New Horizons Youth Ministries

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Name:	New Horizons Youth Ministries
Phone:	(765) 668-4009
Fax:	(765) 662-1407
Address:	1002 S 350 E
	Marion, IN 46953-9559
Website:	nhym.org
Report Creation Date:	December 16, 2009
Report Expiration Date:	February 28, 2012
Original Business Start Date:	January 1971
Local Start Date:	January 1982
Principal:	Mr. Timothy Blossom, CEO
Customer Contact:	Mr. Timothy Blossom, CEO - (765) 668-4009
Email Address:
Incorporated:	November 1996, IN
Type of Business:	Charity - Local
BBB Accreditation:	This organization is a BBB Accredited Charity.

Affiliates

New Horizons Youth Ministries (Canada) Inc. (NHYM(C)is a registered charity that is affiliated with New Horizons Youth Ministries (a.k.a New Horizons Ministries. NHYM(C) serves as the "missionary sending corporation" and operates its summer camp, Missanabie Woods Academy.
Escuela Caribe is a registered charity that is also affiliated with New Horizons Youth Ministries, located in the Dominican Republic, and hires local Dominican nationals to work at NHYM's Caribe Vista School program in Jarabacoa.

Stated Purpose

The purpose of New Horizon Youth Ministries is to provide therapeutic Christian education in a boarding school environment; serving as a place of Christian refuge for spiritual growth and character building.

Evaluation Conclusions

This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB Accredited Charity.

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Programs

New Horizons Youth Ministries (NHYM) was founded in 1971 in response to the sudden, rapid deterioration in the lifestyles of our nations' youth.

NHYM concentrates its efforts on serving bright, intelligent teenagers who are either not reaching full potential in school or are disrupting their family with their behavioral problems. Since its beginning, NHYM has grown to four main facilities: New Horizons Academy (NHA) in Marion, Indiana, which provides a boarding school in a country setting on over 100 acres of woods and farmland; the Caribe Vista School (CVS) in the Dominican Republic, which provides a dramatic backdrop for educational and therapeutic work with North American teens in a non-familiar culture; Missanabie Woods Academy (MWA) in Ontario, Canada, which provides a relatively short-term but very intensive program that often catalyzes rapid change in the young person through wilderness training and activities away from negative cultural influences; and Mountain Vista Academy (MVA), established in the summer of 2004, which affords students a summer of work-service projects in the Dominican countryside.

NHYM owes its success to the fact that its programs are based on Biblical principles. Total acceptance of the individual within a structured environment gives students an atmosphere where they can take responsibility for their actions. NHYM does not allow students to blame their past, peers, or parents for any personal shortcomings. Instead, they are taught to properly express themselves and to forgive others.

For the year ended September 30, 2008, New Horizons Youth Ministries's program expenses were:

Caribe Vista School:	$1,051,368
New Horizons Academy:	$793,641
Missanabie Woods Academy:	$326,802

Total Program Expenses:	$2,171,811

Governance

Chief Executive Officer:	Timothy G. Blossom
Chair of the Board:	Robert Smerdel
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation:	Security Corporation
Board Size:	14
Paid Staff Size:	5 part time48 Full Time.

Fund Raising

Method(s) Used:

New Horizons Youth Ministries raises funds through direct mail appeals, print advertisements,planned giving, and Internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were 3.13% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $765,979, are donations received as a direct result of fund raising activities.)

Tax Status

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Financial

According to New Horizons Youth Ministries's Audited Financial Statements for the year ended September 30, 2008:


Income
	Contributions	$693,308
	Program service fees net of tution assistance	$1,972,324
	Interst income	$10,672
	Net realized loss on investments	$-187
	Other revenues	$72,671
	Total Income:	$2,748,788

Expenses			% of total Expenses	% of total Income
	Programs:	$2,171,811	70.43%	79.01%
	Fund Raising:	$24,013	0.78%	0.87%
	Administrative:	$887,995	28.80%	32.30%
	Other:	$0	0.00%	0.00%
	Total Expenses:	$3,083,819

Excess of Expenses over Income		$335,031
Ending Net Assets:		$1,046,745

* Excess for the year indicates the portion of income remaining after expenses.

Additional Contact Information

Additional Phone Numbers

Tel: (800) 333-4009

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