International : Single Country Support Organizations

Common Hope

Educating children, empowering families

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (59.70)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 84.6%    
Administrative Expenses 9.4%    
Fundraising Expenses 5.8%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.06    
Efficiency Rating    
      (38.46)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 4.7%    
Program Expenses Growth 7.7%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.32    
Capacity Rating    
      (21.23)

Income Statement     (FYE 12/2006)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $3,233,750
Other Revenue $21,080
Total Revenue $3,254,830
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $2,812,988
Administrative Expenses $314,891
Fundraising Expenses $194,580
Total Functional Expenses $3,322,459
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $-67,629
   
Net Assets $5,727,916

Contact Information

Common Hope
550 Vandalia Street
St. Paul, MN 55114
tel: (651) 917-0243
fax: (651) 917-7458

Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 14298
St. Paul, MN 55114

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Leadership      (FYE 12/2006)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Shari Blindt Executive Director (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.) $47,778 1.43%

Donor Privacy Policy

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Mission

Common Hope promotes hope and opportunity in Guatemala, partnering with children, families, and communities who want to participate in a process of development to improve their lives through education, health care, and housing. In the fall of 1985, a group of Guatemalans asked the Huebsch family of Minnesota, USA for help in educating their children. As a result, Common Hope was founded so that friends could get involved. Since then, Common Hope has grown from a small, family-based project to a powerful force partnering with over 8,000 children and adults living in rural and urban poverty in Guatemala.

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