2015-11-13T09:05:33-06:00 2014-12-31 431594752 MUELLER PROST LC 7733 FORSYTH BLVD SUITE 1200 ST LOUIS MO 63105 990 2014-05-27 470985149 DIGNITY PERIOD INC DIGN 3145676758 1036 DAUTEL LANE ST LOUIS MO 631465504 DR L LEWIS WALL PRESIDENT 3145676758 2015-11-09 1 JEANETTE BAX-KURTZ P00096490 3148622070 2015-11-05 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z X PADS FOR GRADS DIGNITY THE MENSTRUAL DIGNITY PROJECT DR L LEWIS WALL 1036 DAUTEL LANE ST LOUIS MO 631465504 296536 0 X WWW.DIGNITYPERIOD.ORG X 2014 MO TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH ON MENSTRUAL DISORDERS; PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION ON MENSTRUATION TO PRE-ADOLESCENT GIRLS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENSTRUATION WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RESOURCE-POOR COUNTRIES SUCH AS ETHIOPIA, SO THAT GIRLS ARE NOT FORCED TO MISS SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR EDUCATION DUE TO LACK OF SATISFACTORY MENSTRUAL HYGIENE. TO MAKE AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SANITARY PADS AVAILABLE TO ALL MENSTRUATING GIRLS AND WOMEN IN NEED. 3 3 0 13 0 0 296536 0 0 -2084 294452 0 0 0 0 1000 12122 12122 282330 282330 0 282330 X TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH ON MENSTRUAL DISORDERS; PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION ON MENSTRUATION TO PRE-ADOLESCENT GIRLS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENSTRUATION WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RESOURCE-POOR COUNTRIES SUCH AS ETHIOPIA, SO THAT GIRLS ARE NOT FORCED TO MISS SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR EDUCATION DUE TO LACK OF SATISFACTORY MENSTRUAL HYGIENE. TO MAKE AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTALY-FRIENDLY SANITARY PADS AVAILABLE TO ALL MENSTRUATING GIRLS AND WOMEN IN NEED. 1 0 87 TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT WILL MAKE AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY SANITARY PADS AVAILABLE TO ALL MENSTRUATING GIRLS AND WOMEN IN RESOURCE-POOR COUNTRIES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE TOO POOR TO PURCHASE SUCH ITEMS THEMSELVES, PROGRAMS WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO INSURE THAT THESE WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO SATISFACTORY MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN SPITE OF THEIR IMPOVERISHED CIRCUMSTANCES. 687 TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LOW-RESOURCE COUNTRIES SO THAT GIRLS ARE NOT FORCED TO MISS SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR EDUCATION DUE TO LACK OF SATISFACTORY MENSTRUAL HYGIENE. 508 TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE BETTER EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION ON MENSTRUATION AND MENSTRUAL HYGEINE TO PRE-ADOLESCENT AND ADOLESCENT GIRLS. 1282 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X THE ORGANIZATION 3145676758 1036 DAUTEL LANE ST LOUIS MO 631465504 X L LEWIS WALL PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 HELEN WALL SECRETARY & DIRECTOR 20.00 X X 0 0 0 LYNN S COATNEY VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4650 291886 296536 0 4650 2084 -2084 -2084 294452 0 0 -2084 X 5000 5000 5293 4293 1000 94 87 7 538 538 445 445 33 33 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE 400 400 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 149 149 POSTAGE AND PRINTING EX 108 108 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 62 62 12122 1282 9840 1000 22807 250100 6500 2923 0 282330 0 0 X 282330 0 282330 0 282330 282330 0 X 0 0 0 X 296536 296536 296536 296536 278138 18398 296536 X FORM 990, PART IV THIS ORGANIZATION WAS INCORPORATED ON MAY 27, 2014. THEREFORE, THE FIRST YEAR RETURN WILL BE A SHORT YEAR. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 DIGNITY PERIOD, INC. WAS CREATED IN 2014. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 DR. L. LEWIS WALL (PRESIDENT) AND HELEN WALL (SECRETARY) ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THERE IS NO COMMITTEE WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON: A. HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, B. HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, C. HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND D. UNDERSTANDS DIGNITY PERIOD IS CHARITABLE AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES. TO ENSURE DIGNITY PERIOD OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, PERIODIC REVIEWS SHALL BE CONDUCTED. THE PERIODIC REVIEWS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: A. WHETHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS AND BENEFITS ARE REASONABLE, BASED ON COMPETENT SURVEY INFORMATION, AND THE RESULT OF ARM'S LENGTH BARGAINING. B. WHETHER PARTNERSHIPS, JOINT VENTURES, AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS CONFORM TO DIGNITY PERIOD'S WRITTEN POLICIES, ARE PROPERLY RECORDED, REFLECT REASONABLE INVESTMENT OR PAYMENTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES, FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND DO NOT RESULT IN INUREMENT, IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT OR IN AN EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION. PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. A. AN INTERESTED PERSON MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION AT THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT AFTER THE PRESENTATION, HE/SHE SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. B. THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE SHALL, IF APPROPRIATE, APPOINT A DISINTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. C. AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE, THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER DIGNITY PERIOD CAN OBTAIN WITH REASONABLE EFFORTS A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT FROM A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. D. IF A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS NOT REASONABLY POSSIBLE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT PRODUCING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS WHETHER THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT IS IN DIGNITY PERIOD'S BEST INTEREST, FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT, AND WHETHER IT IS FAIR AND REASONABLE. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ABOVE DETERMINATION IT SHALL MAKE ITS DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. VIOLATIONS OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY A. IF THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A MEMBER HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, IT SHALL INFORM THE MEMBER OF THE BASIS FOR SUCH BELIEF AND AFFORD THE MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE ALLEGED FAILURE TO DISCLOSE. B. IF, AFTER HEARING THE MEMBER'S RESPONSE AND AFTER MAKING FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE GOVERNING BOARD OR COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE MEMBER HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE AN ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT SHALL TAKE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT COMPENSATE ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, TRUSTEE, OR KEY EMPLOYEE OF THE ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACT SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 4,293. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 5,293.