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Name:	ActionAid USA
Address:	1420 K Street NW, Suite 900
	Washington, DC 20005
Phone:	202-835-1240
Web Address:	www.actionaidusa.org

ActionAid meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

ActionAid works with local partners to fight poverty and injustice. The organization’s partners range from small community support groups to national alliances and international networks seeking universal education, trade justice, and action against HIV/AIDS. Through its work with these national and international campaign networks, ActionAid strives to highlight the issues that affect poor people and to influence the way governments and international institutions think. ActionAid has six strategic priorities: the right to food; the right to education; women’s rights; the right to human security in conflict and emergencies; the right to life and dignity in the face of HIV and AIDS; and the right to just and democratic governance. ActionAid programs support farmer’s cooperatives in Africa, land reform and biofuel advocacy in Latin America, disaster emergency relief in Asia, campaigns against human trafficking, and other activities.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, ActionAid's program expenses were:

Women's rights and HIV/AIDS	3,391,772
Policy and campaign	3,088,974
Media	150,452
Total Program Expenses:	$6,631,198

Chief Executive : Peter O'Driscoll, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$119,358

Highest Paid Executive: Anna Gibson, Chief Development Officer
Compensation*: $136,403

Chair of the Board: Jeffery Whisenant
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Executive Vice President, Lutheran World Relief

Board Size: 10

Paid Staff Size: 15

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, grant proposals, Internet appeals, door to door, and planned giving.

Fund raising costs were 16% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,789,570, 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 ActionAid's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Grants	4,253,537
Contributions	536,033
Other income	13,874
Interest income	13,612
Total Income	$4,817,056

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 10%  Administrative: 7%

Total income				$4,817,056
	Program expenses			$6,631,198
	Fund raising expenses			761,002
	Administrative expenses			537,990
Total expenses				$7,930,190
Expenses in Excess of Income				(3,113,134)
Beginning net assets				8,455,684
Ending net assets				5,342,550
Total liabilities				1,577,115
Total assets				$6,919,665