International : Development and Relief Services

Global Volunteers

Partners in development

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (60.94)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 84.4%    
Administrative Expenses 14.6%    
Fundraising Expenses 0.9%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.00    
Efficiency Rating    
      (38.44)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 11.6%    
Program Expenses Growth 11.7%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.03    
Capacity Rating    
      (22.50)

Income Statement     (FYE 09/2008)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $5,045,407
Other Revenue $2,311
Total Revenue $5,047,718
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $4,123,918
Administrative Expenses $713,086
Fundraising Expenses $46,994
Total Functional Expenses $4,883,998
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $163,720
   
Net Assets $493,332

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Contact Information

Global Volunteers
375 East Little Canada Road
St. Paul, MN 55117
tel: (800) 487-1074
fax: (651) 482-0915
EIN: 36-3352680

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Leadership      (FYE 09/2008)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Burnham "Bud" Philbrook Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $101,292 2.07%
Other Salaries of Note
Michelle Gran Co-Founder, Vice President (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $83,259 1.70%

Donor Privacy Policy

YES, this charity has a written donor privacy policy.

Mission

Founded in 1984, Global Volunteers strives to wage peace throughout the world by helping to establish mutual understanding between people of diverse cultures. Global Volunteers is a NGO (non-governmental organization) in special consultative status with the United Nations. Global Volunteers builds bridges of understanding between people of diverse cultures by involving them in one-on-one service projects. The function of servant-learner volunteers is to serve local people by sharing their talents with them. Projects include tutoring children, teaching conversational English or business skills, renovating and painting community buildings, assisting in health care or with natural resource projects, and nurturing at-risk kids.

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