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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: March 2025 Expires: March 2027

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
12 13 16
(330) 309-2905
594 5th St NE
Barberton, OH, 44203-2772
https://friendsintents.com
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach does not meet the following 3 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 12 (Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses)
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, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach does not meet this standard because:

The charity's Unaudited Financial Statements for the year-ended 12/31/2024 did not include a detailed functional breakdown of expenses by natural classification that shows what portion of the charity's expenses was allocated to program, fundraising, and administrative activities.

Standard 13 (Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements)
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 fund raising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fund raising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach does not meet this standard because:

 

Standard 16 (Annual Report)
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, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach does not meet this standard because:

The charity's most recent annual report to the public did not include the charity's mission statement, a description of the charity's program service accomplishments for the past year, a roster of the charity's Board of Directors, a roster of the officers of the charity's Board of Directors, the charity's total income for the past fiscal year, the amount the charity spent on program service activities during the past fiscal year, the amount spent on fundraising activities during the past fiscal year, the amount the charity spent on administrative expenses during the past fiscal year, the charity's total end-of-year net assets for the most recent fiscal year or the charity states that it does not provide its annual report covering its activities for the past fiscal year to the public upon request.

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 9

Friends in Tents & Community Outreach meets the remaining 16 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
 We focus on making the maximum positive effort for our community. Sharing resources with lower income families and Homeless communities.

Year, State Incorporated:
2022, OH

We work directly with the houseless and low income residents of Summit County. We have gone directly into the homeless in Akron Middlebury area for 5 years with food and supplies. The needs have doubled since we
started. We provide 100 meals and 800-1000 supplies directly into camps each month. We also run an outreach center that is open four days a week to the community. More than half of our visitors are Summit
County homeless who visit us for resources weekly. We provide free clothing, food, and a community room that they can use. We offer free WiFi, food, water, networking and friendship in our community room. We do
not charge for any services we offer. We serve ages 18-90 currently. We work with all genders and races. We have open acceptance of sexual identity, religion and economic status. We do not refuse help to anyone. We work primarily with the homeless population all over Summit County.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Friends in Tents & Community Outreach's program expenses were:

Total Expenses $34,309
Total Program Expenses $34,309

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Not disclosed

Board Size
9

Paid Staff Size
1

Method(s) Used:
Grant proposals, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

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.

The following information is based on Friends in Tents & Community Outreach's unaudited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Income $45,554
Total Income $45,554

Programs: 100% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 0%

Total Income $45,554
Total expenses: $34,309
  Program expenses $34,309
  Fundraising expenses $0
  Administrative expenses $0
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $11,245
Beginning Net Assets $1,789
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $13,034
Total Liabilities $0
Total Assets $13,034

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Report completed by:
BBB of Akron