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Statement of Activity 2013 2014SUPPORT AND REVENUES
Contributions 2,567,286 2,102,676
Interest Earned 21,067 55,700
Books Contributed 32,654,208 31,389,298
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUES 35,252,561 33,547,674
EXPENDITURES
Program Operating Expenses - Overseas 24,432,351 37,207,143
General and Administrative Expenses 75,215 79,610
Fundraising Expenses 141,193 150,720
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 24,648,759 37,437,473
Change in Net Monetary Assets 13,018 266,869
Change in Book Inventory 9,827,050 -3,805,685
Books For Africa Financial Information
July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 2014 CONTRIBUTORS
SUMMIT SOCIETY
$20,000-$43,000AnonymousKim & James HarmsRaju PatelTom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth
$10,000- $15,000AnonymousHenry A. BromelkampGetachew Adal DechasaDan & Linda MelinPeace Corps Swaziland via Shari Orr, PCVDick SimpsonVal & Julie StokesIge TokunboAbdiwahab Yusuf
$5,000-$9,999Gerald AkataFrank BabkaNorm & Pat LinnellDeb McNally Aamir MalikRichard MurphyLisa PaulsonJaclyn SawyerPamela SheltonAnn Sponberg PetersonPeace Corps South Africa via Elizabeth Warden, PCV
KILIMANJARO SOCIETY
$2,500-$4,999Katherine AbyVincent & Susan BartonEric & Elaine BucherBill & Sharon ClappTesa & Ray D’ArdenneCraig EstremHermann HabermannAndrew & Caroline HuddartLucille JewettMike & Judith O’FallonTom & Betsy PfeiferChris RicheyJohnathan Rosenblatt & Laura DeforestKim Carmean & Eric ThraenThomas & Ancella ToldrianRobert Crooks & Sami Tucker
$1,000- $2,499Oluade AjayiFrank AlloccaRon AminzadeKojo & Erin Amoo-GottfriedAnonymous (3)Matilda ArhinBarbara AstunoKevin Smith & Angelina AusbanLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenGerald BaileyBradley BaumanBarbara BenciniRonald BerryJeff BerwickMichelle BirosDouglas BlankeVicki BrammeierDarren BrownShay CollierHarold & Carolyn CommonsRachel CraryJulia CrossLaurie DahlDana SmithStephen DeaneSeth EggessaCharles & Diane EilersMike EssienLarry & Bola EyinlaJason FerruggiaJohn FisherDavid FletcherArchbishop Harry FlynnBill & Shirley FreemanChristian GoergenHannah GoffinMichael GoodmanDoreen HamiltonHakim Azahar HamzaNicholas HanssensJesse Okie & Mary HarringtonDon & Joan HawkinsonMichael Henley & Randi YoderMr. & Mrs. HenteStewart HoneckPaul JacksonIvy JacobsonSamuel JewettMarnie JohnsonTeresa JohnsonBarbara KingPat & Val KlettAndy Breuninger & Melissa KoosmannDiane KrauseHilton Pryce LewisMargaret Li
Joshua LipmanVivian MasonCatherine MayerJohn McCabeFiona McCrae & John CoyBrad & Kay McKimEugene MorrissyChristi MurrayEric NewmanVuyisile NkomoLuanne NybergByron & Alis OlsenRosemond Sarpong Owens & Isaac OwensPam Pappas StanochMary Jo PetersonMaureen PhillipsJeremy PinckertPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonAzos RashidMark & Carin ReiherBradley RoushPaul SackDavid SandelsDavid & Laura SangreeBruce SchafferDennis & Barbara SennesethCassandra StillmanLucus StrohmeyerGrant SunderlandShelly UnderhillJean BorgattiMarc UnterhalterDavid & Anne WaltersCarol Weinberg via TD AmeritradeGary & Maryann WeinsteinCaleb WilsonJohn M. WilsonJohn WilsonDaniel WolduGretchen YoungPriscilla YoungPaula Zenker
MEMBERS
$500- $999 Muntana Issa & Farhan AbdullahiLisbi AbrahamKenneth AdlerGladys AdofoEllen AkhaveinAnthony AlbretsCarol & Timothy AllwineAnonymousAlice & Kendall AtkinsonLynn Bailey
Win BarnardYasin BarqadleParitosh BatraCiatta BaysahJohn BealJessica BeckJim & Kelly BelichBruce BevisRobyn BitzIngrid & Matthew BrennanStanford BrownGavin & Sara BurnsPatrick & Alicia ByrnesLisa CampbellJon CarlsonRonald CarterBrett CervantesAshish ChandraBarbara ChuEsther ChuahStephen CristofarAnne CrossMark CurtisMichael DavisCharles DeBoerJames Dorsey & Dee GaeddertJill EganSelena ElllisMatthew EubanksDavid FernstrumRodney FisherJoe Lee FrankVince GaborRichard GluckZac GoldbergMargaret GoodmanG.G. GordonEmilienne GrayJennifer GrimesKaren & Gary GuetzkoElizabeth HaradonLynda HastingsJ. Michael & Kathy HaveyMichael HewittFami IbrahimFotemah MbaChristopher JonesSusanne JulWalter KatkovskyFuat KavakJan KleinmanStuart & Mary Ellen KnappmillerSusan KoscielnyPaul KruegerJohn LeharRichard & Sally LeiderHerbert LeyBrad Libbey
Nolan LittleBeverly LymanSusan ManningAbhay MasherHilda MayfieldBeth MaynardKiley McAllisterJames McClellandNancy McDonaldDan McIntyreAntoinette MillerDavina MillerJohn & Margaret MillerMadeline MillerPaul MillerPaul & Sarah MitchellJohn & Deborah NeallEric O’DonleyEunice OrdmanJim OshaughnessyJoann OttmanCrystal & Jacob OuzillouNicholas PalatasDipti PatelSarah Lynn PayneBruce & Beverly PerrySteven PfeifferJeanne PlonskiJohn PopePeter ProverbsWendy ReinerLinda Bearinger & Michael ResnickGina & Eric Cox RichardJacob RiekeJohn & Susan RosenbergerLinda RoyJoe RyanAntonio SamuelsL. Daniel & Susan SandagerRebecca SansoneDavid & Sylvia SatherSharon Sayles BeltonDavid SchumacherMolly SergentSarah SevcikKaren Gold ShermanJason ShirkEllen SholevarKelsey SiegelStephen SimkoDavid & Cheryl SmithScott & Carol SokolRoland StaibDavid SteinMary SukupFrederick SutherlandStefan TaubertJacqueline Torr
Adera TsegayeGretchen & Tom TwissBarry & Gayle TyermanAllen & Karen VesselsTimothy Wade & Irene DohertyWanda Root Ruthanne WeinmannSteve WheelerFrank WhiteLarry & Barbara WhiteMichael WierBeth Ellen WillsHelen WimberlyKaren WoodPenny & Alan Wortman
$250-$499Joylyn AbramsAtare AgbamuMartha AllenSally AlmquistLinda AmreinAnonymousEstella AtekwanaLinda AultMark AuneAdejoke Babington-AshayeDouglass & Michiko BaileyJames & Kathryn BarkerEdward & Mary BasconiKhaishoon BasraiGayland BenderJohn BergdallJoel BilheimerBarbara BiranAdrian BischoffStephen BoliverMichael Brody-WaiteEdward & Rosemary CaffarellaMaureen CahillWilliam CanbyJonathan ChanAnne ClotfelterBenjamin CloughSandi ConroyPeter CookKatie Oberle & Eric CoopersteinDiane CorbelloLynn CornellMisa CoweeGirma & Ayantu DakaWilliam DavidsonKelechi DikeJulie DirksenJeff DozerCraig EberhardtPhillip & Sandra EdwardsonJoseph Emerson
Traci EntelWilliam EsareyVincent & Carolyn FarleyBeth FaulkenberryJudith FeldmanChris FisherDouglass & Charleene FrazierJane FriedenRichard FriesenhahnDiana GabaldonDan GabbayAnn & Jeffrey GagenJarred GordonAmanda GreenJan-Lodewijk GrootaersShannon GruchotTrevor GunnStefanie GuynnAngela HahnJames Hall & Laurel KeyesSamuel HansonObsa HassanEdward HayesJody HeroldLinda HillElizabeth HinkleJim HinmanChase HoffmanMelinda HolladayAdaora IfebighWilliam & Patricia JewettSeenaa JimjimoJeannie Kant & Keith RelyeaJosh KohnstammDebra KoneckPatrice Kopistansky & Kevin FlynnMarquis LawrenceJanet LeachJudith & Stephen LewisRachel LivseyDaniel LoesEmily LooseLouise LopezAnn LowryTimothy LuEric LuckwaldHerb & Corrine LundbergJanette MaherAndrew Dowdy & Jeanne MaloneyCynthia McCraeEugene McDonoughJames & Suzanne McGovernJeff & Beverly MelbyScott MesserEmmanuelle MorgenSundip NaikLukas NathansonJeri Quest & Joseph Nelson
Marybeth NelsonRichard & Sue ObergRose O’ConnellJohn Odling-SmeeKatherine Okia-TowersCatharine & Philip PaileyCarrie PalmerDianne PatrickMiranda PaulAaron PittMary & Jonathan PreusScott RaeKimberly RakosMary Kemen & Brian RandallKerry RasmussenLoni ReynoldsMarjorie RhoadsCarol & Robert RiekeDavis RobersonKathy RobertsMindy RogersMatilda & Robert RuppCatherine RyanWilliam Reid & Kathy SchnareRobert & Katherine SchneiderAlicia SchnellScott SchoenfeldIgor SenderovichGordon ShriverByron SimmonsJudge Ann Montgomery & Theodore SmetakWarren & Marge SpannausAnne SteinmannJanet SternJim & Leslie StudenskiJeffrey SturchioJoy & S.D. SundrumGlenn & Jeanine SwansonRichard & Ann TavanEd McConaghay & Margaret TelferCindy & J. Patrick TenneyRussell & Jane ThorpeKenneth ValenteJay & Mary Van HookLeon Van SteenArun VenkataramanNiti VillingerKaren ViskochilJohn WayneChristie WhyteDaniel WilsonPaul WilsonElizabeth WrenFrederick & Joanell ZimmermanRobert Zyriek
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50¢ provides a student in Africa with a book
$100 provides a classroom set of books
$200 provides an encyclopedia set for a school or community library
$2,000 provides enough books for an entire school
$10,300 supplies a full 40-foot sea container of 22,000 books – enough for 10 schools
Read to Lead: Empowering Africa’s Next GenerationB O O K S F O R A F R I C A 2 0 1 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T
SUMMIT SOCIETY
$200,000-$230,000Out of Print Clothing
$90,000- $100,000Better World BooksMerck and Company
$25,000- $50,000Aid for Africa*Course HeroGhana Book TrustThe S.L. Gimbel Fund at The Community FoundationThomson Reuters
$15,000- $24,000Alvin & Louise Myerberg Family FoundationBenadir University, SomaliaBurundi Friends InternationalChase Family FoundationEaster Lutheran ChurchEthiopia Knowledge & Technology Transfer Society First Presbyterian Church of BirminghamHome Box Office (HBO)NAD-Trust, SwedenNetwork for Good*Rotary Club of RosevilleRotary Club of WoodburyThe Nichols FoundationWidikum-Boffe City Council, CameroonWolkite University, EthiopiaWorld Mission Prayer League
$10,000- $14,999Agralife Foundation, GhanaFentale College, EthiopiaThe Literate Earth Project
Christian Relief ServicesCross River State Library Board, NigeriaDr. LaChapelle Family Fund of the American Endowment FoundationEmbu University College, KenyaGod’s Bridge Development Foundation, TanzaniaInternational Community School, GhanaLexisNexisRazoo Foundation*Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Charitable FoundationThe JMC Fund of the Community Foundation of West GeorgiaThe Links Foundation, Inc.
$5,000- $9,999AnonymousHope of GuineaMargaret Rivers FundNorthfield Rotary ClubQuantum ConnectionsRevocup Coffee FoundationThe GE FoundationThe Olive Tree FoundationUniversity of ZambiaUSAIDWorld Connect
KILIMANJARO SOCIETY
$2,500- $4,999AnonymousApple Matching Gifts ProgramAtomic Data/ Jim WolfordEthiopia ReadsGeneral Mills, Inc.Kissito Healthcare InternationalMKIDANigerian Police Force EducationRead To Grow FoundationResearch Square LLCSt. Lukes Episcopal ChurchThe Idea FoundationThe Joan L. & Robert C. Gilkison Family FoundationTolleson Family FoundationTransmar Group
$1,000- $2,499Ameriprise Financial Employee Giving CampaignBattlespace, Inc.BP FoundationBremer BankCarmax FoundationChrist’s Church RyeCommunications Systems, Inc.Falcon AcademyFidelity Brokerage Services LLCFreddie Mac Employee FundsFredrikson & Byron FoundationFulbright & Jaworski LLPGold Medal BodiesHaughey Family FoundationThe Healey Family FoundationInsignia SystemsJTH Engineering LLCKelen Family FoundationLaufer Group InternationalLittle Free LibraryRobert and Polly McCrea Fund of The Minneapolis FoundationOuterwall, Inc.Prudential Foundation Matching GiftsMatthew Ratner via RMS Investment GroupRobert S. Starr FoundationSafari Grocery Salon a’la SaisonSAMDASampson Family FoundationSandvik Mining & Construction USA St. James’ Church T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable GivingTDS, Inc.Tealwood Asset Management, Inc.
The Benevity Community Impact Fund of the American Endowment FoundationThe Beverly J. Adkins Charitable Fund of Vanguard CharitableThe Brian Ratner FoundationThe Challenge Scholarship Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationThe Diane Virginia Smith Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe Liguori Family Fund of the Jewish Community FoundationThe MCS Foundation of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundThe Pete & Rebecca Helme Fund of Goldman Sachs PhilanthropyThe Warrington FoundationToad Hall MotorbooksVerizonWest Cascades Peace Corps AssociationWolff Family Chartiable Foundation
AFFILIATES
$500- $999African Studies Association at Rutgers UniversityAmerican Endowment FoundationAmeriprise Financial Gift Matching ProgramAscension ChurchDaggett Family Fund of American Endowment FoundationDuke Realty CorporationGE CapitalGreater Twin Cities United WayCharles M. & Mary L. Hartman Fund of FidelityHelp My Village KidsHorn Aid FoundationInteractive CommunicationsInternational Bookmarket Service Ltd.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMichael & Jessica Whiman Family Foundation of U.S. Charitable Gift TrustMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramMinnesota Chapter Federal Bar AssociationMorena Family TrustNorthwestern UniversityRosemary Lehman via Schwab Charitable FundRotberg Comens Booth FoundationAnonymous via Schwab Charitable FundSiemens Healthcare Diagnostics Caring HandsSouthwestern Psychological ServicesSt. Elizabeth’s ChurchThe Frances and Howard Schloss Family Philanthropic Fund The Giving ExchangeThe Jones-Bush Charitable Fund of National Christian Foundation
The Lohengrin FoundationThe Saint Paul FoundationThe Teddy Perkins Family Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe Voglewede Walker Family Charitable Foundation of Fidelity CharitableThe William R. Kennedy Family FoundationWenaas Family FoundationYatai LLC
$250- $499Arete Associates Matching Gift ProgramAT&T Employee Giving CampaignBirraa Tax Services LLCBristol-Meyers Squibb FoundationBrookpark Home Health Care, Inc.Central AutomotiveChick-Fil-A, Inc.Colgate UniversityCoronado High SchoolDaniel Boehnen & Jennifer Knopf via Schwab Charitable FundDST Systems Inc. Matching Gifts Program via Greater Kansas City Community FoundationEssien Law Office PLLCGoogle Matching Gifts ProgramHelp InkIBM Employee ServicesJustGive.org*L.K. Bennett U.S.A.MeetMe, Inc.Michael and Lyne Prichard Fund of Fidelity InvestmentsMinnetonka School District Montgomery CollegeMountain Lakes Board of EducationNational Home Health Care Transportation, Inc.Oak Creek Elementary SchoolPTR Homes LLCSan Pasqual Union School ASBSEWD FoundationSt. John’s Country Day SchoolStarr Elementary SchoolTechnology CompaniesThe Chasin/Gilden Family Fund of the Boston FoundationThe Dahill Family Charitable Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe David and Jessica Smutek Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe Quinton-Fildes-McManamy Family Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe RKR Fund of Fidelity CharitableTrendah Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationWilliam H. Ross Elementary School, Third grade studentsYour Cause, LLC Trustee for Medtronic Foundation
MAJOR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS
Amara Wines Better World Books Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Capstone Publishers Clean Earth Books CT Recycling Follett Educational Resources Follett Higher Education Group Greif, Inc. Hands on Atlanta Kalahari FoodsLerner PublicationsMerck and CompanyNational GeographicRobins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Charitable FoundationThe University Club of St. Paul/John RuppThomson ReutersWorld Vision
LEGACY SOCIETY**
Michael Addy & Nancy JohnsonAnonymousLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenFrank BabkaWin BarnardHenry A. BromelkampMichael Henley & Randi YoderClark & Vonnie LaChapelleMarybeth NelsonCarole PatrikakosPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonTom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth
*Denotes donations from large numbers of donors
**Legacy Society members have included Books For Africa in their estate planning
Due to limits on space in this report, we were unable to list all donors. BFA wants to thank the 2,323 donors between $5 – $249, and 1,427 individuals who donated books in fiscal year 2014. BFA apologizes for any errors or unintended omissions. Please contact BFA if your name was misprinted or omitted.
Dear Friends,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for another outstanding year. 2014 was our biggest year ever, with more books shipped to Africa and more funds raised than ever before! We are pleased to share with you some of what we achieved in 2014:
• We shipped books by the ton (yet again): BFA continues as the world ’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa, shipping over 32 million books to 49 African countries in our 26-year history. This has garnered us top ratings yet again from Charity Navigator (which rated BFA the top U.S. charity under the Humanitarian Aid Category), as well as Guidestar and the Minnesota Charities Review Council. In 2014 alone, we shipped 2.6 million books and 239 computers valued at over $35 million to 27 countries. This represented a stunning 70% increase in books shipped over the previous year;
• We are becoming kind of a big deal: BFA is on its way (we hope!) to becoming a household name. We are securing new donors every day from across the world. We hosted some 13,000 volunteers who helped pack books (we are one of the top volunteer sites in Atlanta, GA). Our booksforafrica.org website hosts over 10,000 visits monthly, and we have over 7,000 Facebook likes;
• We are meeting the right people: We hosted a Summit Society donor reception at the Washington, D.C. residence of South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool in May. Her Excellency Liberata Mulamula, Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S., served as keynote speaker for our annual May luncheon in St. Paul, MN, followed by a “Doing Business in Africa” event, co-hosted with Thomson Reuters and the Minnesota Trade Office. In June and October, special fundraising events were held in Atlanta, GA. Our annual summer Kilimanjaro Society reception was held at the Historic Alfred Pillsbury Home in Minneapolis with 25 of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative members as guests of honor. Finally, our annual braai (South African barbeque) was bigger and better than ever with our very own BFA Warehouse Band providing rocking entertainment;
• We are meeting even more of the right people!: In November, on a routine swing through Washington, D. C., we met with The National Press Club, the Library of Congress, the U.S. State Department, USAID, National Geographic, the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S., and the Embassy of Portugal. These meetings represent new and unique partnership opportunities and demonstrate the level to which our new collaborations are taking us;
• We executed big plans: We finalized a $600,000 project with the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation of Nigeria to ship one million books to 18 African countries. We are well on our way to shipping 660,000 books to Uganda as part of a $487,000 project in collaboration with USAID. More plans of this size and scope are in the works;
• Parlez-vous Francais? We shipped French language books from Paris to Senegal in June and to Guinea in October, demonstrating that books are our business, in any language deemed useful in Africa. A Portugese book project is also in the works;
• We advanced the rule of law: In our sixth year of the Jack Mason Law and Democracy Initiative, we shipped 11 law and human rights libraries to Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, The Gambia, and Uganda. This initiative, sponsored in large part by Thomson Reuters, has served law schools, universities, parliaments, and human rights groups in 16 countries across Africa, with 54 total libraries shipped.
In 2014 we have strived to take things to a new level in order to end the book famine in Africa. Thanks to your support, the children of Africa will be able to pursue their dreams and lead their continent. This was the dream of Nelson Mandela, who stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” It is our dream — and we know it is yours as well.
Sincerely,
Rosemond Sarpong Owens Patrick J. Plonski, PhD President Executive Director
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