Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
See separate instructions.| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? | (v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? | (vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? | (vii) Amount of monetary support | |||
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(a) 2008 | (b) 2009 | (c) 2010 | (d) 2011 | (e) 2012 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 104,176,370 | 105,400,045 | 107,628,340 | 109,087,491 | 113,733,481 | 540,025,727 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 104,176,370 | 105,400,045 | 107,628,340 | 109,087,491 | 113,733,481 | 540,025,727 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 540,025,727 | |||||
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(a) 2008 | (b) 2009 | (c) 2010 | (d) 2011 | (e) 2012 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 104,176,370 | 105,400,045 | 107,628,340 | 109,087,491 | 113,733,481 | 540,025,727 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 906,223 | 554,798 | 717,463 | 912,234 | 1,296,420 | 4,387,138 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.).. | 331,857 | 379,970 | 376,018 | 355,243 | 348,469 | 1,791,557 |
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | 546,204,422 | |||||






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(a) 2008 | (b) 2009 | (c) 2010 | (d) 2011 | (e) 2012 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||




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| MISSION | FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1 | THROUGH HOPE FOR A FAMILY SPONSORSHIP, CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION FOR CHLIDREN AND AGING(CFCA) HELPS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BUILD A PATH OUT OF POVERTY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. CFCA WORKS WITH PERSONS OF ALL FAITH TRADITIONS TO BUILD A WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY OF COMPASSION CONSISTING OF SELF-SUFFICIENT, EMPOWERED FAMILIES, WHERE ALL PEOPLE LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND HAVE THE ABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL. |
| MISSION STATEMENT | FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 | CFCAs mission is to walk with the poor and marginalized of the world. 1. We provide personal attention and direct benefits to children, youth, aging and their families so they may live with dignity, achieve their desired potential and participate fully in society. 2. We invite people of good will to live in daily solidarity with the worlds poor through one-to-one sponsorship. 3. We build community by fostering relationships of mutual respect, understanding and support that are culturally diverse, empowering and without religious or other prejudice. Grounded in the Gospel call to serve the poor, CFCA is a lay Catholic organization working with persons of all faith traditions to create a worldwide community of compassion and service. |
| PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | SPONSORSHIP Total grants to the sponsorship program were $95.2 million in 2012. (Funding to all projects, which consisted of the $95.2 million in sponsorship, $2.6 million for scholarships and nearly $900,000 for special needs of CFCA projects, totaled $98.7 million and represented 86.7 percent of total expenses in 2012). At the end of 2012, a total of 310,365 individuals were sponsored through CFCA's Hope for a Family program. They included 285,114 children, 24,902 aging persons and 349 candidates studying for a religious vocation. Sponsored individuals and their families were served through CFCA projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and Venezuela. Following are examples of achievements in the Hope for a Family sponsorship program, the scholarship program and addressing the special needs of CFCA projects as they work with individuals and families living in poverty. CFCA's Hope for a Family program helps families in need around the world by connecting them with sponsors, primarily in the United States. Through the program, families have more choices in their lives and are empowered over time to create a path out of poverty. Sponsors experience a true exchange of cultures, understanding and love through their sponsorship support. Sponsors and sponsored friends strengthen their bond of friendship by exchanging letters and photos. Some sponsors travel on CFCA awareness trips and may meet their sponsored friends, learn about their lives and see their contributions in action. Contributions help fund basic necessities such as education, food, clothing and health care, and programs leading to self-sufficiency such as literacy training and income generation for parents. Sponsorship invites active participation from families, empowering them to help determine benefits for their children and build stronger communities. Benefits vary according to individual and family needs, local resources, and family and community priorities. Belonging to a caring CFCA international community that includes other families served through CFCA, staff members, volunteers and sponsors is one of the most important benefits of sponsorship. |
| CFCA'S HOPE FOR A FAMILY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM IS MUCH MORE THAN A HANDOUT | OF MATERIAL GOODS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES, CFCA STRIVES TO | ACHIEVE THESE NINE TENETS OF THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: 1. Economic self-sufficiency - Sponsored members and their families meet their basic needs through a combination of their own income-generating activities, access to capital and sponsorship benefits. Over time, families rely less on CFCA benefits and more on their own income-generation activities to meet their basic needs. 2. Mutual accountability and support - Families of sponsored members form a support network in which they encourage and are accountable to one another. 3. Capacity building - A primary focus of the program is creating opportunities for families to develop their own capacity for personal and economic growth rather than a focus on the distribution of material goods. 4. Decentralized decision-making - Families have the primary voice in selection of personalized benefits and services as well as other key program decisions within a solid framework of staff support and internal controls. 5. Empowerment - Program initiatives establish spaces where marginalized groups are empowered to create equality, justice and unity in their communities. Existing power imbalances are addressed with an enduring commitment to creative non-violence, dignity and long-term change. 6. Goal orientation - Sponsored members and their families have clear personal goals and realistic plans to achieve those goals. 7. Culture of learning - Families, in conjunction with project staffs, balance reflection and action, define and measure outcomes and utilize results for continuous program improvements and adaptation to changes in the world around them. 8. Worldview - Families are agents of positive change in their local communities. Families see themselves as part of a worldwide movement with responsibilities and opportunities to share their lives with sponsors. Families know there are others who are walking the journey with them. 9. Sustainability - Families are the primary agents in their own development, taking initiative and assuming responsibility for the sponsorship program and eventually self-managing many aspects of the program, with project staffs serving as support resources. The community is eventually able to develop key programs independent of CFCA. Outcomes of the Hope for a Family sponsorship program vary by location and may include educational attainment, improved health and nutrition status, dignified housing, skill development and increased income through livelihood opportunities for families. Monitoring program success CFCA conducts periodic organizational and financial audits of projects to ensure that financial resources are providing the intended benefits, and that sponsored members are empowered to direct their own development. The organization performs quality checks on letters and photos from sponsored friends to their sponsors and monitors member retirement rates and sponsor retention rates. CFCA collects educational attendance as well as performance data and documents the final level of education achieved by sponsored members leaving the program. CFCA projects around the world conduct program evaluations in their local context to determine outcomes for sponsored members. Methods include surveys of sponsored members on income and skill development, focus groups on attitudes and behavioral changes, and storytelling to document empowerment. |
| EXAMPLES OF PROGRAM SUCCESS | INCOMES OF MOTHERS IN CFCA'S PROGRAM IN HYDERABAD, INDIA, INCREASED AN average of 97 percent over the period of 6.6 years (average length of time a mother was in a CFCA group). Incomes of participants experienced a compound annual growth rate of 13.3 percent compared to a 7-percent growth rate of the Indian economy. CFCA-Hyderabad students experienced high levels of educational retention, achieving more years of schooling on average than national averages. Median years of schooling of sponsored students were 13 for girls and 12.5 for boys (versus 8 and 9 years respectively in the general India population). Despite economic, geographic and/or ethnic marginalization, children and youth supported by CFCA in Guatemala (home to more than a quarter of all CFCA sponsored members) are achieving higher levels of schooling than national averages of the general population. They have reached a primary school graduation rate of 87 percent compared to a 64-percent national average. In CFCA's Quezon project in the Philippines, 86 percent of participants in income-generating initiatives believe they were able to inspire their community, and 98 percent believe that their income-generating initiatives through CFCA-organized savings and loans are a way to fulfill their family's dream for a better life. With the support of CFCA benefits in Meru, Kenya, sponsored members and their families now have a choice in their education options. Sixty-four percent of sponsored youth are attending boarding schools and 82 percent attend private schools. This indicates that youth are both obtaining higher levels of education (moving beyond public primary schools) and families have the resources to choose and invest in higher quality education offered by boarding and private schools. | |
| PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B | SCHOLARSHIPS The CFCA Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to secondary school, college or vocational students with economic need and a commitment to service in their communities. Scholarships enable students to stay in school, reach their desired level of education and build a path out of poverty for their families. Often times the education they receive is the key to a steady job that enables them to break the cycle of poverty. Students pursue a variety of careers, including education, medicine, computer technology, agriculture, graphic design, social work, journalism, carpentry, cosmetology and others. In 2012, scholarship grants to CFCA projects totaled more than $2.6 million. Scholarships were awarded to 8,107 students in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and Venezuela. Scholarship students may be sponsored youth who need extra financial help in addition to sponsorship assistance to complete their education, or they may be non-sponsored older students identified by CFCA projects as being in need of educational assistance and having a desire to serve their communities. The program objectives are to help older youth reach their potential, provide role models in the sponsorship community and cultivate local leadership in CFCA communities. Many former scholars work at CFCA projects as coordinators and social workers. An important component of the program is the service requirement. CFCA scholars are required to perform some type of meaningful service in their community. This may include tutoring, helping children in the CFCA program write letters to their sponsors in the U.S., translating letters or work related to their field of study. Monitoring program success In addition to the service requirement, scholars must turn in grade reports and write annual letters describing how they have used the scholarship. Local CFCA project staffs monitor students to make sure they are fulfilling these requirements. Examples of program success Students are able to continue their education, follow their chosen career path and serve the larger community. Purity is a student at South Eastern University in Kenya pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics, with help from her sponsorship through CFCA and a CFCA scholarship. Purity and her four sisters grew up in a mud house on a small piece of land in Kenya. Her parents are farmers and found work as casual laborers. Their humble income wasn't enough to meet the family's needs. "Sometimes we would go to sleep on an empty stomach," said Purity's mother, Martha. Purity remembers the challenges she faced. Her parents could not afford her school fees and she was turned away from school. She was accepted into CFCA's Hope for a Family sponsorship program at age 7, and the family's burden lightened. Without help from sponsorship and a CFCA scholarship, she wouldn't have been able to stay in school. Purity hopes to work in a bank because math is her favorite subject, but her goals don't stop there. "I would like to change my family's livelihood and in the future, I would like to start up a children's home," she said. |
| PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C | GRANTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CFCA disbursed $892,896 in grants during 2012 for various special needs. Funding for grants comes primarily from unrestricted donations to CFCA. A large portion of grant funding for 2012 was used for infrastructure needs of CFCA projects and field staff training. In addition, project grants were disbursed from a number of special assistance funds that allow donors to target their contributions toward specific programs. CFCA accepts contributions to funds that provide food assistance, housing, disaster assistance, healthy communities (health and hygiene services and facilities), sponsorship assistance and livelihood programs. |
| FAMILY AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS | FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 | MR. ROBERT HENTZEN (PRESIDENT) AND MS. CATHERINE PEARCE (DIRECTOR EMERITA), WHO PASSED AWAY IN EARLY 2012, ARE SIBLINGS. MR. HENTZEN AND MS. PEARCE ARE CO-FOUNDERS OF CFCA AND SERVED ON THE BOARD WITHOUT VOTING PRIVILEGES. MR. HENTZEN'S COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS | FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES THE 990. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL HAVE ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE. THE 990 IS THEN PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING THE 990. ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THE BOARD HAVE ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE MADE PRIOR TO FILING THE 990. |
| CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY | FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | ALL BOARD MEMBERS ANNUALLY DISCLOSE THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT, STAFF, VENDORS OR ANY OTHER ASSOCIATES THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY PRODUCE A CONFLICT, REGARDLESS OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN ACTUAL CONFLICT ARISING. NEW BOARD NOMINEES ALSO COMPLETE A DISCLOSURE FORM. WHEN THE BOARD IS TO DECIDE AN ISSUE THAT PRESENTS AN UNAVOIDABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A MEMBER, THE MEMBER WITH THE CONFLICT ABSTAINS FROM PARTICIPATION IN BOTH THE DELIBERATION AND VOTE. ALL EMPLOYEES ANNUALLY SIGN A RECEIPT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CFCAS CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH FORBIDS A CONFLICT OR THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEES PERSONAL INTERESTS AND THOSE OF CFCA. THE EMPLOYEES SIGNATURE ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR AGREEMENT TO ADHERE TO THIS CODE AND TO IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE A SUSPECTED CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO A STAFF DIRECTOR OR A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. |
| COMPENSATION REVIEW | FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15B | THE COMPENSATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) AND THE PRESIDENT FOR 2012 WAS DETERMINED AT THE JUNE 2012 BOARD MEETING. PRIOR TO THIS DISCUSSION, THE PRESIDENT, CEO AND THE NON VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXCUSED THEMSELVES FROM THE BOARD MEETING. THE VOTING MEMBERS THEN MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES WHO PROVIDED THEM THE MOST CURRENT SALARY INFORMATION FOR COMPARABLE CEO AND PRESIDENT POSITIONS OF OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE SOURCE FOR THAT INFORMATION WAS THE 2012 DATA PROVIDED BY BLR (BUSINESS AND LEGAL REPORTS) SALARY SURVEY DATA. THAT INFORMATION WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. THE BOARD ALSO REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CEO AND PRESIDENT PER THEIR JOB EXPECTATIONS OUTLINED IN CFCA'S VALUES AND POLICIES. THE VOTING MEMBERS THEN PASSED A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ANNUAL SALARIES FOR THE CEO AND PRESIDENT. SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION OF THE BOARD'S DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION WAS MAINTAINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THE BOARD'S VOTE WAS THEN RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 2012 MEETING. |
| AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS | FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | CFCA'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BY-LAWS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ALONG WITH IRS FORMS 1023, 990 AND 990-T ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT OUR OFFICES. CFCA'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IRS FORMS 990 AND 990-T ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE (WWW.HOPEFORAFAMILY.ORG). PRINTED COPIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. |
| FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES | SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2, COLUMNS (II) | IN 2012, CFCA CONTINUED A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN, ENGAGING A DIRECT-RESPONSE FUNDRAISING FIRM TO MAKE PERSONAL CALLS TO FORMER AND CURRENT SPONSORS ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER SPONSORING AN OLDER STUDENT. THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, CFCA GAINED 2,065 NEW SPONSORSHIPS. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE SPONSORSHIP REVENUE FROM THESE SPONSORSHIPS FOR SEVERAL YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. ON AVERAGE, A CFCA SPONSOR RETAINS A SPONSORSHIP WITH CFCA FOR 7.6 YEARS, CONTRIBUTING MONTHLY TO CFCA THROUGHOUT THAT TIME. OVER THOSE 7.6 YEARS, WE PROJECT ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO CFCA TO BE $5.6 MILLION. THIS LONG-TERM VIEW DEMONSTRATES THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN. |
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