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Name:	Amigos de las Americas
Address:	5618 Star Lane
	Houston, TX 77057
Phone:	(713) 782-5290 800-231-7796
Web Address:	www.amigoslink.org
Also known as: AMIGOS

This organization is a Charity Partner of the Better Business Bureau of Houston and South Texas.

Amigos de las Americas meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

AMIGOS helps prepare the leaders of tomorrow, while serving rural Latin American communities today. Over the past 40 years, AMIGOS has sent more than 20,000 high school and college age students to Latin America to work on community development and service projects. While in Latin America, Volunteers live and work with host families, collaborating with their local host community on a wide array of health, education and environmental projects and taking on a high level of responsibility. AMIGOS’ projects involve a close collaboration between youth participants, a vigorous network of international partner agencies, and members of the communities we serve. AMIGOS has many long-standing partnerships and is highly respected for its community-focused programs and hard-working youth. AMIGOS service projects in Latin America focus on a wide range of issues, including: Agricultural Development, Community Sanitation, Dental Hygiene, Environmental Education, Family Nutrition, Health Education, School Renovations, Youth Group Formation and Collaboration, and Leadership Development Each AMIGOS project is designed and implemented in close collaboration with partner agencies at the local and national level, creating a network of ideas and shared efforts that help to appropriately address the needs of our host communities. In 2011, more than 1,500 teenagers and young adults from across the Americas spent the summer working in 260 communities in Latin America through AMIGOS' programs.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, Amigos de las Americas's program expenses were:

Total:	2,997,394
Total Program Expenses:	$2,997,394

Chief Executive : Martin Sinnott, President & CEO

Compensation*:

$118,724

Chair of the Board: Mary Stelletello
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Principal, Vista Global Coaching & Consulting

Board Size: 26

Paid Staff Size: 26

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

print advertisements, grant proposals

Fund raising costs were 11% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,800,845, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

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.

The following information is based on Amigos de las Americas' audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Volunteer contributions	2,937,330
Other contributions	815,042
Net assets released from restrictions	84,276
Special events (2010 revenue was less expenses of $7,815)	48,473
Total Income	$3,885,121

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 5%

Total income				$3,885,121
	Program expenses			$2,997,394
	Fund raising expenses			423,469
	Administrative expenses			161,623
Total expenses				$3,582,486
Income in Excess of Expenses				302,635
Beginning net assets				2,634,741
Ending net assets				3,065,592
Total liabilities				737,441
Total assets				$3,803,033