2025-03-12T11:46:05-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 471453039 CHILDREN OF THE HILLS CHIL 3605405411 14603 180th PL SE Snohomish WA 982906607 Vernon Miller Executive Director 3605405411 2025-03-12 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.childrenofthehills.org X X 170509 X 170462 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170509 177875 0 0 0 0 195 6186 184256 -13747 39326 0 25579 39326 25579 0 0 0 0 39326 25579 0 0 39326 25579 Children of the Hills primary purpose is to assist in the education of tribal children living in the Hills of Bangladesh and to provide life improvements that will ultimately enable the tribal community to become self-sufficient. There are thousands of tribal children in the Hills who have no educational opportunity. Children of the Hills is working in partnership with the Bangladesh Tribal Association of Baptist Churches to establish primary schools in villages where churches have been established but no schools exist. Children of the Hills is supporting agricultural projects with the goal of providing future educational funding. Children of the Hills is also providing micro-loans to tribal women for the purpose of increasing family income. Primary School Grant - This program provided 75% of the funding for operation of 70 primary schools for approximately 1,447 children. This grant provided 100% of the salary for 55 teachers, teacher training for 73 teachers, a staff Christmas gift, school material for 1,447 students and teacher supplies for 70 primary schools. This grant also funded two-day children camps for approximately 1,180 students. 66352 X 0 Student Lodging Grant - This grant provided 100% of the staff salary funding for 11 student lodgings (hostels) that provide living quarters for approximately 583 students. The grant also covered the construction of the 450-foot security wall for the boys and girl's hostel at Hebron, three children's camps for 547 children, 13 electric power poles for the Gojolea hostel, a new girl's toilet facility at the Ruma hostel, fifteen study benches and tables for the Khagrachori hotel, a new girl's toilet facility at the Rajastholi hostel and kitchen utensils for the Luleng hostel. 52462 X 0 Hebron School Grant- Hebron School is the largest of our schools with 253 children in grades Kg - 10th. This is our only school with a sizable infrastructure (multiple buildings). This grant covered teacher salaries, teacher training, school materials and maintanance of the facilities. 21873 X 0 BTABC Education Administration Grant - Children of the Hills is providing 95% of the support for the administration of the Bangladesh Tribal Association of Baptist Churches educational program. CoH provided staff salary, training, office supplies for four people in this administration office. This office manages the educational program for approximately 2,283 students. 12166 X 0 Invest in Community Life Grant - This program provided for micro-loans to tribal women, salary for two women supervisors and Primer reading classes in 16 villages. The Primer classes are teaching illiterate adults how to read in their mother tongue. The micro-loan program provided sufficient funds for 91 new loans ($60 each), enabling women to start small businesses. The program has been highly successful with 75% of the loans returned within 12 months. When existing loans come in, the funds are turned around and go out as new loans. This program has written a new chapter in the lives of many families. 11932 X 0 Sponsor a Student Grant - Children of the Hills established a sponsorship program in 2019 for at-risk students. Many of the tribal students who live in the Hostels and attend a local government school come from families who spend 90% of their family income on food for the family. These families have little funds for the education of their children and cannot afford to keep their children in the BTABC's heavily subsidized Hostels. The sponsorship program is providing a small amount of money to keep the poorest of the student in school. This program was established with the understanding that Children of the Hills is working in partnership with parents of the students. Both parties pay a portion of the student's educational and living expenses. In 2024, this grant was able to enable 54 students to remain in school. 9570 X 0 Trees-For-Education Grant - Children of the Hills is investing in the future of education for tribal children in the Hills of Bangladesh. We are supporting a program run by the Bangladesh Tribal Association of Baptist Churches (BTABC) to purchase low-cost degraded land and plant fast growing Acacia trees which will be harvested on a 7-year rotational time scale. Children of the Hills is working towards the day when the BTABC educational program is self-supporting through sale of trees. In 2024 we planted approximately 12,000 more trees and maintained the trees that were planted in previous years. We now have approximately 102,000 trees in the tree gardens. 3520 X 0 0 VERNON W MILLER PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR 16 0 0 0 ARNOLD I MILLER SECRETARY 1 0 0 0 TOMAS ACOSTA TREASURER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vernon W Miller 14603 180th PL SE Snohomish WA 982906607 3605405411 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 171114 160771 169449 174730 170462 846526 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171114 160771 169449 174730 170462 846526 317560 528966 47 62 1114 59 47 1329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 847855 0 0.62389 0.64664 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^WePay Fee Expense CC processing fees;786|Bank Fees Expense Bank Wire;1575|Software Expense Accounting;2065|Internet Fees Expense;52|Student Sponsorship CC fees;1311|USPS PO Box Rental;296|Corporation Fees and Permits;101^Total;6186^