BBB Wise Giving Report for
Children's Hunger Fund

BBB Wise Giving Report issued December 2011
BBB Wise Giving Report expires December 2013


Does not meet one or more standards
This charity does not meet one or more of the 20 standards for Charity Accountability. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Children's Hunger Fund
Address: P.O. Box 7085
  Mission Hills, CA 91346
Phone: 800-708-7589
Web Address: www.childrenshungerfund.org
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BBB Wise Giving Alliance Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1991, California
Affiliates: 3 chapters
Stated Purpose: "to alleviate the suffering of children by equipping God's Church to communicate the Gospel through effective compassion ministry."

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Children's Hunger Fund (CHF) does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Standard 7: Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness - Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

Standard 16: Annual Report - Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

CHF does not meet this standard because the 2010 annual report did not include:

  • Total income.
  • Total end of year net assets.
In addition, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information on the organization’s effectiveness measures and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard for Charity Accountability: 6.
Children's Hunger Fund (CHF) meets the remaining 17 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

CHF partners with churches and organizations which are committed to demonstrating compassion as an extension of how God would treat those who are suffering or in need. The organization teaches and trains churches and organizations to understand and apply biblical compassion in their ministries. The organization reports that it distributed more than $60 million in food clothing and relief supplies to children in need across the United States and in selected developing countries in 2010.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, CHF's program expenses were:

  
Program services 64,683,589
Total Program Expenses: $64,683,589
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : David Phillips, President
Compensation*:
 $149,664

Chair of the Board: Dana Scannell
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President, Scannell & Wight

Board Size: 11

Paid Staff Size: 55

*2010 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, and planned giving.
Fund raising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $66,568,781, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

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.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on CHF's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds  
Contributions- gifts in-kind 61,201,205
Contributions- cash 5,085,488
Special events (net) 271,497
Program service revenue 42,986
Interest and dividend income 14,692
Contributions- securities 10,591
Unrealized gains on investments 8,247
Gain on sale of vehicle 2,504
Realized loss on investments -5,564
Total Income $66,631,646


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

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

Total income   $66,631,646
  Program expenses $64,683,589
  Fund raising expenses 591,226
  Administrative expenses 1,135,148
 
Total expenses   $66,409,963
Income in Excess of Expenses   221,683
Beginning net assets   5,546,497
Ending net assets   5,768,180
Total liabilities   204,719
Total assets   $5,972,899

Note: For 2010, CHF reported in-kind income of $61,201,205 including medical supplies ($43,755,657), food ($9,778,913), other ($3,984,682), toys ($3,464,999), and clothing ($216,954).

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