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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2027

Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
6
(510) 839-4280
655 13th St Ste 200
Oakland, CA, 94612-1218
https://www.heart-2-heart.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care does not meet the following 1 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care does not meet this standard because:

The organization is working to comply with this Standard.  

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 7

Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
Heart to Heart develops self-sustaining medical programs in areas of need, measurably expanding access to life-saving cardiac care. Teams of specialists trained by Heart to Heart help to reduce the global burden of heart disease today and for generations to come.

Year, State Incorporated:
1991, CA

Also Known As:
Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance

Worldwide, all children and adults, regardless of where they are born or where they live, will have access to life-saving heart care. Heart to Heart volunteers have already trained over 500 medical professionals, who in turn have saved the lives of more than 35,000 children. As we continue to train new pediatric cardiac specialists at our partner sites abroad, thousands more children born with heart defects gain access to the life-saving cardiac care they desperately need—care that is still inaccessible to 85% of the world’s children. By ensuring that our partner sites become self-sustaining, the number of children we save continues to grow exponentially. Heart to Heart provides year-round guidance and support to our partner site teams abroad. While our international colleagues are putting new skills into practice between our visits, members of our medical advisory council review surgical outcomes to determine our next educational steps. Our medical volunteers provide strategic guidance and mentor department heads remotely as they implement Heart to Heart’s recommendations to reach the next level of program advancement. Lastly, we conduct annual surgical-educational missions to partner sites— he highlight of our program year!

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care's program expenses were:

Programs $1,930,195
Total Program Expenses $1,930,195

Chief Executive
Laila Dreidame, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Mx. Shalu Saluja Esquire, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
E2 Consulting

Board Size
10

Paid Staff Size
5

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Radio

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 4.29%

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 Heart to Heart Global Cardiac Care's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Interest and Investment Activity $88,220
Contributions $190,155
Foundation and Corporate Grants $292,970
In Kind Support $1,559,644
Total Income $2,130,989

Programs: 93% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $2,130,989
Total expenses: $2,081,800
  Program expenses $1,930,195
  Fundraising expenses $87,691
  Administrative expenses $63,914
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $49,189
Beginning Net Assets $1,305,728
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $1,354,917
Total Liabilities $63,542
Total Assets $1,418,459

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