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Name:	American Near East Refugee Aid
Address:	1111 14th Street NW, Suite 400
	Washington, DC 20005
Phone:	202-842-2766
Web Address:	www.anera.org
Also known as: ANERA

ANERA meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

ANERA's programs are in community and economic development, education, health, and public education. It strives to help local institutions become more self-sufficient and effective in serving their communities. ANERA’s health service programs are in the form of donated medicines and medical supplies distributed to healthcare providers in the West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon. ANERA also extends grants for local health care institutions to upgrade facilities and funds a nutrition project that supplies preschoolers with snacks of fortified milk and enriched wafers. Along with micro-credit loans to farmers, fishermen, and small businesses for expansion of their operations, ANERA helps municipalities with costs of water, road, and other major upgrades in infrastructure. In the West Bank and Gaza, information technology centers funded by ANERA train university graduates, students, and business people in computer software and applications. Scholarships from ANERA pay for school expenses of handicapped, orphaned, and destitute children. Teaming with local partners, ANERA also builds and equips classrooms, libraries, and sports facilities, sponsors training opportunities for teachers, and offers support to institutions for after-school projects in music and the arts.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009, ANERA's program expenses were:

Health services	32,881,550
Community and economic development	11,889,932
Education	1,597,945
Public education	10,750
Total Program Expenses:	$46,380,177

Chief Executive : William Corcoran, President & Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$222,252

Chair of the Board: Curtis W. Brand
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired Chairman and CEO, Mobil Saudi Arabia

Board Size: 28

Paid Staff Size: 72

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

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, television, grant proposals, Internet appeals, and planned giving.

Fund raising costs were less than 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $48,180,640, 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 ANERA's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions	29,367,127
US Government grants	10,981,235
Private contributions and grants	7,486,991
Canadian Government grant	309,966
United Nations grant	35,321
Other income	6,356
Total Income	$48,186,996

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 96%  Fund Raising: Less than 1%  Administrative: 4%

Total income				$48,186,996
	Program expenses			$46,380,177
	Fund raising expenses			212,815
	Administrative expenses			2,013,079
Total expenses				$48,606,071
Expenses in Excess of Income				(419,075)
Beginning net assets				10,118,980
Ending net assets				9,699,905
Total liabilities				1,206,554
Total assets				$10,906,459

Note:
According to ANERA's audited financial statements ending May 31, 2009, the organization received $29,367,127 in in-kind donations which includes health equipment and supplies.