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Name:	Food for the Poor
Address:	6401 Lyons Road
	Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Phone:	954-427-2222
Web Address:	www.foodforthepoor.org

Food for the Poor (FFP) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

FFP conducts relief and development programs in the Caribbean (especially Jamaica, Haiti and Guyana), Central America (especially Nicaragua and Guatemala) and the United States by providing assistance, in the form of cash and gifts-in-kind, to churches and charitable organizations operating in the areas of need as well as conducting some of its own programs. According to the organization, in 2009 FFP shipped over 601 containers of medicines and medical supplies and over 27 million pounds of food to the poor of the Caribbean and Latin America and built over 6,300 homes for families in need of shelter. FFP has also provided over 382 containers of educational furniture, teaching materials and other supplies to schools and has community support and development programs providing for fishing villages, agricultural projects, aquacultural projects and similar long-term projects.

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

Goods and aid supplied	1,034,085,280
Educational programs	5,555,531
Total Program Expenses:	$1,039,640,811

Chief Executive : Robin G. Mahfood, President and CEO

Compensation*:

$423,350

Chair of the Board: P. Todd Kennedy
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney

Board Size: 11

Paid Staff Size: 348

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

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, print advertisements, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and Church collections.

Fund raising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,086,334,279, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

FFP incurred joint costs of $10,599,672 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs, $5,798,213 was allocated to program expenses, $4,178,617 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $622,842 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 FFP's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Donated goods	994,933,165
Cash	87,766,168
Promises to give	3,634,946
Other income	139,369
Investment earnings	6,531
Total Income	$1,086,480,179

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 97%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 1%

Total income				$1,086,480,179
	Program expenses			$1,039,640,811
	Fund raising expenses			25,777,956
	Administrative expenses			7,741,772
Total expenses				$1,073,160,539
Income in Excess of Expenses				13,319,640
Beginning net assets				21,975,615
Ending net assets				35,295,255
Total liabilities				10,817,317
Total assets				$46,112,572

Note: For the year ended December 31, 2009, FFP had in-kind income in the amount of $994,933,165 which includes drugs and medica supplies ($706,184,645), general support ($120,003,758), clothing and household goods ($102,664,255), books and publications ($52,351,470), and food inventory ($13,729,037).