The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation was returned to "good standing" with the state on Wednesday, according to the Missouri Secretary of State's Office.
The state amended the status from one of noncompliance after the nonprofit foundation filed its annual report Wednesday morning.
The state had dissolved the Foundation in December after it missed two deadlines to file an annual report. Earlier in the month, the Secretary of State's Office learned that the Foundation was still doing business and contacted the organization through its registered agent, Randall Sherman of Hillsboro.
At that time, Craig Akers, CEO and president of the Hornbeck Foundation, explained that an administrative oversight had led to the Foundation missing the deadlines.
The error is fairly common in nonprofit organizations, where members typically volunteer their time, a Secretary of State spokesman said earlier in the month. Nonprofit organizations are required to file a simple form updating the list of officers and board members by Aug. 31 each year, spokesman Ryan Hobart said.
The Hornbeck Foundation was one of about 3,000 nonprofit organizations that did not file an annual report in 2007. This was the second time the Foundation has not filed its annual report on time. On the previous occasion, two years ago, they filed late and were reinstated.
The Foundation was formed after the October 2002 kidnapping of then-11-year-old Shawn in Richwoods. Police found Shawn more than a year ago in the home of Michael Devlin in Kirkwood while they were searching for a second missing boy, Ben Ownby of Franklin County.
Devlin is serving multiple life terms in prison. Shawn helps the foundation in its mission to find missing children, educate parents, and provide child identification kits to families.
Paula Barr is a reporter for the Daily Journal and can be reached at 573-431-2010, ext. 172 or at pbarr@dailyjournalonline.com.
Hornbeck Foundation in 'good standing'
Administrative oversight led to the missed deadlines
By PAULA BARR
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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To the Akers'; keep up the good work. Don't let the over-zealous witch hunters bring you down. They can't help it. Most of them DO have brains, but they are stuck in "Negative Mode". They'll come around some day, I hope.