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Name:	Amputee Coalition of America
Address:	900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 205
	Knoxville, TN 37915
Phone:	888-267-5669 865-524-8772
Web Address:	www.amputee-coalition.org

Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) does not meet the following Standard for Charity Accountability.

Standard 7: Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness - Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions. ACA does not meet this Standard because: It has not completed an effectiveness assessment in the past two years.

Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.

ACA operates the National Limb Loss Information Center, which educates people with limb loss, those at risk for amputation, and their medical teams on topics including technology and prosthetic devices, funding and agency resources, relationships and parenting, educational and vocational issues, sports, recreation and travel, statistics and research, health and disability groups, rehabilitative and prosthetic services, and peer support. ACA also advocates for the rights of people who have lost limbs. This advocacy includes promoting the full implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and sensitizing policymakers, professionals, and the general public to the issues, needs and concerns of amputees. The organization also sponsors an annual youth camp for kids between the ages of 10 and 16 with limb differences that include activities designed to help develop leadership and team-building skills and nurture an improved body image. ACA reports that during 2010, it had 154 certified peer visitors, 6,427 peer visits reported to both civilian and military amputees, 4,600 people served through the resource center, 497,132 website visits, 387,692 unique website visitors, 797 attending its national conference, 250 support groups and 100 youth campers.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, ACA's program expenses were:

National Limb Loss Information Center	1,269,543
Advocacy	254,176
Membership	203,103
Publications	145,879
Annual conference	128,178
Youth programs	111,011
Other program services	19,438
Total Program Expenses:	$2,131,328

Chief Executive : Kendra Calhoun, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$230,646

Chair of the Board: Marshall J. Cohen, Esquire
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney

Board Size: 13

Paid Staff Size: 22

*2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, membership appeals, and sponsorship programs.

Fund raising costs were 13% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,597,270, 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 ACA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Grants	1,727,145
Memberships	290,551
National conference	250,343
Publication advertising	249,061
Contributions	186,363
Sponsorship contributions	141,000
Educational material sales	38,132
Other income	2,165
In-kind revenue	1,868
Interest income	668
Total Income	$2,887,296

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 72%  Fund Raising: 11%  Administrative: 17%

Total income				$2,887,296
	Program expenses			$2,131,328
	Fund raising expenses			329,241
	Administrative expenses			490,126
Total expenses				$2,950,695
Expenses in Excess of Income				(63,399)
Beginning net assets				712,309
Ending net assets				648,910
Total liabilities				379,518
Total assets				$1,028,428