Organizations Filed Purposes:
LIFESONGS MISSION IS TO BRING JOY AND PURPOSE TO ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. WE DO THIS BY MOBILIZING THE CHURCH TO CARE FOR THE ORPHAN, WHERE EACH MEMBER CAN PROVIDE A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL SERVICE: SOME TO ADOPT, SOME TO CARE, SOME TO GIVE.
VULNERABLE CHILDREN/ORPHAN CARE PROGRAM (INTERNATIONAL) - PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, BIBLICAL TRAINING, EDUCATION AND JOB-SKILL TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT SEVERAL PROJECT LOCATIONS. APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF ORPHANS REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND BASIC LIVING NEEDS DURING THE YEAR WERE - RUSSIA REGION - 3,871; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA REGION - 3,494; SOUTH ASIA - 130; SOUTH AMERICA - 57; CENTRAL AMERICA - 1,075; EAST ASIA - 126; NORTH AMERICA - 15
ADOPTION GRANT/LOAN PROGRAM - PROVIDE GRANTS AND LOANS TO ASSIST IN THE ADOPTION OF ORPHANS BY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES. POST-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE IS ALSO PROVIDED. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO OFFSET ONLY DOCUMENTED ADOPTION COSTS. 109 COVENANT LOANS TO ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, TOTALING $393,845, WERE OUTSTANDING AT YEAR-END. LIFESONG HELPED FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF 646 ORPHANS DURING THE YEAR.
VULNERABLE CHILDREN/ORPHAN CARE PROGRAM (DOMESTIC) - LIFESONG PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MINISTRIES ARE FOCUSED ON AT-RISK CHILDREN. SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED ARE LISTED AT SCHEDULE I, PART II (AS REQUIRED). LIFESONG ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE (THROUGH THE FORGOTTEN INITIATIVE), BY PROVIDING BACKPACKS WITH PERSONAL ITEMS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE BEING PLACED INTO FOSTER CARE, TRAINING MENTORS TO HELP FOSTER FAMILIES, AND PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO FOSTER FAMILIES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| N Andrew Lehman | VICE-PRESIDENT | 40 | $187,528 |
| Kory Kaeb | VP - OPERATIONS | 40 | $158,629 |
| Richard Metcalfe | PROGRAM DIRECTOR | 40 | $119,224 |
| Todd Block | ORPHAN CARE | 40 | $103,750 |
| Kyle Hangartner | CONTROLLER | 40 | $103,375 |
| Andrew Gerber | DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | 40 | $102,001 |
| Marla Ringger | SECRETARYTREASURER | 15 | $0 |
| Gary Ringger | PRESIDENT NO SALARY RECEIVED | 30 | $0 |
| Rodney Brenneman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Phillip Goad | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Timothy Wallen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joel Clousing | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Hoerr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Gramm | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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