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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2024 Expires: September 2026

Movember Foundation

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

Post Office Box 2040
Santa Monica, CA, 90406

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

Movember Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to confront, challenge, and change individual behaviours, systems, and gender norms to address health inequalities for men."

Year, State Incorporated:
2007, CA

Movember Foundation raises funds and awareness for men's health, aiming to help men live happier, healthier, and longer lives by investing in the key cause areas of mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. While the organization fundraises year-round, it reports that the annual Movember campaign held in November is its primary fundraising initiative. During the Movember campaign, supporters fundraise for the cause by growing a moustache, taking the Move challenge, hosting an event or fundraising in their own way. Some ($3,121,867 or 33%) of Movember Foundation’s program activities are carried out in conjunction with fundraising appeals.

For the year ended April 30, 2023, Movember Foundation's program expenses were:

Men's health programs: $5,581,340

Funds donated and program delivery payments: $3,871,604

Total Program Expenses: $9,452,944

Chief Executive
Tim Gnaneswaran, Country Director, United States

Compensation*
$200,000

Chair of the Board
Richard Deutsch

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Non-Executive Director, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Limited

Board Size
8

Paid Staff Size
27

*2024 compensation, as reported by the organization, includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Print advertisements, Corporate solicitation

Movember Foundation incurred joint costs of $6,931,342 for informational materials and activities that included fundraising materials. Of those costs $3,218,142 was allocated to fundraising expenses, $3,121,867 was allocated to program expenses, and $591,333 was allocated to administrative expenses.

Fundraising costs were 21% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $16,405,924 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 Movember Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Contributions $16,405,924
Interest and other income $436,255
Total Income $16,842,179

Programs: 67% Fundraising: 25% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $16,842,179
Total expenses: $14,150,698
  Program expenses $9,452,944
  Fundraising expenses $3,481,977
  Administrative expenses $1,215,777
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $2,691,481
Beginning Net Assets $29,245,753
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $31,937,234
Total Liabilities $4,945,860
Total Assets $36,883,094

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance