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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2020 Expires: January 2022

Educate the Children Inc

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(607) 272-1176
Po Box 414
Ithaca, NY, 14851
https://www.etc-nepal.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

Educate the Children Inc meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
ETC works with women and children in Nepal to improve health, welfare, and self-sufficiency by building skills that families can pass down to later generations.

Year, State Incorporated:
1990, NY

Educational opportunities/skills and awareness training (literacy/numeracy training, entrepreneurial skills training, legal rights awareness training, etc.), early childhood education development and support, teacher training, and agricultural development skills/training/resource provision (for horticulture and livestock farming by impoverished/marginalized women in rural Nepal). 

For the year ended June 30, 2018, Educate the Children Inc's program expenses were:

Program Services $289,355
Total Program Expenses $289,355

Chief Executive
Lisa Lyons, U.S. Director

Chair of the Board
Elisabeth Prentice

Board Size
12

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

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 Educate the Children Inc's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2018.

Source of Funds
Contributions $201,034
Grant revenue $105,526
Total Income $306,560

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $306,560
Total expenses: $333,420
  Program expenses $289,355
  Fundraising expenses $33,612
  Administrative expenses $10,453
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-26,860
Beginning Net Assets $256,627
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $229,767
Total Liabilities $58
Total Assets $229,825

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BBB of Upstate New York