Better Business Bureau Report for
EDGE OUTREACH

Better Business Bureau Report issued February 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires March 2012


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Charity Contact Information

Name: EDGE OUTREACH
Address: 1500 Arlington Avenue
  Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: 502-568-6342
Web Address: www.edgeoutreach.com
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1994, Kentucky
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: EDGE OUTREACH trains, equips, and mobilizes ordinary people in sustainable solutions for clean water, health and hygiene, and sanitation, around the world. The agency works with individuals and organizations offering hands on training in scalable water solutions and hand pump repair.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

EDGE OUTREACH meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

EDGE OUTREACH is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide safe, reliable water to improve the health and welfare of communities in developing countries. The organization cares about the disease and death caused by the shortage of clean water, and the agency devotes its efforts to helping relieve that shortage, liter by liter, one community at a time. The tools and training the agency has developed offer dramatic, life-saving improvements under difficult circumstances, whether working in communities struggling to satisfy their day-to-day needs or working in acute disaster relief situations.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, EDGE OUTREACH's program expenses were:

  
Program services - Pure Water, Pure Life 580,725
Fellowship with Christ 5,583
Total Program Expenses: $586,308
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Mark Hogg, Executive Director
Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Bob Doligale
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President, Homes of Tradition, Prospect, Kentucky

Board Size: 14

Paid Staff Size: 14

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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

Methods of fund raising include direct mail and website appeals and special events. The organization also sponsors mission trips that provide an additional source of agency support.
Fund raising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $747,399, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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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.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on Edge Outreach's audited financial statements for the year that ended December 31, 2009.

Ending net assets as reported below are unrestricted net assets. Unrestricted net assets include $134,513 in operating and $48,405 in equity in fixed assets.

Total assets as reported include $222,029 invested in property and equipment.



Source of Funds  
Contributions - Pure Water, Pure Life 406,580
Contributions - General 210,132
Mission trips - Pure Water, Pure Life 106,328
Staff support - Other 10,150
Staff support - Pure Water, Pure Life 9,135
Unrealized gain on investments 6,160
Contributions - Fellowship with Christ 5,074
Interest 234
Total Income $753,793


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 89%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 10% 

Total income   $753,793
  Program expenses $586,308
  Fund raising expenses 6,299
  Administrative expenses 62,466
 
Total expenses   $655,073
Income in Excess of Expenses   98,720
Beginning net assets   84,198
Ending net assets   182,918
Total liabilities   39,111
Total assets   $222,029


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