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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: October 2025 Expires: October 2027

Human Development Fund

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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1905 South Haggerty Road, Suite 7
Canton, MI, 48188

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

Human Development Fund meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to aid, assist and develop fellow human beings living in the most vulnerable conditions to become self-sustaining and to live outside of the cycle of poverty."

Year, State Incorporated:
2023, MI

Human Development Fund (HDF) is dedicated to helping people become self-sustaining and rise out of the cycle of poverty through holistic, faith-driven, and need-based interventions. HDF focuses on the following core programs: emergency relief, water and sanitation, food security, orphan care, Zakat, capital campaigns, shelter and infrastructure, education, and health and nutrition.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Human Development Fund's program expenses were:

Program services $8,334,237
Total Program Expenses $8,334,237

Chief Executive
Abdirahman Kariye, Chief Executive Officer

Chair of the Board
Mohamed Hussein

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Founder, Piedmont Global Language Solutions (PGLS)

Board Size
5

Paid Staff Size
32

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Door-to-door appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Telephone appeals

Fundraising costs were 8% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $33,010,317, 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 Human Development Fund's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions $16,286,025
Contributions $16,092,667
Contribution of non-financial assets $589,444
Special events, net $42,181
Investment loss $-3,367
Total Income $33,006,950

Programs: 73% Fundraising: 24% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $33,006,950
Total expenses: $11,441,175
  Program expenses $8,334,237
  Fundraising expenses $2,767,255
  Administrative expenses $339,683
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $21,565,775
Beginning Net Assets $0
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $319,231
Total Liabilities $128,877
Total Assets $22,013,883

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