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Statement on Financial Transparency

Some may wonder about our principles and practices with regards to fundraising. Our Form 990 is filed annually with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for anyone to access. We seek to be transparent and highly accountable for the sacrificial gifts of mission support entrusted to us by our faithful supporters. To that end, we abide by the following principles of good financial stewardship.

Our Position and Standards on Fundraising

We believe that this mission is God’s mission and that He is the provider of all support through caring individuals who underwrite our efforts.

Each missionary is responsible for going through a process of deputation to build his/her own mission fund.

We are a ministry that seeks to win the hearts of God’s people to 1) pray, 2) witness and 3) give in mission support over and above their regular church giving and existing mission commitments. We eschew guilt or pressure tactics for giving and trust God’s provision for our work.

We present ourselves to others to convey our mission and vision: To Boldly declare Y’shua as the Messiah to Jewish people and Gentiles; and, to Urgently equip the church to do the same.

We train new missionaries to do their deputation and we establish a missionary fund for individual missionaries and projects. All of the gifts we receive are coded to a missionary or project using a fund accounting system. There are three exceptions to this rule:

1. If the donor directs the gift for use of another missionary or project it will be so coded. If we are unable to use said gift for that project, we will communicate back with the donor to seek their wishes offering alternatives or returning the gift.
2. All end-of-life bequests from donors will be coded to the general fund for future use of ministry expansion. Missionaries should so inform their donors of this policy.
3. If an already coded donor is present with different missionary speaking, gifts to that second person will be coded to the second missionary. Future gifts by default, unless directed elsewhere, will go to the first person.

Missionary expenses, salaries, benefits, etc. will be charged to the missionary fund. Once a missionary has a developed fund, defined as having 4 months general expenses in their fund, then the missionary’s fund will be charged an administrative fee to help defray general fund expenses and cover administration costs, newsletters, etc. That fee is 10% of the missionary’s income.

Under-developed missionary funds will not go into the red. We will be able to disperse salaries and expenses only as funds are available in the missionary account.

As a matter of principle, we do not accept financial gifts from unbelievers. If a gift is determined to be from a non-Christian, we will graciously return the gift indicating that we believe before we receive a gift from them that they receive God’s gift of salvation.

All names brought with a missionary before their term of service starts will stay with the missionary if/when they leave The Apple of His Eye. All names received during their term of service remain with The Apple of His Eye following their departure.

Administrative staff are not responsible for raising their support. However, it is encouraged that they help by inviting others to support The Apple of His Eye. Their expenses come from the general fund.

All staff are to help with donor relations by communicating with supporters on a regular basis through receipt letters, newsletters, e-mails, post cards, phone calls, and visits etc.

Our donor lists are not available for sale or trade with other agencies. We respect the privacy of individuals who have entrusted their personal information with us so that we might communicate with them.

At the discretion of the Executive Director, donors who are coded to missionary accounts which are no longer active may be reassigned to active missionary accounts.

Any new missionary may ask the Executive Director to re-code donors who are members of his/her home church so that future funds will go to that individual.

No funds are received directly by individuals for their use. All donations are to be processed properly and added to the missionary account. For example, if a missionary speaks in a church and the pastor wants to give that person an honorarium over and above the offering received, that honoraria is to be sent in to the administrative center along with the offering to be credited to their fund, and not held onto for personal use.

We seek to be generous people, and if a missionary has a developed fund, he may take the initiative to help a new worker develop their fund by directing the offering they receive at a church to that new fund. This should be specifically stated so that all parties are aware of what is happening.

Missionaries will receive regular reports of donations received so that they can communicate with these gracious individuals in a timely manner.

If you have questiona about our policies, please feel free to contact us for clarification.

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Apple of His Eye Mission Society is a not-for-profit 501c(3) organization. We file a Form 990 annually for the public disclosure of all of our finances.