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Name:	Physicians for Peace Foundation
Address:	500 East Main Street, Suite 900
	Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone:	757-625-7569
Web Address:	www.physiciansforpeace.org

Physicians for Peace Foundation (PPF) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

PPF focuses on improving the world’s healthcare systems through training and programs. Teams of medical volunteers – physicians, surgeons, ophthalmologists, nurses and other healthcare professionals – provide immediate relief by treating injuries and burns, performing eye surgeries, correcting genital defects, fitting prosthetics, etc. The organization works to enhance medical care and development for long-term impact. PPF’s Burn Care program provides reconstructive burn surgery, education and the development of burn clinics, and aims to enhance burn treatments, procedures, outcomes and lives. The organization’s Women and Children’s Health initiative aims to reverse global statistics regarding death during childbirth, poor reproductive health and infant mortality by providing medical education for prenatal care, childbirth, and post-partum and newborn care. The Walking Free program provides prosthetic and orthotic production, direct patient care, surgical education, and sustainable prosthetic and rehabilitation centers to victims of landmines, earthquakes, accidents, birth defects, war and disease.

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

East Asian Pacific affairs	9,847,542
African affairs	4,111,121
Program service support	556,679
Western hemisphere affairs	348,584
Near eastern affairs	260,046
South Asian affairs	44,322
European and Eurasian affairs	11,910
Total Program Expenses:	$15,180,204

Chief Executive : Ronald T. Sconyers, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*:

$107,730

Chair of the Board: Dr. Edward Karotkin
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Medical Doctor

Board Size: 23

Paid Staff Size: 15

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

Method(s) Used:

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

Fund raising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $13,484,076, 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 PPF's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions	11,273,068
Contributions	2,103,698
Investment gains	1,624,749
Investment income	255,974
Special event	107,310
Rental income	3,310
Total Income	$15,368,109

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 94%  Fund Raising: 3%  Administrative: 3%

Total income				$15,368,109
	Program expenses			$15,180,204
	Fund raising expenses			471,470
	Administrative expenses			479,843
Total expenses				$16,131,517
Expenses in Excess of Income				(763,408)
Beginning net assets				11,524,346
Ending net assets				10,760,938
Total liabilities				57,375
Total assets				$10,818,313

Note: According to audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, PPF received $11,273,068 of in-kind contributions, including donated pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and personal care items ($10,161,081) and donated services by doctors, nurses, and health practitioners ($1,111,987).