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Name:	Action Against Hunger
Address:	247 West 37th Street, 10th Floor
	New York, NY 10018
Phone:	877-777-1420 212-967-7800
Web Address:	www.actionagainsthunger.org

Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim or ACF) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

ACF reports operations in about 40 countries. Its nutritional programs center on the evaluation of nutritional needs, the treatment and prevention of malnutrition, technical training and support for local staff, and capacity building with national ministries and government structures. ACF’s water, sanitation and hygiene program involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene. The organization also provides water to affected communities during emergencies, decontaminates wells and installs hand pumps. Furthermore, it builds latrines and bathhouses as well as aims to keep communities hygienic through basic sanitation infrastructure. ACF also operates a health and advocacy program. Through its health program, it sets up a mother and child health center that provides immunization and pre/post-natal care. Its public health programs train medical staff, provide medicine, monitor and control epidemics, and rehabilitate clinics. ACF’s advocacy program include strategies that enable it to alert, inform, and influence decision-makers and political actors by packaging and delivering its field expertise, analysis, and recommendations to key stakeholders—publicly or confidentially, depending on the sensitivity of the context.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, ACF's program expenses were:

Democratic Republic of Congo programs	6,325,160
Kenya programs	3,210,923
Uganda programs	2,900,027
Pakistan programs	2,284,744
South Sudan programs	1,677,854
Tajikistan programs	783,584
Mali programs	464,370
Sri Lanka programs	413,289
Chad programs	345,152
Guinea programs	172,200
Lebanon programs	119,250
Total Program Expenses:	$18,696,553

Chief Executive : Nan Dale, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$200,000

Chair of the Board: Mr. Raymond Debbane
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President, The Invus Group, LLC

Board Size: 10

Paid Staff Size: 25

*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, and cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $26,189,722, 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 ACF's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

Source of Funds
Grants (non-US Government)	18,525,269
Grants (US Government)	5,218,910
Contributions	2,445,543
Interest	39,127
Other	34,211
Total Income	$26,263,060

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 89%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 10%

Total income				$26,263,060
	Program expenses			$18,696,553
	Fund raising expenses			239,660
	Administrative expenses			2,168,593
Total expenses				$21,104,806
Income in Excess of Expenses				5,158,254
Beginning net assets				6,715,473
Other Changes in Net Assets				507,175
Ending net assets				12,380,902
Total liabilities				1,067,797
Total assets				$13,448,699

Note: Within the above financial summary, the $507,175 shown for other changes in net assets consists of $704,029 in exchange gain and -$196,854 in de-obligated awards and funds returned to donors.