NGO Funding Request


The recipient entity's full legal name:  Restoration Pregnancy Resource Center, Inc.

The recipient entity's physical address:
           101 South Spruce Street
Hammond, LA 70403


The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           101 South Spruce Street
Hammond, LA 70403


Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  3800

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $25,000

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Governing Board:
Coleen Enmon, President
14099 Reyes Lane
Ponchatoula, LA 70454

Janet Waddell, Vice President
30815 Wild Iris Way
Springfield, LA 70462

Randi Matthews, Treasurer
30636 Blue Wing Crescent
Springfield, LA 70462

Brooke Wells, Secretary
23448 Noble Oak Drive
Springfield, LA 70462

Brittany Marino, Member
305 South 8th Street
Ponchatoula, LA 70454

Anita Henderson, Member
20466 Fairway Dr.
Springfield, LA 70462

Kathy Pedeaux, Member
1005 Rue De La Paix
Hammond, LA 70403

Executive Director:
Julie Hanks
41231 Eldora Drive
Hammond, LA 70403

Other Persons in Charge:
Marla Bentivegna, Accountant
650 Seneco Drive
Ponchatoula, LA 70454


Provide a summary of the project or program:
           We recognize that the issue of abortion is a controversial issue. Our efforts are focused on dealing with the issues of abortion, saving the life of the unborn, and ministering to the client’s needs. RPRC is a service organization providing alternatives to abortion for women experiencing crisis pregnancies. We are established and perpetuated to serve and meet the needs of persons who find themselves in these unexpected circumstances. We will exercise due care in our witness to the public through advertising, presentation of our services, and operation of the ministry in order that God may be honored. We will remember that first we are ambassadors for Christ. We will use all appropriate and legal means to alert and educate the public concerning the problems with abortion.
As a Christian service organization, we will work to remain nonsectarian and will not propagate any denomination’s or group’s doctrinal views. All RPRC board members, staff, and volunteers will be expected to sign and agree to follow the “Statement of Guiding Principles” and “Statement of Beliefs.” They will further agree that at any time their beliefs change, they will make it known to the President of the Board, or the Executive Director. The Corporation is a non-profit public benefit Corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized exclusively for one or more of the purposes as specified in Section 503(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.


What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000
          Professional Services. . . $625
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $650
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $225
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $11,500
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          The Corporation is a non-profit public benefit Corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized exclusively for one or more of the purposes as specified in Section 503(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We recognize that the issue of abortion is a controversial issue. Our efforts are focused on dealing with the issues of abortion, saving the life of the unborn, and ministering to the client’s needs. We work diligently to provide care, services, and products to those expecting mothers to ensure they feel capable of raising their babies.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          Committed to demonstrating the love, forgiveness, and compassion of Jesus Christ through counsel, education, action, and creative services, as a way of encouragement for these moms to keep their babies.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           Perpetual

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
              

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
               

          What is the nature of the relationship? 

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               


Contact Information
name:  Marla Bentivegna 
                                       address:  650 Seneco Drive
Ponchatoula, LA 70454

                                       phone:  9853860033
                                       fax:  9853860071
                                       e-mail:  marla@tandmcpa.com
                                       relationship to entity:  Accountant