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Name:	Interfaith Paths To Peace
Address:	425 S. 2nd Street
	Louisville, KY 40202
Phone:	502-214-7322
Web Address:	www.paths2peace.org

Interfaith Paths To Peace meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Interfaith Paths to Peace delivers many Interfaith Programs, Events and Activities • Provides on-going programs and events including concerts, art exhibits, lectures, films, interfaith dinners, peace vigils, pilgrimages for peace, book-signings and more. • Hosts regular events including free weekly meditation programs, monthly film and discussion events, and co-hosts Third Thursday luncheon presentations on important peacemaking topics. • Recently completed a year-long, monthly “Introduction to World Religions” program that reached hundreds of people; and also offers additional educational programs including an “Introduction to Islam” class. • Has a Board of directors that includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, Baha’is, Buddhists, Hindus and Unitarians. • The number of persons attending or participating in IPP events has increased from just a few hundred in 2004 to over 7,000 in 2010. Reaches thousands of people with interfaith information via radio, TV and the internet • Sends daily e-mail notices about interfaith activities to nearly 1,300 people in the Louisville area. • Has produced public radio underwriting spots that reach hundreds of thousands of people each month. • Reaches the emerging online world through blogs, videos and other electronic tools, including weekly updates about world religious holidays. • Has been featured in dozens of radio, TV, newspaper and magazine stories that have reached hundreds of thousands of people in Louisville, throughout the US and around the world. • Is constantly updating and improving our highly interactive web site: www.Paths2Peace.org. Has embarked on interfaith ventures in an international setting • Has undertaken peacemaking and inter-cultural exchange efforts in Iran in 2010, Turkey and Qatar in 2009, Egypt and Syria in 2008, and Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2007. • Attended the Hiroshima Commemoration Ceremony in August of 2006 as a guest of that city’s Mayor. • Provided peace and reconciliation education and empowerment in Rwanda, Congo and Denmark in 2009. • Involved more than 7,000 young people from around the world in our new Peace Postcards project. • Partners with the World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana in hosting dignitaries from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Partners with over 100 groups, organizations, and businesses in the US and internationally IPP has developed strong relationships with well over 100 local, regional, national and international partners many of whom request IPP to co-sponsor their events. These include churches, mosques, temples, monasteries, synagogues, houses of worship, museums, libraries, peace organizations, schools, businesses, prisons, and international groups such as the Shalom Center, the Islamic Society of North America, the U.S. State Department, the Peace Culture Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan, and more.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Interfaith Paths To Peace's program expenses were:

Program services	202,451
Total Program Expenses:	$202,451

Chief Executive : Terry Taylor, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$62,656

Chair of the Board: Hugh Ella Robinson
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Teacher (retired)

Board Size: 18

Paid Staff Size: 3

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

Method(s) Used:

Methods of fund raising include direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, radio, and internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $336,741, 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 Interfaith Paths To Peace's CPA reviewed financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Ending net assets listed below are unrestricted net assets.

Source of Funds
Major contributions	275,000
In-kind donations	33,335
Other contributions	16,796
Special evenets/fund raising income	11,610
Interest income	1,301
Total Income	$338,042

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 71%  Fund Raising: 7%  Administrative: 22%

Total income				$338,042
	Program expenses			$202,451
	Fund raising expenses			18,951
	Administrative expenses			61,359
Total expenses				$282,761
Income in Excess of Expenses				55,281
Beginning net assets				118,767
Ending net assets				174,048
Total liabilities				0
Total assets				$174,048