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Name:	JBI International
Address:	110 East 30th Street
	New York, NY 10016
Phone:	212-889-2525 800-433-1531
Web Address:	www.jbilibrary.org

JBI International (JBI) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

JBI provides people who are blind, visually impaired or reading disabled with the books, magazines, and special publications in Braille, large print and audio formats that enable them to maintain their connection to the educational, literary and cultural life of their communities. JBI "Talking Books" are available in English, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian and Polish. JBI’s collection includes poetry, fiction, history, biography, short stories, humor, psychology and self help, Jewish studies, memoirs, cookbooks, mysteries, periodicals, liturgical materials and more. The JBI Library allows blind, visually impaired and reading disabled children to receive a Jewish education alongside their sighted peers; it keeps the elderly, many of who are coping with sudden vision loss, connected to the world of ideas and the joy of “reading.” The JBI Low Vision Clinic at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv treats the visually impaired with optometric devices and also offers a special mobile screening service to reach the homebound elderly who cannot, on their own, come to the clinic for diagnosis and treatment. Other activities include outreach and library services to the blind and visually impaired of the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Israel and around the world.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, JBI's program expenses were:

Libraries and library development	1,206,139
North American outreach	590,080
JBI periodicals	201,192
Israeli assistance program	133,876
Outreach to eastern Europe	118,399
Education and cultural programs	41,232
Total Program Expenses:	$2,290,918

Chief Executive : Dr. Ellen Isler, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$297,922

Chair of the Board: Judy E. Tenney
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired

Board Size: 37

Paid Staff Size: 21

*2008 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, grant proposals, Internet appeals, and planned giving.

Fund raising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,418,020, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

JBI incurred joint costs of $86,105 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs, $83,585 was allocated to program expenses and $2,520 was allocated to fund raising expenses.

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 JBI's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants	1,657,411
Legacies and bequests	727,465
Unrealized gain on investments	200,899
Interest and dividends	187,585
Realized gain from investments	95,336
Rental income (net)	27,986
In-kind revenues	24,536
Sales revenue	11,890
Trust income	8,608
Total Income	$2,941,716

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 78%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 10%

Total income				$2,941,716
	Program expenses			$2,290,918
	Fund raising expenses			358,432
	Administrative expenses			284,143
Total expenses				$2,933,493
Income in Excess of Expenses				8,223
Beginning net assets				12,967,751
Ending net assets				12,975,974
Total liabilities				1,278,214
Total assets				$14,254,188