Talk:Awana

NPOV

(Jan. 16)The Awana web site features a web page http://www.awana.org/about/default.aspx?id=826 "About Awana President/CEO Jack D. Eggar" listing the academic degrees earned by Awana Clubs International President and CEO Jack Eggar at --- according to other wiki pages on the subject of unaccredited institutions of higher learning List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning --- three unaccredited institutions of higher learning:

M.A. in Education, Louisiana Baptist University, Shreveport, Louisiana (1979) Louisiana Baptist University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Baptist_University;

B.A. in Education, Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, San Dimas, California (1975) Heartland Baptist Bible College http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Baptist_Bible_College;

B.A. in Theology, Baptist Bible College, Springfield, Missouri (1974) Baptist Bible College (Springfield, Missouri) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Bible_College_-_Springfield%2C_Missouri

How is this information from both the Awana and wiki pages best presented in NPOV?

—the preceding comment is by 4.129.71.96 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 16 January 2007: Please sign your posts!.

Nov4: Made changes to reflect NPOV, i.e. 3rd person instead of 1st person; added links

Feb2: Removed Scouting references. Although there are some similarities with scouting, e.g. being a youth organization, Awana is NOT associated with the Scouting movement.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.224.35.191 (talk • contribs) 00:11, 3 February 2006.

These (education, schools, leadership, and questions addressing them) should be clearly addresed in the text, so that they are in context and can make sense to any casual reader. Listing them under "See also" does not accomplish this by any means. Dan, the CowMan 20:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Approved Workmen Are Never Ashamed Of Their Salaries

There seems to be a problem with some vandals removing information pertaining to the salaries for the executive officers at this 501(c)(3) public charity --- instead of removing this information, this information should be added to every tax year, so that we may all be good stewards of the money going into AWANA.

And someone might want to extract the Form 990 information about the printing contracts that went to an unnamed printer who is related to an unidentified board member...05:08, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Data collapsed for coversational convenience by Philosoper.

• e.g.: U.S. 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Non-Profit; related organizations

The Internal Revenue Service requires many non-profit entities to file the IRS Form 990 (or similar variation)  "Return of Organization Exempt from IncomeTax". Awana broadly encompasses the following tax exempt entities:

 Awana International

 Awana Clubs International

 Impact Life , and;

 Canadian Adventure, Inc. .

According to the 2004 Form 990 filed with the IRS by Awana Clubs International, ACI reported gross revenues of $45,595,800 --- significantly higher than the amounts reported for both 2004 ($41,464,006) and 2005 ($41,513,499) within the Awana "2004-2005 Financial Highlights" report[3], but this gross revenue variation may be due to a timing difference with the actual start and end date of the ACI tax year or a transfer of funds between the various Awana EOs.

The 2004 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Awana Clubs International, Inc. Form 990 also reported compensation received by both Awana President and CEO Jack Eggar (Eggar received $162,131 in actual compensation and an additional $15,099 in his employee benefit package, for a total of $177,230) and President Emeritus Art Rorheim (Rorheim received $312,650 in actual compensation and an additional $15,625 in his employee benefit package for a total of $328,275; the 2004 Form 990 also states that Rorheim's compensation included $272,593 of deferred income for his past twenty years of service).[4]

The 2005 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) Awana Clubs International, Inc. Form 990 reported increased compensation received by both Awana President and CEO Jack Eggar (During the 2005 tax year, Eggar received $170,000 in actual compensation and an additional $17,050 in his employee benefit package, for a total of $187,050) and President Emeritus Art Rorheim (Rorheim received $94,672 in actual compensation and an additional $17,500 in his employee benefit package for a total of $112, 172 during the 2005 ACI tax year.[5]

Additionally, the Awana Clubs International, Inc. 2004 Form 990 (Part V- List of Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees)[6] lists other ACI officers compensated by ACI, Inc. over $50,000 during the 2004-2005 tax year:

Lyn Loven, ACI Chief Financial Officer 2005-2006 compensation $95,180 2005-2006 employment benefit package $14,800 2005-2006 total comp & ebp $109,980 2004-2005 compensation $97,728 2004-2005 employment benefit package $13,167 2004-2005 total comp & ebp $110,895

David Willers, ACI Director Operations 2004-2005 compensation $92,503 employment benefit package $13,010 2004-2005 total comp & ebp $105,513

Daniel Nott, ACI Ministry Resources 2005-2006 compensation $82,800 employment benefit package $14,400 2005-2006 total comp & ebp $97,200

Norman Whitmey, ACI Business Development Director 2005-2006 compensation $95,311 2005-2006 employment benefit package $14,800 2005-2006 total comp & ebp $110,111 2004-2005 compensation $91,554 2004-2005 employment benefit package $12,982 2004-2005 total comp & ebp $104,536

Brian Rhodes, ACI U.S. Missions Director 2005-2006 compensation $87,999 2005-2006 employment benefit package $14,450 2005-2006 total comp & ebp $97,372 2004-2005 compensation $84,783 2004-2005 employment benefit package $12,778 2004-2005 total comp & ebp $97,561

Larry Fowler, ACI Director of Training 2005-2006 compensation $82,922 2005-2006 employment benefit package $14,450 2005-2006 total comp & ebp $97,372 2004-2005 compensation $80,308 2004-2005 employment benefit package $12,644 2004-2005 total comp & ebp $92,952

Bee Cliff River Slob (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

• And how is any of this information relevant to the article? We don't normally put salary information of nonprofits in the article so why should we here? --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 16:44, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Awana logo

The Awana logo has now changed, but I do not know how to access a copy of the new logo to replace the one currently on the page. If anyone has the new logo (stylized orangish-yellow "Awana" with a blue swoop shape) on their computer, it should be used to replace the current one (yellow "Awana" with a black oval). (ps - sorry I am not using my user name, I forgot it) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.177.211.151 (talk) 07:28, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Partial copyvio

Most of the middle body of the text is taken from portions of the Awana website wholesale...there's notability (enough to keep the article) and it's not a full copyvio, but it is there, thus the copypaste tagging. Raymie Humbert (local radar | current conditions) 01:27, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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