be an important part of the work of South Carolina WMU. WMU continues to stress through training that CWJC/CMJC may be done by one woman/man, one church, and one or more associations. Currently there is one active site in South Carolina. Acteens are still active on the Willow Lane Campus. A Prayer Breakfast was held on the campus on July 20. Forty people attended that event. VBS was held at Willow Lane Chapel the last of July. Average attendance was 55 youth a night. Twenty six youth made professions of faith. Thirty-five members of Refuge Baptist of Chapin lead the school again this year. On Aug. 8, the youth enjoyed a Summer Festival. Members of five different churches were there to prepare the food; man the games; or just visit with the youth. Other churches throughout the state helped furnish water and cookies. WMU also sponsors the We're Here for You day of ministry each year. This occurs the Saturday before the South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting in November. Seventeen churches, representing eleven associations and one association (meaning they did a project association-wide) reported involvement in mission action projects on this day. These reports indicated that a total of 403 persons, 12 families, and an entire community were served on that day by 121 volunteers. Mission action projects shared on that day included: donation of gently used coats, sweaters, and other clothing by a church congregation prior to November 9. They made these items available to individuals and families on November 9 and distributed gospel tracts to all who had received clothing or who came in looking for clothing. They also distributed devotional magazines, Home Life, and Mature Living magazines as well as preschool and teen parenting literature. Other mission action projects included sponsoring a Spa Day at Willow Lane (DJJ for girls), the delivery of three dozen donuts to the Union County Sheriff's Department and two dozen to the 911 office; the purchasing of a heating and air unit for the House of Sweet Transition in Newberry; the delivery of overnight bags to safe homes; the donation of 50 items to the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen; the provision of snacks and school supplies to a local after school program; the delivery of tracts, Bibles, kitchen towels, homemade bread, and an invitation to share Thanksgiving with their church family to each home in the community; and the delivery of stuffed animals to the city and county police department to be given to children who might be part of an accident or domestic situation. Other churches and associations were also involved in impacting their community on this day as they worked together to meet both physical and spiritual needs. While this event is promoted as a one day simultaneous event, South Carolina WMU encourages all churches who participate in We're Here for You to follow-up with those served on that day and to consider some of these projects and activities as ongoing missions involvement for their churches and associations. WMU clip art was sent each month to associational administrative assistants, WMU directors, growth consultants, missions consultants, and WMU communication specialists. SOUTH CAROLINA MISSIONS GROWTH PLAN The growth emphasis for SC WMU is Bigger and Better. The new starts for this past year are recorded earlier in this report. Key elements of the growth plan are: define missions discipleship to the church, communicate the heart of WMU, leadership development, qualitative growth, numerical growth and customization. The entire program of work of SC WMU gives support to growth. This includes specialists, conferences, meetings, consultations, website information, mail-outs, newsletters, and responding to requests for assistance which come from churches and associations. The age-level growth brochures provide promotional ideas for groups. They are available as a free download on the SC WMU website, www.scwmu.org, under resources for WMU leadership. WMU Membership and Organizations In 2013-2014, the Annual Church Profile shows that SC WMU had a total membership of 113,699. In addition there were 77 involved in BNF, 15 in DJJ, and 831 in CWJC. That brings the total for the 2013-2014 church year to 114,622. LEADERSHIP TRAINING Leadership training continues to be one of the greatest needs that we have in WMU in South Carolina, and the WMU staff continues to seek new ways to reach the most leaders to ensure we have quality, trained leaders. To do this, SC WMU: provides state-sponsored training events and training plans and helps to assist associational leadership in training events; the WMU staff, Executive Board members and specialists participate in training conferences/events offered by associations/churches as well as speak in churches and associations as requested; staff members write articles and other materials about leadership training for the WMU website; and respond to specific situations and/or questions from churches and associations. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, continued: | Specialists WMU specialists enable South Carolina WMU to extend the services offered to the churches and associations. If a staff member cannot accept a speaking/training request, usually a specialist can. A specialist is a person with experience in the office, age level, or specialty in which they are serving. In addition, they have completed extensive training in the work of WMU. Specialists are available to speak in churches/associations, lead conferences, and teach North American/international mission studies, state missions emphasis, and other studies, i.e. emphasis book We've a Story to Tell. Currently 34 people are serving as specialists. Associational Leadership Training Associational Leadership Training (ALT) 2014 was held at Camp La Vida, May 16-17. One hundred and nine persons, representing 25 associations attended. This was an interactive event. Planning is such a critical part of WMU and this training meeting on Saturday was held to help all who participated to have a better understanding of the importance of advanced planning and what should actually occur in a planning team meeting. MProve Three MProve (WMU Church Leadership Training) events were offered in August 2014. The first two MProve were held simultaneously on Saturday, August 9 at Eastview Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina and First Church, Walterboro. A total of 39 persons, representing 12 churches attended MProve at Eastview Church in Rock Hill. A total of 44 persons, representing 10 churches attended MProve at First Church, Walterboro. The third MProve event was held at First Church, Irmo on Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23. One hundred and thirty one persons, representing twenty-nine churches attended. Leadership position conferences were offered at this event Associational Spring Meetings State WMU staff assisted associational WMU leadership with WMU Spring Meetings which were held during the months of March, April, and May. The purpose of these meetings is to provide missions inspiration and information and to conduct WMU business, which includes electing associational WMU leadership for the new church year. The SC WMU office sends program plans and materials. SC WMU also provides travel for the missionaries. A WMU staff member or representative attends every meeting. The majority of the associations included a presentation from a retired or active international or North American missionary as a part of their program. Approximately 2,310 individuals participated in these meetings which were held in 40 of the 42 associations. MISSION SUPPORT The mission support focus areas of WMU include praying and giving. Each year, WMU co-sponsors with the Missions Mobilization Group a mission support project for prisoner packets at Christmas. This marks the 37th year of providing prisoner packets. A total of 24,931 prisoner packets were provided in 2014. This is an increase over what was given the previous year and exceeded the required number needed. We thank South Carolina Baptists who faithfully give to this project. With associations, WMU sponsors ministry health kits in the spring. Because of the way health kits are collected and distributed in the associations, we do not have a total figure for these. WMU continues to provide duffel bags and Bibles for children in the foster care program. WMU works with the South Carolina Foster Parents Association to provide these items. During 2013-2014, South Carolina WMU received a total of $16,158.19 for the purchase of Duffel Bags and Bibles. Sixty-nine churches and WMUs contributed towards this mission support effort. In addition, one association and six individuals contributed towards this total. A total of 1,250 duffel bags were purchased with this money. All of these were delivered to South Carolina Foster Parents Association contacts in late February and early March. Duffel Bags and Bibles are given to all foster children in South Carolina. In addition to the money that was sent to South Carolina WMU, other churches worked directly through their local South Carolina Foster Parents Association contact. WMU also assumes a major responsibility for the promotion of the Cooperative Program. Although the Cooperative Program receipts for 2014 fell short of the South Carolina Baptist Convention budget goal, we are grateful for each dollar given, and the sacrificial giving of South Carolina Baptists during difficult financial times. This affirms all that South Carolina Baptists do together for the Kingdom of God. Every year, WMU is the primary promoter of the Week of Prayer for International Missions, the Week of Prayer for North American Missions, and the Season of Prayer for State Missions. In addition, for state missions, a DVD, children's sermons, pastor helps, and information on individuals available to speak were mailed to every church. Information packets were mailed to all who agreed to speak on behalf of state missions. Other mission support events/projects include: promotion of missions emphases and Associational Emphasis Week; monetary gifts to South Carolina missionaries when they are appointed/commissioned and at Christmas; monetary gifts, twice a year, to children (MKs) of South Carolina missionaries attending college/university and to any MK attending a college/university in South Carolina; providing transportation to MK Re-entry Retreat for SC MKs entering their freshman year of college; and promotion of and participation in the South Carolina Baptist Convention missions partnerships. We also promote giving to the Pure Water, Pure Love ministry of WMU, which provides pure water for missionaries and sometimes whole communities. We encourage church and associational WMU groups to have WorldCrafts parties. An annual day of fellowship is provided for South Carolina missionaries and their families at Camp La Vida with 35 attending. Two Missionary Parents Fellowship meetings were held during the 2013-2014 year. The fall meeting had 20 attend and the spring meeting had 21 attend. WMU provides meals and programs for both meetings. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, continued: | SOUTH CAROLINA MISSIONARIES Due to security issues, we no longer provide in print names and areas of service of our missionaries. We regard their safety and security as a primary concern. Always keep our missions personnel in your prayers. If you have any questions, please contact the state WMU office. During the 2013-2014 church year, we know that there were at least nine career missionaries appointed to serve and one missionary apprentice appointed to serve. Of these nine appointed, five are serving in Last Frontier areas and four are serving among the American Peoples Affinity Group (AMP). One missionary apprentice is serving among the Sub-Saharan African Peoples Group (SSAP). Two Journeymen (Last Frontier) who list South Carolina as their home state were appointed to serve. Three couples resigned from the International Mission Board during the fall of 2013 and one couple and one single missionary resigned during the summer of 2014. Two couples retired from the International Mission Board in December 2013. Three who served as Journeyman completed their two years of service during this reporting period. During this reporting period, three emeritus International Mission Board missionaries were deceased. Two Retired North American Mission Board missionaries were deceased during this reporting period. CAMP LA VIDA The 2014 summer camping season theme at Camp La Vida (CLV) was "Gotta Tell It". The camping season consists of two mother/daughter overnights, a mother/daughter minicamp, GA and Acteens minicamps, GA and Acteens five-day camps, and two Children in Action and Youth on Mission camping experiences. In the 2014 season, a total of 1,366 campers attended. A total of 295 decisions were recorded: 45 campers made professions of faith in Jesus Christ; 41 rededicated their lives to Christ; 75 committed to full-time mission service; 10 to full-time Christian service; and 124 other decisions were made. Campers contributed $3,046.01 through the Cooperative Program (an offering is not taken during mother/daughter overnights). There were 32 program guests and 37 staff for the camping season, including short term staff. Six from Connie Maxwell Children's Home and three from Christian Women's Job Corps were provided camperships (half the fee). Four Convention staff family members attended camp. Camp La Vida's social media following has grown to 654 followers on Facebook, 90 followers on Instagram, and 45 followers on Pinterest. During non-camping season, we worked in the beginning of the year to repair the plumbing issues brought on by the severe cold. We prepared for work day which was held in April. There were 96 people representing 15-16 churches that came to help that day, which is the largest group in recent history. Many projects were completed and others were started. As in years past, there were other teams that came on other days to work on projects. With assistance from a couple of churches, we painted and remodeled the missionary rooms under the dining hall. The timber was harvested from about 60 acres and we have completed the first step toward replanting that portion of the property. TRIPLE A Triple A is a tool for church and associational WMU leaders to use in measuring their progress and to aid them in annual planning and evaluation. The church tool has 14 categories. To receive recognition, 44 out of 69 actions, with at least one activity from 11 of the 14 categories must be completed. In the association's tool, there are 12 categories and 81 actions. To be recognized, 70 actions from a minimum of 7 different categories must be completed. In 2013-2014, 91 churches and 6 associations were recognized. OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST The 111th WMU Missions Encounter & Annual Meeting was held at Calvary Church, Florence, SC, March 21-22, 2014. At least 563 persons registered, representing forty associations. The theme for the meeting was Ignite. The SC WMU president was elected to her fourth term ; 2) the new Executive Board was elected; 3) the 2015 State Nominating Committee was elected; 4) the site for the 2017 Annual Meeting at First Church, Boiling Springs on March 24-25, was approved; and 5) Triple A association and church recipients were recognized. Ongoing work of WMU has continued, including six newsletters that were prepared and sent to associational and church leadership. SC WMU provided articles for inclusion in publications produced by the SCBC. The SC WMU Facebook page now has 590 followers. South Carolina WMU continues to be involved with Hold Out the Lifeline: A Mission to Families. Hold Out the Lifeline assists and enables religious congregations and communities to work alone or with agencies and other organizations for the purpose of improving the physical, mental, social, educational, environmental and spiritual well-being of families in South Carolina. SC WMU Associate Executive Director serves as a member of the Statewide Advisory Committee of Hold Out the Lifeline. A volunteer force continues to assist in the WMU office. From September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014, 50 volunteers from 7 churches served 284 hours. These individuals are a strategic part of our work, as they play a big role in getting resources to our churches. Each year during the fall, we invite volunteers to a luncheon given in their honor. In attendance at the luncheon in 2013 were 43. WMU continues to help to promote the Mother's Day Offering for the South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging. WMU celebrated their 125th organizational year at the WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on June 8-9. SC WMU enlisted Christian Tours so WMU members could have the opportunity to attend this special celebration. Forty-one passengers, including a former SC WMU president, participated in this special event, which also included a tour of Annie Armstrong's Baltimore. On their return trip, they visited the site where Lottie Moon's ashes are buried in Crewe, Virginia. The tour bus number does not include: several South Carolinians from Fort Mill that traveled on a North Carolina bus; a group of GAs and their leaders from Florence who arranged a trip for this special celebration; and several WMU members from James Island. There were others who traveled on their own from South Carolina including 2 former SC WMU presidents; the current SC WMU president and 7 SC WMU staff . |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | Each woman who participates in her local chapter of WMU is considered to be a member. Members attend the annual meeting and approve the slate of board members for the upcoming year by voting "yes" or "no" when each candidate's name is called. Members cannot add names to the list of board candidates, nor do they approve major decisions made by the board. There is only one class of membership. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Each woman who participates in her local chapter of WMU is considered to be a member. Members attend the annual meeting and approve the slate of board members for the upcoming year by voting "yes" or "no" when each candidate's name is called. Members cannot add names to the list of board candidates. There is only one class of membership. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by WMU's top management. The reviewed Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The conflict of interest policy is monitored annually by requiring all organization staff and board members to complete and sign the conflict of interest questionnaire. The Accountant and Human Resource Director annually reviews the questionnaires and alerts the Executive Director-Treasurer if there are any issues. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Board annually sets the executive director's salary using prior year compensation as a guide. The executive director's salary was originally determined by reviewing a salary range study that was prepared for the South Carolina Baptist Convention more than five years ago. The independent board of directors reviews and approves the executive director's compensation annually and the deliberations are recorded in the corporate minutes. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Change in value of perpetual trust held by others 71. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: | This process has not changed since the prior year. The organization has a finance committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements. The South Carolina Baptist Convention, a related party, selects the independent accountant for the organization. |
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