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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2026

Columbia Neighborhood Watch

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(573) 874-7426
503 E Nifong Blvd # 183
Columbia, MO, 65201-3792
https://www.columbianeighborhoodwatch.org/
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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

Columbia Neighborhood Watch meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"The mission of Columbia Neighborhood Watch is to inform, train and encourage residents to work together to establish neighborhood watch programs with the goal of reducing crime."

Year, State Incorporated:
1976, MO

The program is to train the citizens of Columbia, Missouri in crime reducing methods and to cooperate with their neighbors in an effort to increase safety and reduce crime in their neighborhood.

For the year ended September 30, 2023, Columbia Neighborhood Watch's program expenses were:

Programs $6,078
Total Program Expenses $6,078

Chair of the Board
Herb Watchinski Jr., Community Volunteer

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation

Board Size
9

Paid Staff Size
0

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 1.11%

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 Columbia Neighborhood Watch's unaudited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Gifts in Kind $9,709
City of Columbia $5,000
Corporate Contributions $500
Public Donations $450
Gerbes $103
Miscellaneous $24
Total Income $15,786

Programs: 75% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 23%

Total Income $15,786
Total expenses: $8,121
  Program expenses $6,078
  Fundraising expenses $175
  Administrative expenses $1,868
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $7,665
Beginning Net Assets $0
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $7,665
Total Liabilities $0
Total Assets $7,664

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Report completed by:
BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois