Action Against Hunger Financial Report 2008

Action Against Hunger 

2008 Annual Report Financials


The international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger saves the lives of malnourished 

children and families, while providing sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. 

In emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger has 

pursued its vision of a world without hunger for three decades. 

ACF International’s field staff work in more than 40 countries to carry out innovative, life-saving programs 

in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health, and advocacy. Our programs reach some five 

million people each year, restoring dignity, self-sufficiency, and independence to vulnerable populations 

around the world. 

Board of trustees – 2008 

advisory council – 2008 

RAYMOND DEBBANE, President 

The Invus Group, LLC 

Joseph G. Audi 

InterAudi Bank 

Alexis Azria 

Writer 

Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo 

Enriquez-Bocobo Constructs 

Pierre fay 

Luxottica Group 

BURTON K. HAIMES, Chairman Emeritus 

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 

Yves-André Istel 

Rothschild, Inc. 

Ketty PUCCI-SISTI Maisonrouge 

Ketty Maisonrouge & Company, Inc. 

Daniel Py 

Medical-Instill Technologies 

thilo semmelbauer 

WENDY C. WEILER 

Argosy Partners 

kara young 

HENRI BARGUIRDJIAN 

Graff USA 

CHRISTIAN BLANCKAERT 

Hermès, France 

OLIVIER CASSEGRAIN 

Longchamp 

SABINE CASSEL 

chris davis 

Boomerang 

HealthandAge.com 

Robert de Rothschild 

Rothschild, Inc. 

Nicole Douillet 

Crédit Suisse 

Kaïssa Doumbè-Moulongo 

Schejbal 

Singer 

Catherine Dumait-Harper 

Lynn Frailey 

Event Planner 

Peggy Kerry 

US Mission to the United Nations 

James G. Niven 

Sotheby’s 

Xavier Noël 

Paris Gourmet 

Maciek Schejbal 

Kaïssa Management— 

Makai Productions 

Cara Seymour 

Actor 

Rick Smilow 

The Institute of Culinary 

Education (ICE) 

Alice Stock 

Lowenstein Sandler PC 

Ronald Waldman 

School of Public Health, 

Columbia University 

Nina S. Zagat 

Zagat Survey 

Tim Zagat 

Zagat Survey 

Cover photos: ACF-Pakistan, courtesy J. Pomerantz; Plumpy-nut packets used in ACF nutrition programs

CONTENTS 

3 auditor’s letter 

action against hunger 

4 statement of financial position 

5 statement of activities 

6 statement of functional expenses 

8 acf international figures 

12 donor lists 

16 publications & Resources 

17 action against hunger staff 

ON THE COVER 

Our comprehensive 

approach to global 

hunger delivers a 

range of communitycentered 

solutions 

to populations in 

crisis, like this 

family’s community 

in Pakistan. 

2008 Annual Report Financials 

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receives top marks from 

rating agencies like the 

Better Business Bureau, 

Charity Navigator, the 

American Institute for 

Philanthropy, and Guidestar. 

Photo: Photo: ACF-Lebanon, courtesy S. Vera

auditor’s letter 


GELMAN, ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT 

To the Board of Directors 

Action Against Hunger – USA 

New York, New York 

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of Action Against Hunger – 

USA as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of activities, changes in net assets, 

functional expenses and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the 

responsibility of Action Against Hunger – USA’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion 

on these financial statements based on our audits. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United 

States of America, and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing 

Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan 

and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of 

material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts 

and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles 

used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial 

statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, 

the financial position of Action Against Hunger – USA as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and its 

changes in net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles 

generally accepted in the United States of America. 

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated 

July 24, 2009 on our consideration of Action Against Hunger – USA’s internal control over financial 

reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and 

grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of 

internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide 

an opinion on the internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part 

of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and should be considered in 

assessing the results of our audit. 

July 24, 2009 

4550 MONTGOMERY AVENUE, SUITE 650 NORTH, BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20814 

(301) 951-9090 • FAX (301) 951-3570 • WWW.GRFCPA.COM 

MEMBER OF CPAMERICA INTERNATIONAL, AN AFFILIATE OF HORWATH INTERNATIONAL 

MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS’ PRIVATE COMPANIES PRACTICE SECTION 

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statements of financial position 

as of december 31, 2008 and 2007 

ASSETS 

2008 2007 

CURRENT ASSETS 

Cash (Note 2): 

Headquarters $ 5,644,645 $ 4,298,910 

Field offices 2,266,381 1,120,657 

Total cash 7,911,026 5,419,567 

Grants receivable 7,526,878 9,625,446 

Travel advances and other receivables 779,580 298,529 

Prepaid expenses 23,902 36,254 

Program advances to network (Note 3) 296,956 100,197 

Total current assets 16,538,342 15,479,993 

FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES AND 

LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET (Note 8) 280,926 278,617 

OTHER ASSETS 

Deposits 19,620 14,791 

totAL ASSETS $16,838,888 $15,773,401 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 

CURRENT LIABILITIES 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 589,227 $ 388,714 

Provision for unanticipated losses 253,064 450,000 

Due to network (Note 3) 230,291 738,263 

Total liabilities 1,072,582 1,576,977 

NET ASSETS 

Unrestricted: 

Undesignated 3,849,242 3,267,109 

Designated (Note 9) 1,097,912 921,912 

Total unrestricted net assets 4,947,154 4,189,021 

Temporarily restricted (Note 4) 10,819,152 10,007,403 

Total net assets 15,766,306 14,196,424 

totAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $16,838,888 $15,773,401 

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statements of activities for the years 

ended december 31, 2008 and 2007 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily 

Restricted Total Unrestricted 

2008 2007 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

REVENUE AND SUPPORT 

Contributions $ 3,398,231 $ 78,226 $ 3,476,457 $ 2,774,122 $ 26,280 $ 2,800,402 

Grants (Notes 5 and 10): 

U.S. Government - 1,179,774 1,179,774 - 3,588,709 3,588,709 

Non-U.S. Government - 27,667,672 27,667,672 - 21,142,024 21,142,024 

In-kind donations 1,908,714 - 1,908,714 2,035,623 - 2,035,623 

Interest 89,737 - 89,737 82,566 - 82,566 

Other 222,380 - 222,380 83,336 - 83,336 

Net assets released from 

donor restrictions (Note 6) 27,831,354 (27,831,354) - 24,502,998 (24,502,998) - 

Total revenue and support 33,450,416 1,094,318 34,544,734 29,478,645 254,015 29,732,660 

EXPENSES 

Program Services: 

Democratic Republic 

of Congo Programs 13,025,805 - 13,025,805 10,304,026 - 10,304,026 

Kenya Programs 7,056,912 - 7,056,912 4,225,508 - 4,225,508 

South Sudan Programs 3,579,019 - 3,579,019 3,744,887 - 3,744,887 

Uganda Programs 5,136,119 - 5,136,119 5,273,130 - 5,273,130 

Pakistan Programs 209,629 - 209,629 807,644 - 807,644 

Tajikistan Programs 45,486 - 45,486 394,451 - 394,451 

Sri Lanka Programs - - - 48,640 - 48,640 

Mali Programs - - - 413,767 - 413,767 

Swaziland 33,016 - 33,016 - - - 

Lebanon Programs 50,450 - 50,450 - - - 

Myanmar 46,952 - 46,952 - - - 

Liberia Programs 13,617 - 13,617 - - - 

Other Country Programs 2,928 - 2,928 20,684 - 20,684 

Total program services 29,199,933 - 29,199,933 25,232,737 - 25,232,737 

Supporting Services: 

Program Support 1,354,072 - 1,354,072 970,788 - 970,788 

Management and General 1,744,915 - 1,744,915 1,757,849 - 1,757,849 

Fundraising 743,663 - 743,663 460,358 - 460,358 

Total supporting services 3,842,650 - 3,842,650 3,188,995 - 3,188,995 

Total expenses 33,042,583 - 33,042,583 28,421,732 - 28,421,732 

Changes in net assets before other items 407,833 1,094,318 1,502,151 1,056,913 254,015 1,310,928 

OTHER ITEMS: 

Provision for unanticipated 

losses and exceptional items 342,827 - 342,827 158,594 - 158,594 

Exchange gain (loss) 7,473 (282,569) (275,096) 3,465 342,535 346,000 

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS $ 758,133 $ 811,749 $ 1,569,882 $ 1,218,972 $ 596,550 $ 1,815,522 

Total 


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statement of functional expenses 

for the year ended december 31, 2008 

Democratic Republic of 

South Congo Programs 

Kenya 

Programs 

South Sudan 

Programs 

Uganda 

Programs 

Pakistan 

Programs 

Program Services 

Tajikistan 

Programs 

Personnel: 

U.S. staff $ 239,925 $ 98,693 $ 120,500 $ 108,572 - $ 6,963 - 

In-house consultants 844,993 556,237 293,605 373,188 50,663 - - 

Fringe benefits 951,487 473,536 460,722 453,437 29,213 5,393 - 

National field staff 2,950,532 2,021,616 930,288 1,113,979 66,119 8,572 - 

Office running costs and services: 

Insurance 5,779 656 4 - - - - 

Rent and utilities 278,745 137,886 169,967 106,672 16,636 4,034 - 

Professional fees 68,188 7,210 46,661 17,627 233 2,913 - 

Travel 299,454 8,465 260,093 37,892 6,916 4,000 - 

Telecommunications 175,109 99,597 70,252 74,609 6,362 992 - 

Postage and customs fees 8,215 2,914 295 9,313 716 4,606 - 

Finance charges 103,916 45,831 93,827 5,167 422 75 - 

Meeting expenses 52 - 51 669 22 - - 

Human resources - - - - - 1,409 - 

Office equipment and supplies : 

Office supplies 319,468 140,422 53,430 47,631 1,309 2,739 - 

Depreciation and amortization 124,849 73,687 48,248 16,211 - - - 

Equipment rental and maintenance 5,459 15,321 8,886 6,721 254 31 - 

Public awareness expenses: 

Fundraising expense - - - - - - - 

Public information and membership dues - - - - - - - 

Project logistics: 

Vehicles 1,867,491 817,537 172,475 586,978 21,672 3,187 - 

Radio 134,228 22,418 3,790 25,728 163 - - 

Warehouse 40,664 15,797 77,133 597 722 - - 

Electrical systems 109,660 20,734 22,765 13,484 500 299 - 

Freight 908,060 30,056 141,484 50,129 3,428 115 - 

Security 2,515 6,416 564 1,837 136 - - 

Logistics library 4,079 - 49 704 - 60 - 

Project expenses: 

Food 426,751 294,942 6,719 157,157 16 - - 

Nutrition 752,925 258,756 86,062 528,267 33 66 - 

Health 170,226 24,921 15,840 74,775 - - - 

Food security 573,098 775,187 176,130 727,587 - - - 

Non consumables 262,609 539,027 104,090 10,426 - 32 - 

Watsan 975,761 365,906 172,000 435,015 3,766 - - 

Swaziland 

Programs 

Training 356,281 127,729 27,694 120,169 297 - - Feugait, 

Other 

Subcontracts: 

Subcontracts to network 

Other 

totAL 

62,263 

- 

3,023 

$13,025,805 

32,130 

- 

43,285 

$7,056,912 

14,003 

- 

1,392 

$3,579,019 

31,578 

- 

- 

$5,136,119 

31 

- 

- 

$209,629 

- 

- 

- 

$45,486 

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amet prat adio 

33,016 

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aliquamet $33,016 ad 

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Supporting Services 


Lebanon 

Programs 

Myanmar 

Programs 

Liberia 

Programs 

Other Country 

Programs 

Total Program 

Services 

Program 

Support 

Management 

and General 

Fundraising 

Total Supporting 

Services 

Total 

Expenses 

$- $- $- $- $574,653 $912,931 $759,993 $205,439 $1,878,363 $2,453,016 

- - - - 2,118,686 29,120 19,275 36,860 85,255 2,203,941 

- - - - 2,373,788 218,982 173,186 46,614 438,782 2,812,570 

- - - - 7,091,106 9,904 - - 9,904 7,101,010 

- - - - 6,439 - 19,323 - 19,323 25,762 

- - - - 713,940 4,843 172,553 - 177,396 891,336 

- - - - 142,832 2,859 90,553 51,184 144,596 287,428 

- 62 - - 616,882 98,570 37,597 6,486 142,653 759,535 

- - - - 426,921 6,750 26,877 20 33,647 460,568 

- - - - 26,059 645 11,566 5,859 18,070 44,129 

- 50 - (30) 249,258 1,719 15,742 22,512 39,973 289,231 

- - - - 794 14,349 6,420 1,630 22,399 23,193 

- - - - 1,409 17,910 17,983 130 36,023 37,432 

- - - - 564,999 24,701 41,382 2,462 68,545 633,544 

- - - - 262,995 - 36,929 - 36,929 299,924 

- - - - 36,672 781 45,498 7,350 53,629 90,301 

- - - - - - - 357,117 357,117 357,117 

- - - - - 6,973 124,689 131,662 131,662 

- - - - 3,469,340 902 - - 902 3,470,242 

- - - - 186,327 - - - - 186,327 

- - - - 134,913 - - - - 134,913 

- - - - 167,442 - - - - 167,442 

- - - - 1,133,272 1,232 - - 1,232 1,134,504 

- - - - 11,468 - - - - 11,468 

- - - - 4,892 - - - - 4,892 

- - - - 885,585 - - - - 885,585 

- - - - 1,626,109 - - - - 1,626,109 

- - - - 285,762 - - - - 285,762 

- - - - 2,252,002 - - - - 2,252,002 

- - - - 916,184 - - - - 916,184 

- - - - 1,952,448 - - - - 1,952,448 

- - - - 632,170 - - - - 632,170 

- - - - 140,005 - - - - 140,005 

50,000 46,840 13,617 2,958 146,431 - 144,787 - 144,787 291,218 

450 - - - 48,150 901 562 - 1,463 49,613 

$50,450 $46,952 $13,617 $2,928 $29,199,933 $1,354,072 $1,744,915 $743,663 $3,842,650 $33,042,583 


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acf international figures 

acf international Named for its founding member, Action contre la Faim (ACF), ACF International was founded in 1979 in Paris. Committed to 

principled humanitarian action, the network shares its combined human resources, breadth of experience, and technical expertise in its pursuit of 

a world without hunger. Today, the network consists of five independent organizations headquartered in New York (ACF-USA), Paris (ACF-France), 

Madrid (ACF-Spain), London (ACF-UK), and Montreal (ACF-Canada). 

Thanks to the joint efforts of the five ACF headquarters, ACF International was able to respond in a timely and effective manner to a range of complex 

emergencies in 2008, including post-election violence in Kenya, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines, and the ongoing 

humanitarian crisis in Darfur. 

ACF International Funding 

Annual Budgets - Four Year History 

n.b. - does not include ACF Canada, which began operations in 2006 

$200,000,000 

$180,000,000 

ACF-UK 

$160,000,000 

ACF-USA 

$140,000,000 

ACF-UK 

$120,000,000 

ACF-UK 

ACF-UK 

ACF-USA 

ACF-USA 

ACF-Spain 

$100,000,000 

$80,000,000 

ACF-USA 

ACF-Spain 

ACF-Spain 

ACF-Spain 

$60,000,000 

ACF-France 

$40,000,000 

ACF-France 

ACF-France 

ACF-France 

$20,000,000 

0 

2005 2006 

2007 2008 

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ACF International 

Revenues by Source for 2007 & 2008 

REVENUE SOURCE 

FY2007 

FY2008 

UN & Government 

$100,945,480 

$131,968,960 

Individual 

$35,586,854 

$45,535,519 

Foundation/Corporate 

$3,649,544 

$4,464,610 

Other 

$2,276,926 

$4,328,401 

TOTAL REVENUES 

$142,458,804 

$186,297,490 


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Government Donors - 2007 

Other Governments 

$10,656,066 

11% 

United Nations 

$16,691,438 

17% 

United Kingdom 

$7,359,975 

7% 

United States 

$8,384,237 

8% 

France 

$2,159,324 

2% 

ECHO* 

$45,810,586 

47% 

Spain 

$8,339,479 

8% 

ACF International Field Operations 

Funding by Region - 2007 

Latin America & Caribbean 

$6,989,413 

7% 

southern africa 

$2,192,043 

2% 

central africa 

$32,495,539 

32% 

Europe 

$454,294 

0% 

asia 

$21,122,397 

20% 

middle east 

$4,492,420 

4% 

west africa 

$16,855,072 

16% 

east africa 

$19,454,984 

19% 

10 * European Community Humanitarian Aid Department




Government Donors - 2008 

Other Governments 

$24,555,233 

20% 


$3,299,800 

3% 

United States 

$8,336,266 

7% 

France 

$6,687,039 

6% 

Spain 

$11,901,142 

10% 

United Nations 

$24,436,959 

20% 

ECHO* 

$40,641,761 

34% 

ACF International Field Operations 

Funding by Region - 2008 

Latin America & Caribbean 

$12,018,674 

9% 

southern africa 

$4,506,754 

4% 

central africa 

$42,292,911 

33% 

west africa 

$14,882,112 

12% 

Europe 

$627,647 

0% 

asia 

$24,879,120 

19% 

middle east 

$8,339,085 

7% 

east africa 

$20,566,305 

16% 


* European Community Humanitarian Aid Department 

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donor lists 

Action Against Hunger thanks its generous donors for joining with us in our mission to save lives 

by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection, and treatment of acute malnutrition. We have compiled these lists as comprehensively 

as possible, and thank all the many individuals—including those whose names do not appear below—for helping to make our work possible. 

Please note listings reflect gifts received between January 1 and December 31, 2008. 

MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL 

DONORS 

Canadian International 

Development Agency 

(CIDA) 

European Community 

Humanitarian Aid 

Department (ECHO) 

Food and Agriculture 

Organization of the 

United Nations (FAO) 

France - Comité 

Interministériel de 

l’Agriculture et de 

l’Alimentation (CIAAA) 

Office of U.S. Foreign 

Disaster Assistance (OFDA) 

Swiss Agency for 

Development and 

Cooperation (SDC) 


Department for 

International Development 

(DFID) 

United Nations Children’s 

Fund (UNICEF) 

United Nations World 

Food Programme (WFP) 

CORPORATIONS 

& CORPORATE 

FOUNDATIONS 

Corporate Donors of 

$25,000 and more 

MacHeist LLC 

WeightWatchers 

International, Inc. 

Corporate Donors of 

$10,000 up to $24,999 

Anonymous 

Bloomberg L.P. 

CNN 

Crédit Suisse 

Eleven Eleven O’Clock 

Productions 

Gaiam, Inc. 

IBM Employee Services 

Center 

ImportantGifts, Inc. 

InterAudi Bank 

Natixis North America Inc. 

Orrick, Herrington, 

Sutcliffe Foundation 

Simpson Thacher 

& Bartlett LLP 

Corporate Donors 

of $5,000 up to $9,999 

Czarnowski Display 

Service, Inc. 

EFG Istanbul 

Menkul Degerler 

FactSet Research 

Systems Inc. 

Google Matching 

Gifts Program 

Horizon Media, Inc. 

HSBC Philanthropic 

Programs 

Integration Marketing 

& Communications 

Jacques Torres Chocolates 

L’Olivier Soirées and 

Galas, Inc. 

Microsoft Giving Campaign 

Rollerblade USA 

Corporation 

Schreiber Foods 

Sterling Stamos Capital 

Management, L.P. 

TravelAge West 

Corporate Donors 

of $1,000 up to $4,999 

Anonymous 

Aetna Foundation 

Alnor Oil Company, Inc. 

American Express 

Charitable Fund 

American Express 

Foundation Employee 

Giving Campaign 

A-Z Properties 

BabyMoon Doulas 

Calyon 

Cards for Causes, LLC 

The Carlyle Hotel 

Cartier 

CME Group 

Coolapps 

CRU Restaurant 

Daniel 

Defined Health 

Deutsche Bank Americas 

Foundation 

Firstgiving, Inc. 

The French Culinary 

Institute 

Goldman Sachs & Co. 

Matching Gift Program 

Insight Designs Web 

Solutions, LLC 

Integrated Project 

Management 

Interior Building Services 

JustGive.org 

Lowenstein Sandler PC 

Madison Bistro 

Metacafe 

Newmark Knight Frank 

Odile De S. Inc. 

PepsiCo Foundation 

PJ Wine 

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. 

Song & Co. 

Spitfire Communications 

Visual Artists and Galleries 

Association, Inc. 

The Wealth Advantage 

Group 

FOUNDATIONS & 

ORGANIZATIONS 

Foundation & 

Organization Donors 

of $25,000 and more 

Anonymous 

Charity Global, Inc. 

Richard and Rhoda 

Goldman Fund 

Rona Jaffe Foundation 

Starr International 

Foundation 

Foundation & 

Organization Donors of 

$10,000 up to $24,999 

Anonymous 

DUO-CFC 

International 

Monetary Fund 

Summit Foundation 

Foundation & 


$5,000 up to $9,999 

Anonymous 

Eicher Foundation 

GIGA Foundation 

The Human Fund 

I Do Foundation 

Independent Charities 

of America 

Mary and Kathleen 

Harriman Foundation 

US Embassy Sudan- 

Khartoum 

Vasicek Foundation 

Foundation & 


$1,000 up to $4,999 

The Ark Children’s Center 

Combined Federal 

Campaign of the Natural 

Capital Area 

The Ettinger Foundation 

Global Impact Combined 

Federal Campaign 

The Gracie Charitable 

Foundation 

Alan C. Greenberg 

Philanthropic Fund 

Jewish Communal Fund 

North Star Foundation 

Rexford Fund, Inc. 

The Sam Spiegel 

Foundation 

Vanguard Charitable 

Endowment Program 

Whispering Bells 

Foundation 

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILY 

FOUNDATIONS 

Individual Donors of 

$25,000 and more 

Joseph G. & Claude Audi 

René-Pierre & Alexis Azria 

Estate of Merl Brown 

Raymond Debbane 

Pierre & Isabelle Faÿ 

Ketty & François 

Maisonrouge 

John & Wendy Neu 

O’Shea Family Fund 

Daniel & Pascale Py 

Eric Reeves 


Thilo Semmelbauer 

Shaker Family Charitable 

Foundation 

Brian J. Smith 

Cody J Smith 

John A. Weldon 

Kara Young & Peter 

Georgiopoulos 

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$10,000 up to $24,999 

Anonymous 

Christopher Ahearn & 

Marla Mayer 

Merri & Sam Alexander 

Mohammed Amersi 

Stanley & Marion Bergman 

Family Charitable Fund 

Yervant Demirjian 

Thierry Despont 

Blair W. & Cheryl Effron 

Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo 

Sabina Fila 

William T. Hyde III 

John B. Hynes 

Kathleen Begala & Yves- 

André Istel 

Sandra & David Kirchhoff 

Julien Lerique 

Alison G. Liguori 

Maurice Meslans & 

Margaret Holyfield 

Achim & Colette Moeller 

Andrew D. & Eleni 

Panzures 

Mandakini Puri 

Joumana Rizk 

Christopher & Patrice 

Sobecki 

Gene Somoza 

Karim F. Tabet 

Wendy Weiler 

& Donald Chappell 


$5,000 up to $9,999 

Anonymous 

Reem Acra 

Trudy M. & Robert W. 

Albrecht 

Philippe & Robin Amouyal 

Anne & Guillaume Bebear 

Patrick Briody 

Tory Burch 

Olivier Cassegrain 

Kenneth Cox 

Claudio Del Vecchio 

Hester Diamond 

Jonas & Julie Fajgenbaum 

Fribourg Family Foundation 

Michael A. Gordon 

Burton K. Haimes 

David Haskell 

Martin R. Kaatz 

Kathy Lafreniere 

Yves Leperlier 

Richard Louv 

Marjorie McGahren 

Richard & Dorinda Medley 

Dia C. Metropolis 

Nancy L. Miller 

Diane Molleson 

Masoud Motamedi 

Gilles Pajot 

Richard A. Perdue & 

Thomas Porter 

David B. Peterson 

Foundation 

Arthur C. Reichstetter 

Ricardo Rodriguez & 

Marjorie Stone 

James & Alice Ross 

Michael Seay 

Bettina Siegel 

Robert Siegel 

Isabel Stainow-Wilcox 

Robert & Sharon Swindler 

Matthew Tate 

Daniel D. Toscano 

Thomas B. & 

Danielle Walker 


$1,000 up to $4,999 

Anonymous 

Mary Anne Aden 

Pierre & Mathilde Albouy 

Elizabeth A. Alcorn 

Joy Allen 

Jean-Pierre & Michèle Altier 

Crystal Andrus 

Jerryl L. Antee II 

Fabrizio & Enrica 

Arengi-Bentivoglio 

James Armstrong 

Edward C. Arredondo 

M. Kaleem Arshad 

Max Azaham & Anna 

Konopka 

Joseph & Frances 

A. Bachman 

Geoffrey Baldwin 

Gene & Margaret Bard 

Joseph Baribeau 

Khallil Barrage 

Tony Bartel 

Laura Baskes & 

Stuart Litwin 

Jason Beaird 

Josh Bernstein 

Mary O’Neill Berry 

Santokh Bhullar 

Evren & Zeynep Bilimer 

Peter Binkow 

George X. Boulton 

Scott & Irene Bouma 

Bobby Braddock 

Tomas Brodsky 

Donald E. Brown 

Josh Browning 

Kimberly Bryant 

Peter Buffington 

Deborah Burdett 

Danny & Christine Busch 

Margaret Barkley Byess 

Monte & Barbara Campbell 

Gezim Capani 

Dominic & Linda Castriota 

Kenneth & Shirley 

Ceradsky 

Robert B. Chavez 

Sunny Choi 

Bryan Chu 

Francis Ciani-Dausch 

Jochem Clarke 

John & Jean T. Cleary 

Lyor Cohen 

Thomas W. & Kim Cole 

Jack Corwin Family 

Foundation 

Deborah A. 

& Joseph Cowal 

Reese Currie 

Nan Dale & Dan Franklin 

Massimo d’Amore 

Bernard Del Rey & 

Marguerite Fiore Del Rey 

Chu-Yuan Deng 

Kathryn Dickman 

Kay M. Diederich 

Michael & Catherine 

Donovan 

Nicole Douillet 

Allen & Vered Drazen 

Catherine Dumait-Harper 

Daniel Dunn & 

Amy Gordon 

Brian C. & A. Egnatz 

Howard Eisenberg 

Edgar El Chaar 

Alexandre Elias 

Tyler Ellis 

Charles Engelke 

John Evelyn 

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Luisa Finberg 

Anne Fisher 

Randall Fisher 

Daniel C. Fizznoglia 

Jody Fleischer 

Christian Flores 

Margaret Frankston 

Mary & Fabrizio Freda 

Lesley M. Friedman 

Dallin Fuchs 

Bhargavi Gali 

Jean-Louis Galliot 

Harsharan Gambhir 

John Gavel, Jr. 

Anne F. Gentry 

Edmund G. Glass 

William G. Glass 

J. Leslie Glick 

& Judith Mihara 

Marc & Mariannick Gobé 

Terence Goggin 

Jaime Gonzales 

Margaret Graff 

Anne M. Grayhack 

Brian Greenwald 

Aflalo S. & Cathy 

Guimaraes 

Carl Haefling 

Maria Halmo 

Edward Hamlin 

Susan E. Harper 

Davis Harty 

William & Aline Haynes 

Kari Heber 

Renee Hecht 

Michelle Hocking 

Robert & Irene Hollweg 

Michelle Holmes 

Susan E. & Matt Holmes 

Timothy A. Holmes 

Kristen Hook 

Justin X. Howe 

Samuel A. Hoyland 

Richard Hurowitz 

Susan K. Inchauspe 

Robert & Patty Isen 

Tyler Jennings 

Noble Johnson 

Irving & Alwyn Johnson 

Family Foundation 

Hisashi & Kuniko Juba 

Joseph W. Judd 

Andrea & Mark Kaplan 

Sami Karam 

Timothy Q. Karcher 

Paul F. Keaveney 

Anna-Maria and Stephen 

Kellen Foundation 

Don B. Kendall 

Bryan Kim 

Sue Klapholz 

Radford Klotz & Shahnaz 

Batmanghelidj-Klotz 

Kristil & Joshua Knox 

Jennifer Kohler 

Stefanos Kordas 

Ronald & Linda Kotin 

Johnny Kreitman 

Ananth Krishnamurty 

& Mary Inagami 

Donald Kulas 

Joseph T. Kushner 

John Lamonica 

Sam Lang 

Ali Latifi 


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donor lists 

Christopher R. 

& Cathy Lawrence 

Terry Lee 

Thomas A. Lee 

Janet & Peter Ley 

Phyllis & Barnet Liberman 

Judith Lidsky 

Kristin W. Lile 

Arlene R. & Andrew 

S. Linder 

Patricia Lizarraga 

Deborah B. Lo Cascio 

Michel & Odile de 

Schietere Longchampt 

Aaron Longnion 

Edward A. Lunt 

Victoria & Lawrence 

F. Lunt 

Marvin & Jane Maas 

Michael Macintire 

Aarti Madan 

William Maier 

Charles-Henri & 

Marguerite Mangin 

George E. Marin 

Daniel Martinelli 

Arjuna Martlin 

John McBride 

William & Nancy 

McCachren 

Richard McCarthy 

Robert B. McCue II 

Jennifer McGrath 

Tyron McNeal 

Niraj Mehdiratta 

David Melnik 

Donald & Shelley Meltzer 

Jacques P. Merab, MD 

Eduardo Merille 

Forrest A. Mertz 

Timothy Messa 

Eduardo & Gillian 

Shepherd Mestre 

Laurence Michaels 

Dan R. Miller 

Eric Miller & Brett Saarela 

Rima Moawad 

Evelyn M. Morrow 

Moyse Family Foundation 

Leslie & Scott A. 

Mulligan-McMichael 

Richard G. Murphy 

Thomas & Sally Neff 

Roy R. and Marie S. 

Neuberger Foundation 

Mark Nigro 

Sarita Nori 

Kelli Norman 

Laurel Oger 

Amelia Ogunlesi 

Catherine Orentreich 

François Pagès 

Chokhalingam 

Palayamkottai 

Jonathan D. Peck 

Wendy & David Peterson 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. 

Peterson 

Richard Poach 

Bernard & Delphine 

Poussot 

Leif E. Powers 

Radhika Puri 

Anne-Laure Py 

Elisabeth Py 

Frederic & Maria Ragucci 

Kanti & Susan Rai 

Lucas Rinehart 

Stephen A. 

& Christal Rishton 

Dominic & Michele 

T. Rogo 

Neil Rollins 

Nancy Romero 

Steven J. Rosandich 

Geneviève & Jean 

Rosanvallon 

Jeanne A. Ross 

Joel Ross 

Lisa Ruiz 

David Rush 

Olivier Rustat 

Jean-Marie & Selima Salaun 

Susan Sarandon 

Ann-Marie Sardini 

Ella Saunders-Crivello 

Judith Scherer 

Jennifer L. Schiff 

Stephen A. & Mary 

E. Schlangen 

Wolfram Schlenker 

Alison Holtzschue 

& Douglas Schloss 

Schultz Family Foundation 

Tony Schwartz 

& Deborah Pines 

Jodi Schwartzberg 

Marshall Scorcio 

Elizabeth Scott 

Randy Seeley, MD 

Thomas Segrest 

Judith Selkowitz 

Richard Sexton 

Thomas Sheldon 

Ashma & Jim Shepherd 

Meredith Shepherd 

Ralph A. Siciliano 

Kathleen Sidenblad 

Jane & Andy Sinauer 

Rabinder P. Singh 

Joel E. Smilow 

Charitable Trust 

Brian J. Smith 

Christine Smith 

Soheil Alex Soleimani 

Christopher W. Solomon 

Alix Spiegel 

Sheila Spradlin 

Sarah Stamboulie 

Lloyd D. Stansberry III 

Ronald & Ivana Starr 

Béatrice Stern 

Alice B. Stock, Esq. 

John Stucki 

Richmont Sy 

Brook & Ferebee Taube 

James M. Taylor 

Kalpana Telikepali 

Sebastien Thiebault 

Richard L. Thiel 

Brenda Tirey 

Jeanne Tomcavage 

Ronald P. Townsend 

Andrew Triboletti 

Richard Trobman 

Timothy Tucker 

Jennifer Turner 

Bryan Tye 

Thomas Ullrich 

Robert Vandelinde 

Peter & Elizabeth 

Vanderslice 

Annette B. Vass 

Henry J. & Margaret 

M. Vosswinkel 

Eileen Wallis 

Loren Wallis 

Michael J. & Sandra 

M. Wax 

Benjamin Weinberger 

Stephan Wessels 

Georgiana White 

Gary Whitlock 

Ian Worling 

David Wright 

Lori Ann Wynter 

Barbara & Richard Young 

EDUCATIONAL 

INSTITUTIONS 

Arcadia University, PA 

The Ark Children’s 

Center, MD 

Central High School, PA 

Davis Junior High 

School, MI 

Eleanor Roosevelt 

High School, NY 

Lawrence Township High 

School, NJ 

Liberty High School, CA 

Libertyville High School - 

Boy’s Cross Country 

Team, IL 

Miami Carol City Senior 

High School, FL 

National Heritage 

Academies, MI 

Nederland Independent 

School District, TX 

Nute Middle / High School 

District, NH 

Oklahoma University - 

College of Nursing 

Faculty, OK 

Palo Alto High School - 

Henry M. Gunn Key 

Club, CA 

Parkway Central High 

School, MO 

Parsippany - Troy Hills 

Board of Education, NJ 

Pioneer Academy of 

Science, NJ 

Princeton Day School, NJ 

Robert L. Craig School, NJ 

Sewanee - The University of 

the South, TN 

Siena Catholic 

Academy, NY 

South Plainfield High 

School, NJ 

West Windsor Plainsboro 

High School South, NJ 

Whitney High School, CA 

RACE AGAINST HUNGER 

SCHOOLS 

The Ancona School, IL 

The Catherine Cook 

School, IL 

Near North Motessori 

School, IL 

University of Chicago 

Laboratory Schools, IL 

DONORS OF IN-KIND 

GOODS OR SERVICES 

Asia de Cuba 

B.R. Guest Restaurants 

Bamboo 52 

BLT Prime 

Bottino 

Bouley Bakery 

The Brandy Library 

Brasserie 8 ½ 

Brasserie Les Halles 

Café Crème 

Café Grumpy 

Café Joul 

Cercle Rouge 

Cinnabar Pictures 

Cipriani Wall Street 

Craftsteak 

Danube 

Daum Inc. USA 

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Dawat - Haute 

Cuisine of India 

Desert Moon Grille 

Frederick Wildman 

and Sons 

Good Restaurant 

Google, Inc. 

Gramercy Tavern 

Carole & Geoffrey 

Howard 

Le Grand Dakar 

The James Beard 

Foundation 

Jean-Louis Resturant 

Kaïssa Management 

L’Absinthe 

L’Ecole at the French 

Culinary Institute 

L’Olivier Soirées and 

Galas, Inc. 

Clara Lofaro 

Longchamp USA 

Mad-Mac LLC 

Mercadito 

Monsieur Touton 

Selections Ltd. 

Nice Matin 

Novecento 

Opia 

Osteria Gelsi 

Pangea 

Paris Gourmet 

Jacques Pépin 

PhilipMarie 

PK’s Place 

Poilane 

Reed Exhibitions - 

US Office 

The Ritz Carlton 

Battery Park 


Saks Fifth Avenue 

Serafina Restaurant 

Serge 

Sueños 

T Bar - Steak & Lounge 

Tela Design Studio 

Tour De France 

Restaurant Group 

Tribeca Grill 

Trio Restaurant 

Triomphe at The 

Iroquois Hotel 

Vice Versa 

Villa Berulia 

Virginie Sommet 

VOLUNTEERS 

& INTERNS 

Safeera Alicassim 

Elise Becart 

Jessica L. Castaldi 

Katherine Cheng 

Howard De La Rosa 

Grace M. DeLuna 

Fabian de St. Juery 

Julian DiIorio 

Beatriz Fiestas 

Jarett J. Freedman 

Melissa Furlong 

Daniel Greenberg 

Stephen Houston 

Pauline L. Howard 

Dennis Kai 

David Keniry 

Se Young Kim 

Wouter Klock 

Zoe Lawrence 

Kelsey McCormack 

Charlotte Merle 

Stephanie Musclow 

Ceylan Olcer 

Kruti Patel 

Silvia Tatiana Pujol 

Harling Ross 

Joyce Swomley 

Jessica Tamman 

Allison Zucker 

Fundraising 

& Communications 

$743,663 

2% 

organizational efficiency 

2008 Data 

Management & 

Administration 

$3,098,987 

10% 

Programs & 

Services to Field 

$29,199,933 

88% 

action against hunger consistently receives top marks 

from rating agencies like the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, 

Charity Navigator (receiving their highest 4-star rating), the American Institute 

for Philanthropy (receiving an “A” rating), the Independent Charities of 

America (as a “Best in America” nonprofit), and Guidestar. As an operational 

agency that directly oversees the implementation of our own programs, 

we are committed to a policy of transparency and disclosure by ensuring 

that key financial information is publicly available and that our programs 

undergo external evaluation to assess their impact. 


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Seasons of Hunger: Fighting Cycles 

of Quiet Starvation Among the 

World’s Rural Poor 

Hunger Watch Report, Action 

Against Hunger, 2008: London, UK 

(148 pages) 

This publication sheds light on 

the devastating link between 

predictable cycles of food insecurity 

and the prevalence of famine and 

asks why so little is done when 

cyclical hunger is so routine, 

predictable, and preventable. 

Water and HIV: Working for 

Positive Solutions 

Hunger Watch Report, 

Action Against Hunger, 2007: 

London, UK (102 pages) 

Poor water and sanitary conditions 

complicate the treatment of 

malnutrition for people living with 

HIV/AIDS, but Action Against 

Hunger’s ongoing research and field 

work offer a range of proven, costeffective 

solutions. 

La faim dans les villes 

Eric Levron, Action Against 

Hunger, Hermann Editeurs, 2006: 

Paris, France (158 pages) 

Urban demographics are explosive 

and set to grow by 100,000 

people a day for the next 30 years, 

promising an upswing in urban 

hunger, a phenomenon with its 

own dynamics. This important 

assessment presents studies of urban 

hunger in the D.R. Congo, Haiti, 

Argentina, and Liberia. 

The Geopolitics of Hunger: 

The Geopolitics of Responsibility 

(2003-04) 

Vendôme Impressions, 

Groupe Landais, 2004: 


The Geopolitics of Responsibility 

takes a hard look at the actors who 

contribute to the persistence of 

global hunger—the roles played 

by armed groups, government 

institutions, the international 

community, and more. 

The Right to Water: Emergence, 

Definition, Current Situation, and 

Stakeholder Positions 

Action Against Hunger, Moselle 

Vieillemard, 2008: Paris, France 

(120 pages) 

The concept of the “Right to Water” 

has emerged over the past few years, 

emphasizing a human-centered 

approach to meeting basic needs 

among vulnerable populations. 

The Justice of Eating: The Struggle 

for Food and Dignity in Recent 

Humanitarian Crises 


Against Hunger, Pluto Press, 

2007-08: London, UK (102 pages) 

An assessment of hunger in 

several African case studies, this 

book weaves personal testimonies 

Women & Hunger: 

Women Play a Central Role 

in the Fight Against Hunger 


Against Hunger, 2006-07: 


As the principal providers for 

families around the world, 

women are key partners in the 

struggle to end hunger. Agencies 

must incorporate such realities 

into the very design of their 

humanitarian programs. 

Misère urbaine: la faim cachée 

Action Against Hunger, Editions Au 

diable vauvert, 2006: 


Five Agence VU photographers 

visited ACF’s programs to 

give photographic voice to the 

phenomenon of urban hunger, 

Regards sur le monde: 

Les visages de la faim 

Action Against Hunger, 

Editions Acropole, 2005: 


A group of notable Agence VU 

photographers give artful testimony 

to the contexts in which ACF 

works, documenting the daily 

struggles for life and dignity that 

confront so many communities 

around the world. 

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 

for Populations at Risk 

Action Against Hunger, Hermann 

Editeurs des Sciences et des Arts, 

2005: Paris, France (801 pages) 

An instructional manual for both 

emergency and development 

settings, this authoritative book 

The Geopolitics of Hunger: 

Hunger and Power (2001-02) 

Action Against Hunger, Lynne 

Rienner Publishers, 2002: 

Boulder, CO, USA (354 pages) 

Combining the concrete experience 

of ACF’s field staff with solid 

academic research, this pageturning 

study and indictment of 

the status quo is sure to capture 

the imagination of any activist or 

student of world affairs. 

Assessment and Treatment 

of Malnutrition in Emergency 

Situations 

Claudine Prudhon, Action Against 

Hunger, Imprimerie Compedit 

Beauregard, 2002: 


Intended for those with significant 

action against hunger publications 

ACF International publishes a number of works for a variety of 

audiences each year. A sizeable catalogue of more specialized 

resources—context analyses, regional assessments, community 

surveys, and special field reports—can also be found online at 

www.actionagainsthunger.org/resources/publications 

into a a powerful indictment of 

the institutions, structures, and 

processes that account for the 

persistence of hunger today. 

creating a startling companion 

piece to ACF’s study on urban 

hunger, La faim dans les villes. 

condenses ACF’s three decades 

of expertise in extending water 

and sanitation improvements to 

populations in need. 

medical training, this manual 

combines ACF’s proven field 

expertise with the latest scientific 

insights to create an indispensable 

guide for the treatment and 

prevention of malnutrition. 

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ACTION AGAINST HUNGER STAFF 

Nan Dale 

Executive Director 

EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT 

Geoffrey M. Glick 

Director of External Relations 

James Phelan 

Senior Officer, Communications 

& Advocacy 

Karen Dumonet 

Senior Events & Donor 

Relations Officer 

SHARON HAMETZ 

Senior Grant Writer 

Barbara McKinnon 

External Relations Officer 

SUSANNAH MASUR 

Communications Officer 

Joseph McLaughlin 

Online Marketing & 

Development Coordinator 

James R. Dahlman 

Database & Donor 

Stewardship Manager 

ALEX RUTHRAUFF 

External Relations Associate 

ELAINE RYAN 

Campaign Manager Fellow 

MELINDA LEE 

Student Outreach Fellow 

AMEDEO D’AMORE 

Social Media & Online 

Marketing Assistant 

Action Against Hunger staff as of September 1, 2009 

FINANCE DEPARTMENT 

PATRICK MOUTON 

Financial Director 

JAMES STOTZ 

Financial Comptroller 

Luis Manuel GARCÍA 

Field Financial Comptroller 

Mauro Cabrera 

Field Financial Manager 

MICHAEL GUMBLEY 

Field Financial Manager 

Nelger Rios 

Staff Accountant 

ASMERET GHEBREYESUS 

Missions Accountant 

Foday Kangbai 

IT Officer 

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 

Philippe Rosen 

Human Resources Director 

Sarah Crawford 

Human Resources Officer 

Jackie MacLeod 

Human Resources Officer 

MAXINE CLAYTON 

Director, Regional Training Center 

Rachael Blair 

Office Manager/ 

Human Resources Assistant 

NELLI ZALTSMAN 

Human Resources Assistant 

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT 

David Blanc 

Director of Operations 

Marie-Sophie Simon 

Senior Nutrition Advisor 

David Doledec 

Nutrition Advisor 

Devrig Velly 

Senior Food Security & Livelihoods Advisor 

Silke Pietzsch 

Food Security & Livelihoods Advisor 

Nicholas Radin 

WASH Advisor 

Youcef Hammache 

Desk Officer/Mission Manager & Senior 

Technical Advisor 

Karine Milhorgne 

Desk Officer/Mission Manager 

Nadia Griffin 

Mission Management Logistician 

LAURENT MIRRIONE 

Regional Logistics Advisor 

action against hunger 2008 Annual Report Financials 

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