2024-08-14T13:54:34-05:00 2024-03-31 453749396 Mark T Lindstrom CPA LLC 6629 Cedar Lake Rd S St Louis Park MN 55426 990EZ 2023-04-01 202749746 Verus Community VERU 6128652633 1866 Sandbar Circle Waconia MN 55387 Craig Darcy Chairman 6128652633 2024-08-14 1 0 Mark T Lindstrom CPA P00015027 9529941040 X 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X www.veruscommunity.org X 156400 X 104313 38887 3855 9345 11166 -1821 145234 60479 10647 9263 25 45449 125863 19371 233798 0 253169 X 177057 210115 240972 232037 2760 2432 420789 444584 186991 191415 233798 253169 X Verus Community is a faith based organization that comes alongside men in the recovery process and seeks to assist in their transformation into socially responsible men by providing housing, mentoring, employment, and service opportunities. HOUSING: The organization owns a six bedroom house in Golden Valley, MN, and rents an additional home in Roseville, MN. During the current year, the Organization provided transitional housing for a total of ten men at said "Verus Community Homes." Most of the men who lived at Verus Community Homes during the year were graduates of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) in Minneap-olis, MN. The others were either from Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge or from another sober living facility. Up to eleven men at a time may reside at Verus Community Homes. There is no set time limit on their residency.The Executive Director has the option of randomly testing the residents for drug and alcohol use and is also responsible for monitoring the activities of all residents. He works directly with the Chairman of Verus Community for the purpose of directing the activities of the house and collecting monthly rent on the first of each month ($550-$600) per month per resident). The residents all have jobs. Each man has assigned chores and all are responsible for caring for the house and its property. There is a residential manager on site at the Golden Valley property whose primary responsibility is the upkeep of the physical prop-erty.There is a 'zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol' policy effec-tive in the house. Only two of the residents of the Verus Commu-nity Homes relapsed in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.EMPLOYMENT:The Organization assists members of Verus Community Homes in finding employment including helping residents in the preparation of job resumes and applications, and the development of a finan-cial plan for the future. Verus uses its connections with various organizations and employers to help its residents secure employ-ment.MENTORING, TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:Once each week the Executive Director meets with the men at each Verus Community Home for a meal and to openly discuss how the residents are doing in their recovery and in moving towards their goals for the future. In addition, the vice-chairman of the Verus board of directors conducts an AA meeting weekly in each home. Outside speakers are regularly invited into the weekly 'house meetings' to share their areas of expertise with the men. In ad-dition, each resident of Verus Community Homes is required to meet regularly with a mentor/sponsor, attend Alcohol Anonymous meetings, participate in various service opportunities, and par-ticipate in a local church congregation.The Verus Organization works closely with Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, a long-term residential mens' treatment facility in Minneapolis. Verus Community personnel and its volun-teers conduct a Monday evening class for all residents of the ARC. One Monday evening per month approximately fifteen volun-teers assist the Executive Director in developing an exit plan for each of the ARC residents who are in their final two months of treatment. In addition various members and volunteers of Verus Community and members of Verus Community Homes regularly, facili-tate small groups and sponsor as well as provide one-on-one men-toring for residents of the Salvation Army ARC.The organization makes funds available to the men of Verus House for the purposes of professional counseling, spiritual direction, job training and further education.SERVING:The residents of Verus Community House are required to serve in various volunteer capacities. During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the residents of Verus Com-munity Homes engaged in the sponsoring and mentoring of men still in treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in the ARC. In addition, the residents of Verus Homes regularly share their recovery story with the men of the Salvation Army ARC in the Monday night meeting. The men of the house periodically host afternoon/evening barbe-cue and fellowship events on the Verus Community Homes proper-ties for men in treatment at the ARC and Verus volunteers. Each month the staff of Verus Community and the men of Verus Community Homes assist in the feeding of lower income people and the homeless in the North Minneapolis area at New Bethel Baptist Church through a partnership with an organization called Loaves And Fishes. The Verus Community Homes men also assist the staff in organiz-ing and hosting the annual Verus Community Golf Challenge, the Organization's primary annual fund-raising event. On weekends the men of Verus Homes who are graduates from the Salvation Army ARC include residents of the ARC in various recreational activities. The residents of the Verus Homes host AA meetings at the houses and provide refreshments for those who attend. The staff and other Verus Community volunteers also routinely visit men in various prisons and jails, appear at court hear-ings, assist with a variety of legal and financial issues, pro-vide transportation for men who have no driver's license and assist men in getting their drivers license re-instated. The Executive Director of Verus Community conducts a monthly team meeting with roughly 16 volunteers as well as monthly 're-covery and reentry' breakfast with friends and supporters of Verus. RECREATION:The staff and volunteers have provided recreational activities for the men of Verus Community House and residents of the ARC, including picnics, trips to the BWCA, fishing, golfing, bowling, attending sporting events, and more. 0 113457 113457 Kent R Garborg Founder 10.00 0 0 0 Benjamin John Vanderwilt Director 2.00 0 0 0 Joshua Kinzer Director 5.00 0 0 0 Michael Haglin Vice-Chair 10.00 0 0 0 Craig Darcy Chairman 15.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN Kent Garborg 1866 Sandbar Circle Waconia MN 553871072 6128652633 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 53679 71295 101776 176741 104013 507504 53679 71295 101776 176741 104013 507504 132073 375431 14 6 59 1002 3855 4936 512440 215972 0.73260 0.67450 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X X Golf Outing 54345 45000 9345 2394 7468 323 981 54345 45000 9345 2394 7468 323 981 11166 -1821 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 4 - Other Investment Income Description: Interest Income. Amount: 3,855. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 14 Description: Depreciation/Amortization. Amount: 9,263. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses Description: Verus House Expense. Amount: 32,069. Description: Ministry Operating Expense. Amount: 1,642. Description: Project Expense. Amount: 295. Description: Miscellaneous Expense. Amount: 84. Description: Office Expenses. Amount: 326. Description: Interest Expense. Amount: 7,237. Description: MN Annual Report Fee. Amount: 25. Description: Bank Charges. Amount: 14. Description: Board of Directors Meeting. Amount: 2,929. Description: Website. Amount: 435. Description: Fundraising. Amount: 393. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 45,449. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets Description: Loan Change Closing Costs (net of accum amort). Beg. of Year Amount: 2,760. End of Year Amount: 2,432. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities Description: Mortgage Payable. Beg. of Year Amount: 182,312. End of Year Amount: 177,665. Description: Damage Deposits. Beg. of Year Amount: 2,000. End of Year Amount: 1,700. Description: Credit Card Payable. Beg. of Year Amount: 2,679. End of Year Amount: 1,394. Description: Insurance Proceeds for Roof Repairs. Beg. of Year Amount: 0. End of Year Amount: 10,656. The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly,or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract.The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly,or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.