Category: 14 Fall 2015

Adrian Palacios

Livestrong Foundation

My Ace day presentation is going to be on the Livestrong foundation. The Livestrong foundation was created since 1997. Their goal is to help cancer survivors and their loved ones. They have created resources to help relieve the challenges of a cancer diagnosis. They have many programs to help every patient they have. I will be talking about their Form 990. A Form 990 is used by non-profit organizations to file taxes with the Federal Government. Livestrong’s Form 990 available online is from the year 2013. In the year 2013, Livestrong collected a total of $23,333,007 for their total revenue. The prior year they collected 38,210,018. This project is going to be talking about how the foundation did and if it is a good a place to donate. 

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

10 AM – noon

Kayla Ping

Service learning project- Coach Athlete Satisfaction

The following document follows a service learning project including the Northwest Christian University volleyball team. The team took part in a service learning project with the team’s three coaches. The three coaches will be referred to as coach A, B, and C. The service learning project included tracking communication and more specifically implementing immediacy behaviors by the coaches to try and promote team cohesion and success. The service learning project tracked the team’s response and satisfaction through the 4 month season regarding coach’s communication strategies and tendencies. The study shows the effect on the athletes when the coaches started using immediacy tools. Implementing simple behaviors such as eye contact, body positioning, listening behaviors and positive statements have been shown to increase satisfaction between individuals. The project aimed to identify if specific behaviors would get specific results from the athletes. The paper includes and introduction, prior research, description of the project, findings, and a discussion with a conclusion. 

COMM 499 Capstone

Doyle Srader

P003

1:30 PM

Joseph Piper

Analyzing The Salvation Army’s Form 990

The Salvation Army is the second largest charity in the U.S. by means of private support. With such a large amount of funding, it is pivotal the organization manages their money in accordance with the law, and their nonprofit visions. Their mission statement is as follows, “The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.” By analyzing the organizations IRS form 990, details of the organizations activities are disclosed specifically the revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities. 

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

1 – 3 PM

Samantha Pitts

St. Jude’s Form 990

In this presentation, there will be information given on St. Jude Children’s Hospital and their form 990. A form 990 is a federal form that must be filled out by organizations in order to be exempt from their income tax. With looking at the form 990, one can see what the organization is spending their money on, and it breaks it down by which program is receiving what. Also on a form 990, it states the organizations mission, which helps to see if they are working towards that mission with what they are spending their money on. St. Jude Children’s Hospital’s mission is to, “advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment”. Some of the top programs that St. Jude’s are putting their money into is, research, education and training, and patient care. While they have other programs, these are the most important in which their money goes towards according to their organizational mission and backed up by their form 990.

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

10 AM – noon

Sherry Reeder

Jetter

This poster displays the developmental growth of a seven year old, second grade boy, who will be referred to as Jetter. This poster displays the results of the question: where is Jetter’s development at in each of the five domains of development? Those domains are cognitive development, physical development, social development, moral/spiritual development, and identity development. To answer that question, I used a variety of methods including personal interviews, phone calls and emails for communication, as well as personal observations and Piaget testing. The results of those interviews, observations and tests suggest that Jetter developing at a normal rate in all five domains for a seven year old student. Details of what that entails will be discussed during my poster presentation. 

EDUC 330 Child Development

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Chelsea Roberts

Education Reform

This research project considered alternative options to traditional public school education for students. The research considered academic journals, government statistics and field-based observation from the EDUC 110, Foundations of Education class. The findings suggest there are many alternatives to traditional education that are positively benefiting student learning. Statistically many such non-traditional options are proving to beat traditional school methods, including state testing scores, high school graduate rates and success in college. The United States Education Department should continue to progressively evaluate and explore the difference found in such schools to better struggling and underperforming schools around the nation, for every child deserves the opportunity to have an award-winning education. 

EDUC 110 Foundations of Education

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Danielle Schneider

Experiencing England

Spending a semester in London was an incredible adventure and a life changing experience. Subtle differences between English and American cultures are easy to overlook. From learning to glance the right way when crossing the street, to using correct vocabulary; everyday was a new challenge. One of the best parts was traveling and getting to see all the places I have read about; Tower of London and Shakespeare’s birthplace to name a few. There is so much more to learn by standing where history occurred. It gives a deeper appreciation for the past, and people who lived before us. 

GLST 295 Study Abroad

Lauren Kramp

P114

11:30 AM

Jillyn Suratt

Oregon Zoo Foundation

The Oregon Zoo Foundation is “an independent nonprofit that encourages charitable giving in order to advance the zoo’s mission” (Oregon Zoo, 2015). This organization is what makes the Oregon Zoo stay up and working year after year. The foundation provides around $3 million a year through individual donations, corporation partnerships, grants and special events. The foundation has been providing these services of over $52 million since 1997. A Form 990 “is an annual reporting return that certain federal tax-exempt organizations must file with the IRS. It provides information on the filing organization’s missions, programs and finances” (GuideStar, 2015). Looking into their Form 990, it becomes clearer to see what exactly how the Oregon Zoo Foundation allocates their money. It is broken down into sections showing their activities, revenue and expenses, and their net assets and fund balances.

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

1 – 3 PM

Harley Turner

Form 990 Capstone presentation

This capstone presentation is going to be reviewing the Form 990 of the National Rifle Association. The NRA is a non-profit organization in which they make their money primarily on sales of memberships and donations. I will review where this money is distributed throughout the organization by covering all the different schedules of their Form 990. This information is important because donors have the right to know where their money is going. Then they can make a decision if they want to keep donating to that organization. By the end of the presentation, I will show where and how the National Rifle Association uses the money they bring in. Then you will be able to choose if this is an organization that you would want to donate to. If not, I hope the presentation helps with choosing a non-profit organization that you could donate to in the future.

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

1 – 3 PM

Ciara Wainwright

Southern Oregon Humane Society

The purpose of this project is to examine the Form 990 of The Southern Oregon Humane Society as a nonprofit organization and to discuss the programs and financial health of this nonprofit organization. The Humane Society is a worldwide organization that focuses on the rescue and prevention of animal cruelty. This nonprofit organization not only focuses on the rescue of animal cruelty it also helps to provide sustainable programs to both animals and people. A form 990 is a report that nonprofit organizations complete for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to allow those organizations to be exempt from taxes. The form 990 requires a nonprofit organization to provide their mission, finances, and the public charity work that is accomplished. Looking briefly over the financial information of The Southern Oregon Humane Society of both the revenues and expenditures have increased from the prior year. However, depending on the organization some requirements within the form 990 will not be applicable. 

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

1 – 3 PM

Alexis Wilks

The Eugene Mission – IRS Form 990

The Eugene Mission provides food, shelter, and the Gospel message to homeless persons in the Eugene and Lane County areas. In 2013 the Mission provided approximately 240,000 meals and 146,000 nights of shelter to homeless men, women, and children in the community. Roughly 82 percent of the Mission’s total revenues for 2013 were used to cover the expenses of the program; specifically including food expenses, sheltering costs, and the Life Change wellness program expenses. The goal of the Life Change wellness program is to help men and women transition to employment, or another stable source of income, and find permanent housing by addressing the issues that brought them to homelessness.

ACTG 470 Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations

Stacey Lewis

P103

1 – 3 PM

Chris Zirkle

The Revealing of the Infinite

The Revealing of the Infinite, is a brief look at the history, the mystery, and the revealing truths about the concept of infinity, as well as its practical uses. Since the start of mathematics, there has been much debate over the idea of infinity. Initially being too hard to grasp, for centuries it was deemed as being that of an illusion. Something that appeared to be there, but, in reality, was not. As history moved forward, and infinity’s presents remand prevalent in the world of mathematics, vital uses for it began to be discovered and applied, thus, changing the world forever. But, although paramount in applied mathematics, much mystery about its nature still remand unrevealed up until the late 1880’s, where more concepts about it essence were finally discovered. The ideas floating around about infinity during the late 1800’s, were essential in revealing small snap shot of what infinity is like, but it still remains, to this day, not a fully resolved mystery, and yet seems to hold the secrets of the universe inside of it.

MATH 499 Capstone

Connie Wilmarth

P114

11:30 AM