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Tax Status Governance Fund Raising Financial

Name:	CARE USA
Address:	151 Ellis Street, NE
	Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone:	404-681-2552 800-422-7385
Web Address:	www.careusa.org

CARE meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

In 2010, CARE reports that it supported 768 poverty-fighting projects in 70 countries reaching almost 57 million people. CARE’s programs provide people with information and services to protect their health, plan their families and raise healthy children. The economic development programs help individuals gain access to credit and skills to start and expand a business. CARE also has programs to increase access to safe water, improve health and hygiene practices, improve crop production, and reduce the negative social and economic consequences of the AIDS epidemic. Furthermore, CARE works with civil society organizations and governments to improve decision-making and it reports that through this program, it has helped about 25.5 million people gain a voice and realize their rights.

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

Development	405,320,000
Emergency	99,835,000
Public information	21,215,000
Rehabilitation	19,733,000
Total Program Expenses:	$546,103,000

Chief Executive : Helene D Gayle, President & CEO

Compensation*:

$428,802

Chair of the Board: Bowman W. Cutter
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Director of the Roosevelt Institute

Board Size: 24

Paid Staff Size: 7654

*July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and face to face street canvassing.

Fund raising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $428,794,000, 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 CARE's audited financial statements (consolidated with subsidiaries) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Government and other support	282,350,000
Care International	139,492,000
Private contributions	131,793,000
Public information - PSA	14,651,000
Interest and dividends	11,572,000
Rent and miscellaneous	6,150,000
Total Income	$586,008,000

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 91%  Fund Raising: 4%  Administrative: 5%

Total income				$586,008,000
	Program expenses			$546,103,000
	Fund raising expenses			25,451,000
	Administrative expenses			30,192,000
Total expenses				$601,746,000
Expenses in Excess of Income				(15,738,000)
Beginning net assets				297,490,000
Other Changes in Net Assets				49,133,000
Ending net assets				330,885,000
Total liabilities				161,022,000
Total assets				$491,907,000

Note 1:
In the above financial summary, "other changes in net assets" includes gain from operations of discontinued operations ($37,757,000), net realized and unrealized gain on investments ($8,004,000), increase in the value of trusts held by third parties ($7,494,000), interest and dividends on gift annuity investments ($835,000), actuarial loss on split interest agreements (-$576,000), minority interest in subsidiary income (-$593,000), net change in pension liability (-$775,000), actuarial loss on annuity obligations (-$1,154,000), and foreign exchange loss (-$1,859,000).

Note 2:
According to CARE's audited financial statements (consolidated with subsidiaries) for the fiscal year ended June 30,2010, the organization's in-kind contributions were $52,198,000 which includes food ($30,707,000), PSAs ($14,651,000), other support ($4,373,182), Haiti emergency gift-in-kind ($2,441,818), and SkyMiles ($25,000).