BBB Wise Giving Report for
Aschiana Foundation

BBB Wise Giving Report issued November 2011
BBB Wise Giving Report expires August 2013


Does not meet one or more standards
This charity does not meet one or more of the 20 standards for Charity Accountability. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Aschiana Foundation
Address: Post Office Box 9512
  Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202-337-8129
Web Address: www.aschiana-foundation.org
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BBB Wise Giving Alliance Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 2004, District of Columbia
Affiliates: None

Stated Purpose: "to provide assistance to the children of Afghanistan."

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Aschiana Foundation (AF) does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Standard 6: Board Policy on Effectiveness - Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

AF does not meet this Standard because:

  • The board of directors does not have a written policy stating that, at least every two years, an appraisal be done assessing the organization’s performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

Standard 16: Annual Report - Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

AF does not meet this standard because:

  • The organization states it does not have an annual report covering activities conducted in 2010.
AF meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

AF works with the Afghan charity, Aschiana, to provide meals, medical care, education and vocational training to working street children in Afghanistan. AF operates programs for street children that cannot afford to attend school and have to work to help support their families. The organization provides children with a daily meal, medical screenings and vaccinations, instruction in hygiene and health, basic education instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic, painting, calligraphy, and the English language. AF also teaches the children vocational skills in tailoring, carpentry and woodworking, hairdressing, sewing and bicycle repair. Through the organization’s Sponsor-A-Child program, it provides financial assistance to families so that children can attend school with basic necessities such as food, clothing, and supplies instead of having to work. AF reports that it helped to fund the completion of the Aschiana Children's Center in Kabul in 2011 which provides programs for 1,500 children daily.

For the eighteen month period ended June 30, 2011, AF's program expenses were:

  
Program support 143,140
Total Program Expenses: $143,140
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Child Sponsorship

               

AF seeks $20 a month to sponsor a child in order to make it possible for a child to stop working on the streets and to attend school full time.  According to AF, a sponsored child receives basic educational tutoring so that they are able to enter the state sponsored school system. Once in the program, Aschiana helps the child attend school by providing them with food, clothing, stationery and necessary hygiene supplies. Assistance is also provided to their families. AF reports that every child in the Sponsor-a-Child program that is accompanied by an adult receives $20 to compensate for the money the child would have otherwise earned from working on the streets.

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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Patricia W. Silberman, President of the Aschiana Foundation
Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Patricia W. Silberman
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President of the Aschiana Foundation

Board Size: 17

Paid Staff Size: 0

*2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances. AF reports that Ms. Silberman received no compensation for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, Internet appeals, and print advertisements.
Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $139,184, 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 AF's audited financial statements for eighteen month period ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds  
Contributions 139,184
Interest income 3,112
Total Income $142,296


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 88%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 7% 

Total income   $142,296
  Program expenses $143,140
  Fund raising expenses 7,564
  Administrative expenses 10,593
 
Total expenses   $161,297
Expenses in Excess of Income   (19,001)
Beginning net assets   227,296
Ending net assets   208,295
Total liabilities  
Total assets   $208,295


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