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Name:	Help the Afghan Children
Address:	3900 Jermantown Road Suite 300
	Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone:	703-848-0407
Web Address:	www.htac.org

Help the Afghan Children (HAC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

HAC's teacher training program requires candidates to master critical teaching competencies while gaining classroom experience. HAC reports that the organization introduced computer education into Afghan classrooms and that more than 37,000 girls and boys have gained computer literacy skills and opportunities to secure jobs in Afghanistan's emerging information technology marketplace. The organization’s peace and environmental education programs give children the experience of looking at their world in new ways and taking personal responsibility for caring for their local environment and resolving conflicts non-violently. HAC’s Read Afghanistan literacy program uses originally-written, illustrated bi-lingual storybooks that are improving literacy levels among enrolled children. HAC also delivers medicines, blankets, clothing, food, and other supplies.

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

Program expenses	323,779
Total Program Expenses:	$323,779

Chief Executive : Suraya Sadeed, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$63,900

Chair of the Board: Donna Nichols
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Certified Public Accountant

Board Size: 6

Paid Staff Size: 92

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

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, grant proposals, and Internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $452,321, 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 HAC's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Grants and contributions	447,754
In-kind contributions	4,567
Interest income	74
Total Income	$452,395

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 82%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 13%

Total income				$452,395
	Program expenses			$323,779
	Fund raising expenses			18,497
	Administrative expenses			51,267
Total expenses				$393,543
Income in Excess of Expenses				58,852
Beginning net assets				148,732
Ending net assets				207,584
Total liabilities				22,478
Total assets				$230,062