2025-11-11T11:17:11-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 113231782 THE ADVOCARE FOUNDATION LTD ADVO 8608033106 PO Box 1093 Toccoa GA 30577 John Claude Bahrenburg Chairman 8608033106 2025-11-03 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Attorney John Claude Bahrenburg PO Box 1093 Toccoa GA 30577 99018 0 X X 1993 GA Enhancing the lives of special needs individuals through inspiration, funding and services. 6 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 33485 0 -352329 99018 0 0 -318844 99018 67600 66500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175454 196639 243054 263139 -561898 -164121 3452094 3152224 1374749 1239000 2077345 1913224 Enhancing the lives of special needs individuals through inspiration, funding and services. 0 0 71500 66500 99018 Code 501: Service accomplishments: Promoting the welfare of adults and children in the home, school and community. By giving funds to recognized, appropriate programs, the organization seeks to provide training and informational services, and operate and fund programs in service to children and adults with developmental delays, special needs disabilities, handicapping conditions or other challenges whether classified or unclassified; such programming may include but not be limited to therapy based projects and services based upon therapeutic principles through all means appropriate include theater and arts, therapy based activities such as horseback riding and such other methods and activities as enhance the individual. 0 0 0 71500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X Advocare Foundation Ltd 8608033106 PO Box 1093 Toccoa GA 30577 X Patricia Bahrenburg Thornbury Secretary, Board Member 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Claude Bahrenburg Chairmen, President 10 2 X X 0 0 0 Thomas Thornbury Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Walter Hoppi Vice-President 0 0 X 0 0 0 Pamela Bali Hoppi Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Maria Bahrenburg Treasurer 5 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99018 99018 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 0 0 0 0 99018 99018 0 0 X 66500 66500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42000 5000 37000 17000 17000 10000 10000 0 0 0 2000 2000 96000 96000 0 0 7400 7400 3000 0 3000 0 0 6500 6500 8000 0 8000 0 0 4739 0 4739 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263139 71500 191639 0 177066 61900 70932 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 3204096 3040324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3452094 3152224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1374749 1239000 1374749 1239000 X 2077345 1913224 0 0 2077345 1913224 3452094 3152224 -164121 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 247113 204585 179048 -318844 262855 574757 247113 204585 179048 -318844 262855 574757 574757 247113 204585 179048 -318844 262855 574757 1 1 0 0 X Court ordered settlement of Oikonomos Inc. V. The Advocare Foundation et al. 1239000 1239000 1 On Common Ground Foundation Ltd 183 Coneflower Lane Toccoa GA 30577 844982323 48000 This grant to our successor corporation is to further the mission of The Advocare Foundation Ltd by making grants to programs which are substantially similar to grants which would have made by Advocare. Focus Center For Autism PO Box 452 Canton CT 06019 7000 This grantee is a special education center for students 10-21 who have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum. 0 6 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 The Advocare Foundation LTD requires detailed plans for the use of any grant monies; regularly contacts recipients as to that usage; it is the responsibility of the consultant to monitor the parameters of the grant and to report their observations to the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Two of the Directors are siblings. Three sets of the Directors are spouses Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 5 In 2022 the obligation for the settlement of an arbitration matter between Attorney John Claude Bahrenburg and the corporation and all of its corporate affiliates, none of which remain in business, matured. Acting on formal advice of counsel, said matter was negotiated and memorialized by an omnibus agreement and non interest bearing note between the parties. The note which began in 2024 will be paid in full by 2036 or before. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This 990 is reviewed by an audit committee made up of its standing chairperson, the treasurer, and the audit committee. It is then reviewed at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of directors prior to its filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization annually reviews the Conflict of Interest Policy at a regularly scheduled board meeting. Then it is discussed as to the possibility of revisions; and the policy is amended by vote so recorded in the minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Corporation is in the final year of its contract with an executive director. That contract was a six year contract which was reviewed by counsel. Said compensation, which had not changed since 2012 and was then evaluated and set out in an attorney's opinion letter in 2012. The present contract and compensation remains the same as that in 2012 but pursuant to a renewal of that contract in 2018. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 upon request Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Said expense is a function of a non secured non interest bearing note to settle a tort related lawsuit.