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Name:	Prevent Child Abuse America
Address:	228 South Wabash, 10th Floor
	Chicago, IL 60604
Phone:	312-663-3520
Web Address:	www.preventchildabuse.org

Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

PCAA seeks to fulfill its mission through public awareness, community engagement programs, public policy and supporting innovative prevention programming such as its prevention program, Healthy Families America® (HFA). HFA is a national evidence-based home visitation program that works to prevent child abuse and neglect while improving child well being outcomes. PCAA also informs public policy decisions that impact children, their families, and the communities in which they live. PCAA also oversees research that seeks to better understand how to prevent child abuse and neglect before it occurs. PCAA partners with a network of state chapters and HFA sites, from across the country, that engage the public to support children and families in communities nationwide. PCAA works in collaboration with the leadership of federal agencies, including the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on projects that establish national priorities for the elimination of child abuse and neglect. PCAA oversees a national campaign, Pinwheels for Prevention, which seeks to build a national movement that activates citizens to embrace norms and behaviors that engage, nurture and enhance the lives of children and parents everywhere.

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

Prevention research	756,472
Prevention programs	741,548
Chapter activities	367,996
Prevention education	272,493
Prevention advocacy	210,764
Total Program Expenses:	$2,349,273

Chief Executive : James M. Hmurovich, President & CEO

Compensation*:

$130,121

Chair of the Board: Christopher Greeley
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas

Board Size: 21

Paid Staff Size: 17

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, grant proposals, Internet appeals, and cause-related marketing.

Fund raising costs were 25% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,092,135, 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 PCAA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Corporate, foundation, and association contributions	923,886
Conferences and program revenue	883,711
Government grants	571,387
Individual contributions	359,275
Special events	237,587
Royalty income	157,457
Investment income	86,513
Other revenue	38,409
Total Income	$3,258,225

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 81%  Fund Raising: 18%  Administrative: 1%

Total income				$3,258,225
	Program expenses			$2,349,273
	Fund raising expenses			525,337
	Administrative expenses			26,196
Total expenses				$2,900,806
Income in Excess of Expenses				357,419
Beginning net assets				1,028,642
Other Changes in Net Assets				529,743
Ending net assets				1,915,804
Total liabilities				1,510,091
Total assets				$3,425,895

Note: In the financial section above, other changes in net assets of $529,743 includes investment return in excess of amounts designated for current operations ($426,671) and gain on vacated space ($103,072).

Note: According to audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, PCAA received $102,880 of in-kind legal services.