Heartline Ministries
Accredited Charity
Meets Standards
Accredited Charity
Meets Standards
Standards Legend
- Meets Standards
- Standards Not Met
- Did Not Disclose
- Review In Progress
- Unable to Verify
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
Oversight of Operations and Staff: Standard 1
Description
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fundraising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.The organization meets this standard.
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Board Size
Number of Board Members: Standard 2
Description
Soliciting organizations shall have a board of directors with a minimum of five voting members.The organization meets this standard.
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Board Meetings
Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings: Standard 3
Description
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.The organization meets this standard.
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Board Compensation
Compensated Board Members: Standard 4
Description
Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.The organization meets this standard.
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Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest: Standard 5
Description
No transaction(s) in which any board or staff members have material conflicting interests with the charity resulting from any relationship or business affiliation. Factors that will be considered when concluding whether or not a related party transaction constitutes a conflict of interest and if such a conflict is material, include, but are not limited to: any arm's length procedures established by the charity; the size of the transaction relative to like expenses of the charity; whether the interested party participated in the board vote on the transaction; if competitive bids were sought and whether the transaction is one-time, recurring or ongoing.The organization meets this standard.
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
Board Policy on Effectiveness: Standard 6
Description
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.The organization meets this standard.
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Effectiveness Report
Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness: Standard 7
Description
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.The organization meets this standard.
Finances
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Program Expenses
Program Service Expense Ratio: Standard 8
Description
Spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.The organization meets this standard.
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Fundraising Expenses
Fundraising Expense Ratio: Standard 9
Description
Spending should be no more than 35% of related contributions on fundraising. Related contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a result of fundraising efforts.The organization meets this standard.
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Accumulating Funds
Ending Net Assets: Standard 10
Description
Avoid accumulating funds that could be used for current program activities. To meet this standard, the charity's unrestricted net assets available for use should not be more than three times the size of the past year's expenses or three times the size of the current year's budget, whichever is higher.The organization meets this standard.
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Audit Report
Financial Statements: Standard 11
Description
Make available to all, on request, complete annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When total annual gross income exceeds $1 million, these statements should be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $1 million, a review by a certified public accountant is sufficient to meet this standard. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $250,000, an internally produced, complete financial statement is sufficient to meet this standard.The organization meets this standard.
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses: Standard 12
Description
Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fundraising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.The organization meets this standard.
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Accurate Expense Reporting
Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements: Standard 13
Description
Accurately report the charity's expenses, including any joint cost allocations, in its financial statements. For example, audited or unaudited statements which inaccurately claim zero fundraising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fundraising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.The organization meets this standard.
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Budget Plan
Budget: Standard 14
Description
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fundraising, and administration.The organization meets this standard.
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
Misleading Appeals: Standard 15
Description
Have solicitations and informational materials, distributed by any means, that are accurate, truthful and not misleading, both in whole and in part. Appeals that omit a clear description of program(s) for which contributions are sought will not meet this standard. A charity should also be able to substantiate that the timing and nature of its expenditures are in accordance with what is stated, expressed, or implied in the charity's solicitations.The organization meets this standard.
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Annual Report
Annual Report: Standard 16
Description
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fundraising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.The organization meets this standard.
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Website Disclosures
Web Site Disclosures: Standard 17
Description
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.The organization meets this standard.
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Donor Privacy
Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy: Standard 18
Description
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.The organization meets this standard.
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
Cause Related Marketing: Standard 19
Description
Clearly disclose how the charity benefits from the sale of products or services (i.e., cause-related marketing) that state or imply that a charity will benefit from a consumer sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of solicitation: (a) the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to abc charity for every xyz company product sold), (b) the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October), (c) any maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount (e.g., up to a maximum of $200,000).The organization meets this standard.
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Complaints
Complaints: Standard 20
Description
Respond promptly to and act on complaints brought to its attention by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and/or local Better Business Bureaus about fundraising practices, privacy policy violations and/or other issues.The organization meets this standard.
Conclusion
Heartline Ministries meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Purpose
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Year, State Incorporated
2011, WA
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Stated Purpose
Investing in Haitian families.
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Also Known As:
Haitian Creations, Heartline Foundation
Programs
Heartline Ministries invests in Haitian families through aholistic approach that focuses on maternal care, education, economicopportunity and outreach.TheHeartline Maternity Center combats the dismal maternal health reality in Haitithrough excellent medical care, health education, nutrition and compassionatesupport that effectively reduces the high incidence of maternal and infantmortality and prevents children from becoming orphans. At Heartline, birthis a human rights issue. TheHeartline Maternity Center provides expectant mothers in Haiti with a fullprenatal program, labor and delivery services with certified midwives andnurses and a six-month postpartum program of weekly medical care, childdevelopment education and breastfeeding support. Medical clinics open to the wider communityare also held each week to provide pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and free birthcontrol to promote healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy as a proven strategyto reduce maternal mortality and improve child survival.Prenatal Program: Expectant women and girls attend weeklyprenatal programs throughout pregnancy. In addition to regular medical check-ups,these programs include educational classes, vitamin and iron distribution,nutritious, high protein meals and the opportunity to develop supportiverelationships with other pregnant women and girls. This weekly care modelintegrating medical care, education, nutrition and emotional/spiritual supportis what makes the Heartline Maternity Center model both distinctive andeffective.Child Development & Health Education: Education iscentral to everything at Heartline Maternity Center. Midwives and nurses teachclasses to prenatal and postpartum women each week covering a wide range oftopics from preparing for labor and delivery to infant care and attachment,breastfeeding, healthy relationships and other critical topics.MedicalScreening: Heartline Maternity Center staff screenfor high-risk conditions and run medical labs in accordance with North Americanprotocols. As a result of the frequency of patient care, staff are able toidentify and treat the conditions that most frequently lead to poor maternaland infant health outcomes in Haiti – malnutrition, pre-eclampsia,hypertension, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases and other infectiousdiseases.PersonalAnd Compassionate Care: The Heartline MaternityCenter model is based in quality care, love, respect and trustingrelationships. Staff are committed to personally knowing women and theirstories, which frequently include extreme material poverty, sexual abuse anddisease.PostpartumMedical Care And Support: The first days, weeks andmonths after birth are a vulnerable time for new mothers and infants. TheHeartline Maternity Center provides weekly postpartum programs to support newmothers in breastfeeding and provide critical medical care and education untiltheir babies are six months old. Weekly postpartum programs include well-babycheck-ups, child development classes that teach practical parenting skills,nutritious meals, breastfeeding support and community building with other newmothers.FreeBirth Control: The Heartline Maternity Centerprovides free birth control to nearly 2,000 women each year. Access to birthcontrol promotes healthy child spacing, empowering women to preventpregnancy-related health risks that arise when pregnancies are closely spaced.It also prevents children from becoming orphans due to maternal mortality,especially for older women who have had many pregnancies and face higher risks.The HeartlineOutreach and Discipleship ministry was established in response to the directionof Jesus in Matthew25:35-40 to feed the hungry, clothe the stranger and visit the sick andimprisoned asprioritizedways of ministering in the name of Jesus. The team ministers with lonelyprisoners, childrenwithdisabilities, children living in extreme material poverty and elderly Haitians. Prisoners: TheHeartline Outreach and Discipleship team is grateful to minister at a prisonfor juvenile boys and awomen’s prison each week. Delivering bread to share with both prisoners andprison guards opens the doorto sharing the Gospel with physically and spiritually hungry prisoners throughworship, prayer,teaching and mentoring.Children WithDisabilities: The Heartline Outreach and Discipleship team is grateful tominister withMephiboshethHouse that cares for children with developmental disabilities. Every week, theHeartline team deliversbread and other food, and spends several hours worshipping, praying, andplaying withthe children.Kid’s Club: TheHeartline Outreach and Discipleship team ministers with approximately 200children living inextreme material poverty every Sunday afternoon. Kid’s Club includes a meal, worship,amessage fromthe Bible and play! Many of the children do not attend school and have familiesunable toprovide fortheir basic needs. They look forward to Kid’s Club each week for the food,loving relationships,singing and opportunity to hear about God’s love.HeartlineBakery: The Heartline Beltis Bakery provides jobs and vocational training topreviously unemployedmen. Utilizing over 500 pounds of flour daily to make delicious bread andpizza, the HeartlineBakery is open six days a week, selling baked goods to the wider community andsupplying bread for allof Heartline’s Outreach and Discipleship ministries.The HeartlineEducation Center teaches essential income generating skills – empoweringHaitian men and women topursue their dreams, provide for their families and build a brighter futurefor their communities.Graduates primarily employ these skills to start small enterprises to meet thefinancial needs of theirfamilies. What started with a few treadle sewing machines and a single class ofstudents, has grown; studentsnow have the opportunity to study sewing, advanced sewing and cooking. Staffed entirely byHaitians, the Education Center is proud that many teachers started at theEducation Center as studentsthemselves.StudentSponsorship: The cost of education in Haiti is high. Forced to choosebetween meeting basicsurvival necessities and sending their children to school, many families cannotafford the cost ofeducation. Sponsorships of $52 per month provide a child in Haiti with nourishingmeals, access toa quality education and the opportunity to hear how much Jesus loves them. HeartlineMinistries partners with neighborhood schools just outside of Cité Soleil andin the communityof Corail to provide children from materially poor families with theopportunity to attendschool. Sponsorship not only impacts the life of a child today, but also hasthe power to catalyzelasting transformation for individuals, families and communities in Haiti.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, Heartline Ministries program expenses were:
| Maternity center program | $376,049 |
| Poverty programs | $224,503 |
| Education center programs | $113,638 |
| Discipleship and outreach programs | $71,465 |
| Program Expenses | $785,655 |
Governance & Staff
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CEO
Mr. Troy Livesay, Executive Director
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Board Chair
Ms. Sarah Bessey, Author & Blogger
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Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
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Board Size
5
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Paid Staff Size
65
Fundraising
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.).
% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 8.92%
Tax Status
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
Financial
The following information is based on Heartline Ministries's Audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019
| Source of Funds | |
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| Contributions and grants | $1,052,901 |
| Education center tuition and fees | $37,973 |
| Bakery program sales, net of costs | $21,428 |
| Gain on sale of assets | $14,372 |
| Maternity center fees | $2,525 |
| Rent | $2,000 |
| Miscellenous program fees | $1,785 |
| Interest, dividends and investment gain/loss | $937 |
| Total Income | $1,133,921 |
Breakdown of Expenses
| Total Income | $1,133,921 |
| Total Expenses: | $1,122,850 |
| Program Expenses | $785,655 |
| Fundraising Expenses | $93,902 |
| Administrative Expenses | $243,293 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $11,071 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $2,071,447 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $2,082,518 |
| Total Liabilities | $12,601 |
| Total Assets | $2,095,119 |
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