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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: March 2024 Expires: March 2026

Giraffe Heroes Project

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

Post Office Box 759
Langley, WA, 98260

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

Giraffe Heroes Project meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to move people to stick their necks out for the common good and to give them tools to succeed."

Year, State Incorporated:
1984, NY

Giraffe Heroes Project (GHP) aims to honor real heroes and tell their stories to inspire people to action. The organization finds Giraffe Heroes, writes and edits their stories, and puts those stories into a searchable web database. GHP's outreach program brings stories and skills to global audiences through traditional and social media and on the organization's website. GHP's Giraffe Heroes International coordinates a worldwide Giraffe Heroes movement with affiliates in Argentina, India, Kenya, Nepal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The organization's civic engagement programs include training programs and locations that build civic engagement skills, and a K-12 curriculum striving to help kids build lives as courageous and compassionate citizens.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, Giraffe Heroes Project's program expenses were:

Giraffe Heroes International $12,009
Giraffe Heroes stories $12,118
Civic engagement $3,574
Outreach $26,050
Total Program Expenses $46,102

Chief Executive
John Graham, Executive Director

Compensation*
$18,000

Chair of the Board
Ron Reed

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Clergy

Board Size
5

Paid Staff Size
2

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

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

Fundraising costs were 10% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $60,214, are donations received as a result of fundraising 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 Giraffe Heroes Project's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Source of Funds
Sales of inventory, net $89
Contributions $60,214
Total Income $60,303

Programs: 78% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 12%

Total Income $60,303
Total expenses: $59,119
  Program expenses $46,102
  Fundraising expenses $5,912
  Administrative expenses $7,105
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $1,184
Beginning Net Assets $43,000
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $38,316
Total Liabilities $1,967
Total Assets $36,349

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance