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Name:	Pesticide Action Network North America
Address:	49 Powell Street, Suite 500
	San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone:	415-981-1771
Web Address:	www.panna.org

Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

PANNA educates the public on pesticide-related issues and advocates replacing hazardous pesticide use with safer, ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. PANNA supports scientific research and promotes democratic control of local and global food systems. As one of five Pesticide Action Network Regional Centers worldwide, PANNA facilitates a strategically aligned regional network of more than 150 public interest organizations and coalitions in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., to join with more than 600 consumer, labor, health, environmental and agricultural groups for citizens’ action in approximately 90 countries. Other Pesticide Action Network centers are located in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe and Latin America. The organization works through coalitions and international treaty processes to build movements capable of achieving fundamental change in pest management policy, regulation and practice. PANNA’s science-based advocacy campaigns aim to help communities defend their health and protect their environment, and PANNA’s strategic objectives include elimination of three classes of pesticide chemicals: fumigants, organochlorines and organophosphates. Current campaigns address airborne pesticide drift, farm workers’ and community exposures to pesticides, and the organization promotes sustainable alternatives across North America.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, PANNA's program expenses were:

Core programs	1,216,331
Coalitions	562,519
Total Program Expenses:	$1,778,850

Chief Executive : Kathryn Gilje, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$61,297

Highest Paid Executive: Stephen Scholl-Buckwald,Managing Director, CFO
Compensation*: $103,836

Chair of the Board: Judy Hatcher
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Executive Director, Environmental Support Center

Board Size: 10

Paid Staff Size: 24

*July 1, 2008 - June 30, 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 membership appeals.

Fund raising costs were 10% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,192,422, 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 PANNA's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Grants	1,507,078
Contributions	584,869
Contracts	126,178
Contributed goods and services	100,475
Program service fees	15,723
Other	13,374
Investment income	2,738
Total Income	$2,350,435

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 86%  Fund Raising: 11%  Administrative: 3%

Total income				$2,350,435
	Program expenses			$1,778,850
	Fund raising expenses			225,262
	Administrative expenses			63,964
Total expenses				$2,068,076
Income in Excess of Expenses				282,359
Beginning net assets				1,111,383
Ending net assets				1,393,742
Total liabilities				178,368
Total assets				$1,572,110

Note: According to audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2010, PANNA received $100,475 of in-kind contributed services, including legal counsel, rent of a laboratory facility, and volunteer and intern services.