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Name:	Task Force for Global Health
Address:	325 Swanton Way
	Decatur, GA 30030
Phone:	404-371-0466
Web Address:	www.taskforce.org

Task Force for Global Health (Task Force) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Task Force coordinates activities focus on six public health areas including children’s health and development, public health informatics, infectious diseases, drug donation programs, injury prevention and conferences, consulting and collaboration. The drug donation program provides donated pharmaceuticals for the prevention and control of elephantiasis, river blindness, and soil transmitted intestinal worms. The public health informatics program advances the ability of public health practitioners to strategically manage health information systems that can improve public health capacity and effectiveness. The Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center performs research around the world to discover a workable strategy for the elimination of this disease. Task Force’s patient and family support programs are a national and international resource for advancing child health and development by delivering information to parents, national organizations and community groups. Health care programs provide logistical support for various public health conferences.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, Task Force's program expenses were:

Disease control/eradication	984,435,485
Infectious diseases	3,548,547
Public health informatics	3,412,452
Collaboration	2,877,463
Children's health and development	1,117,515
Injury prevention	513,936
Total Program Expenses:	$995,905,398

Chief Executive : Mark Rosenberg, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$279,566

Chair of the Board: Jane Fugate Thorpe
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney, Partner at Alston & Bird LLP

Board Size: 7

Paid Staff Size: 54

*September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Print advertisements, grant proposals, special events, and Internet appeals.

Fund raising costs were less than 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $980,148,163, 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 Task Force's audited financial statements (consolidated with Global Health Solutions) for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Gifts-in-kind	980,043,163
Program support	16,772,292
Indirect cost recovery revenue	1,880,874
Conference registrations	509,854
Other revenue	197,259
Investment income	159,627
Capital campaign	105,000
Total Income	$999,668,069

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 100%  Fund Raising: 0  Administrative: Less than 1%

Total income				$999,668,069
	Program expenses			$995,905,398
	Fund raising expenses			69,699
	Administrative expenses			1,424,043
Total expenses				$997,399,140
Income in Excess of Expenses				2,268,929
Beginning net assets				32,143,166
Ending net assets				34,412,095
Total liabilities				4,800,816
Total assets				$39,212,911

Note: In the above financial review, the in-kind donations in the amount of $980,043,163 represents donated pharmaceuticals which were received by Task Force's affiliate, Global Health Solutions.