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Name:	Heifer Project International
Address:	One World Avenue
	Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone:	501-907-2600 800-422-0474
Web Address:	www.heifer.org

Heifer Project International (Heifer) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Heifer provides food and income-producing livestock, training and agricultural resources to impoverished families around the world. Recipients are trained in animal care and environmentally sound agricultural practices so they can lift themselves out of poverty and become self-reliant. Milk, eggs, wool, meat, draft power and other benefits of animals provide nutrition and their sale provides money for education, housing, health care and small business enterprises. Benefits of donated animals are multiplied as recipients partner with Heifer by “Passing on the Gift” of offspring and training to others in need. Heifer reports assisting 191,000 families worldwide last year through animal placement and training, including pass-ons. This was achieved through 869 projects in 54 countries. Heifer also reports reaching 65,000 people through its education program activities, including Heifer learning centers, study tours, community education offerings and volunteer presentations, to name a few. Additionally, Heifer reaches out to educate people through the media and Heifer publications and websites. Some ($5,342,779 or 6%) of Heifer's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fundraising appeals.

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

International development	68,649,439
Ecucation programs	15,092,052
Total Program Expenses:	$83,741,491

Chief Executive : Pierre Ferrari, President

Compensation*:

Chair of the Board: Douglas Smith
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President and CEO, Virginia Interfaith Center

Board Size: 19

Paid Staff Size: 913

*July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances. Jo Luck was the CEO during the July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 fiscal year and received compensation of $287,298. The Alliance does not have salary information on the current President.

Method(s) Used:

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

Fund raising costs were 19% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $115,475,528, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

Heifer incurred joint costs of $14,088,307 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $8,673,622 was allocated to fund raising expenses, $5,342,779 was allocated to program expenses, and $71,906 was allocated to administrative expenses.

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 Heifer's audited financial statements (consolidated) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Contributions	106,282,474
Other grants	8,344,258
Change in interest in net assets of HIF	4,533,768
Educational programs	1,568,905
Other	1,068,949
Promotional events and material sales, net	428,147
Federal government grants	420,649
Investment return	206,811
Total Income	$122,853,961

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 73%  Fund Raising: 20%  Administrative: 7%

Total income				$122,853,961
	Program expenses			$83,741,491
	Fund raising expenses			22,505,520
	Administrative expenses			7,408,003
Total expenses				$113,655,014
Income in Excess of Expenses				9,198,947
Beginning net assets				129,785,411
Other Changes in Net Assets				(1,511,803)
Ending net assets				137,472,555
Total liabilities				24,262,927
Total assets				$161,735,482

Note: In the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" represents -$1,511,803 for deconsolidation adjustment and foreign currency translation adjustment.