ANNUAL REPORT & PROGRAM UPDATES

ANNUAL REPORT & PROGRAM UPDATES

2014Photo: Claire Ladavicius

sos-usa.orgANNUAL REPORT & PROGRAM UPDATES2 2014

Dear SOS Family,

Every child deserves a loving family and a safe home. The mission is simple enough, but achieving it has become even more challenging as the world has grown more unstable.

According to the United Nations, 2014 was one of the worst years for children. In Syria, for example, 5.6 million children were in need of humanitarian aid. And in West Africa, the deadly Ebola virus devastated communities, leaving more than 10,000 children without one or both parents due to the virus.

In countries such as Syria, Sierra Leone and Ukraine, SOS Children’s Villages was able to respond quickly and effectively to the critical needs of children because of the longstanding presence and relationships we have with the communities affected.

For example, during the height of the Ebola epidemic, the SOS medical clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, was one of the few health facilities in Liberia that never stopped admitting new patients—treating more than 50 patients, 24 hours a day.

Because of your support, we are able to remain in each of these countries long after the news cameras are gone and the emergency tents are packed away. We are with children for the long term, helping them heal and find the strength to dream again.

Thank you for your dedication this year. Your contributions are essential to providing homes, education, medical care, family support, and emergency relief for the children and families in our care.

I hope you feel as inspired as I do when you look through the 2014 Annual Report and see the impact you have had on the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and families in the world.

We look forward to your continued support as we grow more determined than ever to build a safer world for all of our children.

For the children,

Lynn M. Croneberger CEO and Child Sponsor SOS Children’s Villages–USA, Inc.

Thank You for Caring About the World’s Children

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MISSION & VISIONMISSION: We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures, and we share in the development of their communities. VISION: What we want for the world’s children: that every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect, and security.

WHAT WE DOSOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES BELIEVES THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES A LOVING HOME.We build families for orphaned, abandoned and other vulnerable children in 134 countries and territories, including the United States. We are the largest non-governmental organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and abandoned children.Founded in 1949, we provide children with the love and long-term support they need to shape their own futures - a stable family, quality medical care and the opportunity to learn.Through our family support and care programs, medical centers, schools and emergency relief efforts we impact the lives of millions of children and families.

OUR IMPACT IN 2014• LONG-TERM CARE: 439,500 children &

families helped worldwide.• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: 206,100

children & youth helped worldwide.• HEALTH SERVICES: 845,200 SOS

services provided worldwide.• EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES:

789,500 SOS services provided worldwide.

MISSION & VISION YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN

Photo: Jens Honoré

Photo: Wissam Bachour


THE AMERICAS

AFRICA

ASIA & OCEANIA

EUROPE

99,700

7,600

31,200

791,300

22,700

661,100Single services


People

158,200People

57,000People

People

101,300People

78,700People

18,500People



Single services

Single services

Single services

FSP

FBC

FSP

FBC

People124,600

FSP

FBC

FSP

FBC

OUR HELP IN 2014WHAT WE DO

Long-Term Care: 439,500 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HELPED WORLDWIDE

A Stable & Loving Family

We strengthen families at risk of falling apart with the support they need to grow stronger together and stay together. When children cannot stay with their family or have no family, we give them a safe home where they can grow up in one of our SOS families. 439,500 children and families are stable and strong because of your support.

Education: 206,100 CHILDREN AND YOUTH HELPED WORLDWIDE

The Opportunity to Learn:

Education lifts children and families out of poverty. 206,100 children and youth around the world received a quality education in 2014 through SOS schools, day care centers and job skills training programs.

FBC = Family Based CareFSP = Family Strengthening ProgramERP = Emergency Response Program

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THE AMERICAS

AFRICA

ASIA & OCEANIA

EUROPE

99,700

7,600

31,200

791,300

22,700



People

158,200People

57,000People

People

101,300People

78,700People

18,500People



Single services

Single services

Single services

FSP

FBC

FSP

FBC

People124,600

FSP

FBC

FSP

FBC

Health: 845,200 SOS Services Provided Worldwide

A Healthy Future:

Through our established medical centers around the world, SOS Children’s Villages offers urgent and ongoing medical care, specializing in the care of women and children. In 2014, we provided over 845,200 health services including vaccinations, HIV/AIDS treatments and mental health programs.

Emergency Response Services: 789,500 SOS Services Provided Worldwide

Protection From Harm:

When war or disaster threatens children’s lives, we provide the unique care and protection they need. Through SOS Emergency Response Programs we deliver critical aid, rescue and reunite children with their families, and offer protection and care for traumatized children at our SOS Child-Friendly Spaces. Since 1988, SOS has managed 125 emergency programs in 60 countries, including Nepal (2015), Typhoon Haiyan (2013), Haiti (2010), partnering with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, ICRC and the UNHCR. In 2014, we provided 789,500 emergency relief services to affected communities.


Manju was welcomed into a loving SOS family at the SOS Village in Nagapattinam, India, after her parents passed away. But, after just five months at the village, Manju was taken away by her uncle and forced to be his domestic servant. He didn’t let her go to school. After two miserable years with her uncle, Manju—just 14 years old at the time—left her uncle’s house at night and boarded a bus to the one place where she knew she’d be safe—the SOS Village in Nagapattinam. Manju is now one of 125 orphaned and abandoned children—who are part of 12 SOS families—currently living at the SOS Village in Nagapattinam. At the village—one of 32 SOS Villages in India—each child receives individualized care by a trained SOS Mother. There are extracurricular activities such as karate, yoga, dance, music, drawing and career counseling. Manju says that she wants to be a police officer when she’s older.

FINDING A FAMILY

PROGRAM REPORT: FAMILY BASED CARE

Manju:“I was just 14 years old when this incident happened. I struggled a lot to reach here. I have no idea what would have happened if I hadn’t come to SOS. I have a future today only because of SOS. Here I have friends, I can watch TV, I have the freedom to be on my own, I have my SOS mother to take care of me and on Pongal festival I like going to Velankanni church the best.“

Girls attend a career counseling class at the Children’s Village in Nagapattinam, India. Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz

Manju, 19 years old, lives at the Children’s Village in Nagapattinam, India. Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz

*In the program reports, all names have been changed to protect the children’s privacy.

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Princess Mbete’s husband died in 2003. Without a job and with bills to pay, Princess struggled to provide for her two girls. She even had to take them out of school because she couldn’t afford the tuition. Staff from the local SOS village in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, met Princess and her two girls, Thabisile and Thandeka, during a routine visit to the community to identify families in need. Through the SOS Family Strengthening Program, Thabisile and Thandeka were quickly re-enrolled in school. Princess learned from the program how to start a new business—selling vegetables and snacks out of her own kiosk. She now makes enough money to support 11 family members, including her two aspiring daughters. Thabisile, now 20, is an accomplished long jumper and plans to go to university to study sports science. Thandeka, 17, is one of the top students in her class and wants to become an accountant.

STRENGTHENING FAMILIES

PROGRAM REPORT: FAMILY STRENGTHENING

Princess: “I am what I am through SOS, my kids too. I was given relief and therefore I have to bring relief to others.”

Thabisile: “Not only did SOS help me with school but it also gave me my first break

in athletics.”

Princess Mbete stands with her two daughters at her kiosk which she was able to open and maintain with the help of SOS Children’s Village Bulawayo’s family strengthening program in Zimbabwe. To the right is 20-year-old Thembisile (in blue top) and 17-year-old Thandeka. Photo: Sune Kitshoff

Thandeka Mbete, 17, reads her geography book in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Photo: Sune Kitshoff

Thabisile Mbete, 20, shows off her medals in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Photo: Sune Kitshoff


There are 108 students in Battambang, Cambodia, who receive scholarships from the local SOS village to attend the SOS primary school in the city. Eleven-year-old Huot Limchheang and her two sisters are three of those students. Their father believes strongly in the value of education but cannot afford to send Limchheang or her sisters to school. The scholarships that the SOS Village provides give children from poor families like Limchheang a chance at a quality education and a brighter future. Limchheang says that she wants to become a teacher so that she can give back to society. She is very studious and is described by her peers as hard-working and clever. When she is not studying for her classes, Limchheang helps her mom water vegetables behind the house and feed the chickens. The SOS primary school in Battambang was opened in 2009 and has 12 classrooms, three computer labs, three rooms for arts and crafts and a library.

PROGRAM REPORT: EDUCATION

EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS

Limchheang: “In the future I want to be a teacher because a teacher can help educate people and develop the country. I thank SOS Children’s Villages for helping me and other children attend school like other students. If I hadn’t got the scholarship from SOS Hermann Gmeiner School Battambang, I might be an uneducated person in society and can’t help the children of the next generation at all.”

Children play outside the Children’s Village in Battambang, Cambodia.

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Limchheang, 11, received a scholarship to attend an SOS primary school in Battambang, Cambodia.


PROGRAM REPORT: MEDICAL CARE

PROVIDING QUALITY MEDICAL CARE

Cosmas Lungu, a trained clinical officer and the medical coordinator of the mobile clinic: “This is why I enjoy working in the field with the mobile clinic. Our team gets to come to where the problems are and we can provide immediate care. We are equipped and stocked and therefore I have asked the ministry of health to give us four more high-density sites. They are very grateful for our service.”

A queue of women and children are waiting outside the SOS Mobile Clinic in Chipata’s Magazine neighborhood (in Zambia). The clinic visits 13 sites each month, three of which are in family strengthening programs in their communities. Photo: Sune Kitshoff

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The SOS village in Chipata, Zambia, has been running a free medical clinic for the public since 2013. However, the staff at the clinic learned that many families in the largely poor and rural district often have no means to get to the clinic. In a district with high rates of child malnutrition, infant mortality and HIV—which stands at 26 percent in Chipata—access to quality medical care is critical. That’s why in 2014 the SOS village in Chipata built a mobile clinic, which visits at least 13 underserviced villages per month. Mothers bring their children to the mobile clinic, where they are diagnosed and treated by a trained clinical officer. The most common diagnoses that children have when they visit the SOS mobile clinic are malnutrition, malaria and a worm-related disease called bilharzia. Whereas government clinics often run out of most medicines, the SOS mobile clinic arrives with a supply of anti-malaria medication, antibiotics, antidiarrheal medicine and pain medication.

A 5-year-old boy with chronic pain in his lower legs is treated by Cosmas Lungu, a trained clinical officer and the medical coordinator of the mobile clinic. Next to the boy are his mom and sister. Photo: Sune Kitshoff


PROGRAM REPORT: EMERGENCY RESPONSE

By the end of 2014, an estimated 5.6 million children in Syria were either displaced from their homes, caught in the line of fire or living in poverty. In response to the growing need of vulnerable children in Syria, SOS Children’s Villages expanded its Emergency Response Services in the war-torn country.

Among the many heart-rending stories about the children we reach, Wael’s story is particularly tragic.

The 10-year-old boy used to be a very social kid, smiling at everyone who spoke to him. In July, that all changed when he was shot in the face by a sniper while standing on his balcony. His jaw was shattered.

Wael’s mother couldn’t afford to pay for the surgeries her son would need to have his face reconstructed. SOS Children’s Villages learned about Wael’s story and stepped in to pay for the part of the surgery not covered by the hospital. Our staff in Syria also helped relocate Wael’s family away from Aleppo and to the safer, coastal region.

SOS opened our first village in Damascus in 1981. Since we began the emergency response program in Syria in January 2012, we’ve reached nearly 300,000 people in need. Our services include: child-friendly spaces in Aleppo and Damascus; interim care centers for more than 200 unaccompanied youth and a food distribution program that reaches 10,000 families across the country.

HELPING CHILDREN IN CRISIS

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Wael, 10, looks out into the sea near his new home in Latakia, Syria. Photo: Abdelkader Fayad


SOS Children’s Villages believes that every child has a right to grow up in a loving and safe family environment. One way we work to protect this right is by advocating for policy changes at the national, regional and international levels.

In Washington, New York and around the world, our advocates meet with leading policymakers to provide guidance on how to resolve issues facing children. Part of our work also entails informing the public about child-related issues by publishing reports and starting petitions about vulnerable children, particularly children who do not have parental care. Throughout our work, we make it a priority to encourage children and youth to actively participate in their own advocacy.

CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

In 2014, our advocacy team focused on promoting the United Nation’s comprehensive plan to eradicate poverty by 2030, known as the post-2015 Development Agenda. Specifically, we collected 28,000 signatures in an online petition that called on the U.S. Ambassador to the UN to push for the inclusion of children’s rights in the UN plan.

When the UN General Assembly met in September, our advocates from Washington, New York and Denmark organized and participated in critical meetings related to issues affecting children. After the General Assembly, SOS-USA CEO Lynn Croneberger and a team of our advocates met with the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council, Elizabeth Cousens, and her staff at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. Our team presented the Ambassador and her staff with our petition and discussed with them why the Post-2015 Agenda must address the needs and rights of vulnerable children.

PROGRAM REPORT: ADVOCACY

2014 ADVOCACY IN FOCUS

On October 4, 2013, the United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, visited the SOS Children’s Village in Mamelodi, South Africa. This was his first visit to South Africa when he was attending the One Young World Summit in Johannesburg. Photo: SOS Archives.

SOS-USA CEO Lynn Croneberger presented the Post-2015 petition to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council, Elizabeth Cousens.

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OUR VALUED PARTNERS

WE ARE GRATEFUL to the individuals, foundations, and corporations whose contributions help make our work possible. Your generosity and vital support helps provide vulnerable children around the world with the love and long-term care they need to shape their own futures.

Jane Faulkner, daughter of Carol Goodman:“My mother and I spent time at the SOS Children’s Village in India, where we saw first-hand the important work SOS does and the impact SOS mothers have on the lives of children in need.”

THE TRUST OF HARRY AND CAROL GOODMAN Harry Goodman was a musician and brother of jazz legend Benny Goodman, and also a founder of Regent Music Corporation, which is now part of the Sunflower Entertainment Group (SEG), a music publishing and licensing company. Benny and his wife Carol traveled the world together and developed a strong interest in supporting orphaned and abandoned children. In 2014, The Trust of Harry and Carol Goodman gifted $13 million to SOS Children’s Villages–USA to help support the world’s most vulnerable children. As part of the trust, SOS Children’s Villages–USA received a cash gift and partial stock ownership in three SEG subsidiaries: Regent Music Corporation; Jewel Music Publishing Inc.; and Sunflower Music Inc. Popular songs in those catalogs include holiday favorites like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” “Run Rudolph Run,” and “Do You Hear What I Hear.”

Harry and Carol Goodman donated $13 million to support vulnerable children.


THE LEONA M. AND HARRY B. HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Ethiopia’s education system has experienced significant growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping out of school continues to be a challenge. Without this educational base, the prospects for employment and achieving financial independence are significantly diminished. In 2014, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded SOS Children’s Villages–USA with a $1.6 million grant to launch the EduCare Program in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, which provides vulnerable children and their caregivers with vital services to increase grade-level completion rates in the city while building the economic stability of families.

Walter Panzirer, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust: “In a country where poverty is prevalent, investment in education is critical to ensuring the most vulnerable communities have a chance for a brighter, more hopeful future. We are honored to partner with SOS Children’s Villages to help launch EduCare, a program that aligns with our mission to improve lives through essential services like education.”

Youth supported by the EduCare Program in a classroom in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

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CONRAD N. HILTON FOUNDATION

Communities and families across West Africa were torn apart by the Ebola outbreak. In Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the deadly disease claimed the lives of thousands of caregivers, leaving many children orphaned. In response to this crisis, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded SOS Children’s Villages–USA with a $500,000 grant to address the critical needs of children and families affected by the Ebola virus.

SOS Children’s Villages worked with local partners to provide a safe space, food and other basic necessities to children who lost their parents. SOS Villages also distributed food parcels, medical supplies and other basic necessities to vulnerable families living in the affected regions.

Muhammad, age 11:“I do not understand why God took my parents. Nobody can explain this to me.”

Photo: Daniel van Moll


SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN GREECE

THE JAHARIS FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC. The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc. invests in the lives of vulnerable children and families impacted by the economic crisis in Greece, specifically focused on the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki. A $200,000 gift in 2014 from The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc. helped SOS Children’s Villages Greece provide crisis intervention and support to families with babies and infants who are at-risk of being abused or abandoned. Their gift also helped provide preventive medical care, educational support and tutoring for children benefitting from SOS’s Family Strengthening Programs.

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE MIDAS EXCHANGE, a WPP company, powered by Group M, for strategic partnership and pro bono media services that have inspired Americans to take action for children in need.

A major economic crisis sparked by the global crisis of 2008 has impacted the lives of children, youth and families in Greece. Poverty and high unemployment rates have made it difficult for parents to provide basic necessities for their children. Over the years, affected families have come to SOS Children’s Villages Greece in search of immediate and long-term support. Through the support of foundations and individuals, many vulnerable children and families are receiving the help they need to survive this crisis.

Photo: Katerina Ilevska

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THE HELLENIC INITIATIVE In 2014, The Hellenic Initiative awarded a grant of $300,000 to SOS Children’s Villages-USA to provide monthly food support for one year to 450 families living in the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki, Kalamata and Alexandroupolis, as well as 26 families living in our SOS Children’s Villages. With the help of The Hellenic Initiative, SOS Children’s Villages Greece has expanded its food distribution programs since 2012, and now annually provides support to 1,150 families across seven social centers.

2014 ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SOCCER FESTIVAL

A group of volunteers, including people who had grown up in SOS families, SOS alumni, hosted an international soccer festival to capture the spirit of the 2014 World Cup. Hundreds of adults and youth participated in the one-day tournament at the Atlanta Silverbacks stadium, which also featured a children’s clinic. More than 50 volunteers from the local community helped make the day a success. Following the tournament, the winning teams in each division were recognized at the start of the Atlanta Silverbacks game that evening. The event raised almost $50,000 and gained significant local media attention.

The Board of Directors and special guests visited two SOS Villages near Managua, Nicaragua. Michel Lagarde, Board Treasurer, hosted a fundraising event to raise funds for vulnerable children in Nicaragua. Here Lynn Croneberger, CEO of SOS Children’s Villages–USA, and Robert Baird, Board President, present the donation to Virgilio Bravo, National Director of SOS Nicaragua, and Emigdio Suarez García, Chairman of Board of SOS Nicaragua.

Volunteers led a children’s clinic at the Atlanta Silverbacks stadium as part of the 2014 Atlanta International Soccer Fest.

The Atlanta community came together to support SOS Children’s Villages. Together they raised almost $50,000 to support vulnerable children around the world.


OUR VALUED PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS, SOS Children’s Villages is able to carry out its mission to provide safe, stable and loving homes to children around the world.

*VIP Child Sponsor

INVESTOR CIRCLE$500,000+ PARTNERS

Conrad N. Hilton FoundationTh e Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley

Charitable Trust

VISIONARY CIRCLE$250,000-$499,999PARTNERS

Hasbro, Inc.The Hellenic Initiative

AMBASSADOR CIRCLE$100,000-$249,999PARTNERS

The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc.Procter & Gamble

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIESAnonymousWalton Family Foundation

GUARDIAN CIRCLE$50,000-$99,999PARTNERS

Christian Louboutin, LLCHSBC North AmericaSanDisk CorporationTelemundo

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIESAnonymousAn onymous/Greater Houston

Community FoundationLeandre A. & Angele F. Contat TrustKa thy Kladopoulos-Megdanis and

Dr. Ernest Megdanis Mr. Lars and Mrs. Quan Nielsen

CHAMPION CIRCLE$25,000-$49,999PARTNERS

Alcatel Lucent FoundationButters Family FoundationCatapult, Inc.Genworth Foundation

The Independent Order of the Odd FellowsSouthwest Airlines CorporationStaples FoundationVictor Zhilin Foundation

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIESMr. Nishith Gami*

TRAILBLAZER CIRCLE$15,000-$24,999PARTNERS

HVL LLC/Douglas LaboratoriesOceanic Heritage Foundation

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIESMr. and Mrs. David Mitchell*

SAMARITAN CIRCLE$10,000-$14,999INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES

Anonymous Ms. Jill Keogh Blevins, Blevins Family

Advised Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Carlson & The Carlson Family FoundationMr. Alexander DarvodelskyMs. Sandra DavidsonMr. Paul Fassler*The Nommontu FoundationMr. Christian M. Zugel

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE$5,000-$9,999INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES

Mr. Ketu Amin*Mr. Scott and Mrs. Nicole Andersen*Mr. Anass Bennani*Be The Change CharitiesMr. Sanjay Cattungal*Mr. Harry B. De Verter CPA*Mr. Martin EliasLois and Richard England Family

FoundationMr. George P. FraiseMr. Jack GreenspoonMr. Matthew HagopianMr. Steve and Mrs. Lisa Hilton*

Mr. David and Mrs. Barbara JaynesMr. Vishwanath Kasaravalli*The Landegger Charitable Foundation, Inc.Ms. Cindy LevineThe Libra FoundationMs. Rose P. LynchMs. Jane C. McKeeMrs. Heather Mills*Mr. Amer and Mrs. Kristen NimrMr. Andrew Robbins and Ms. Kate BedfordMr. Caesar Sengupta and

Ms. Pooja Bhandari*The Sikand Foundation, Inc.*Mr. Scott and Mrs. Carol Ann Smallwood*Steele Family FoundationMs. Patricia Westheimer

THE HARRY AND CAROL GOODMAN LEGACY SOCIETY

Estate of Gerald BellifeminiEstate of Arleen J. BrownThe Trust of Harry and Carol GoodmanEstate of Frieda J. I. MatthewmanEstate of Grace J. OfftEstate of Anna E. Schneider Estate of Jane B. Spence

LEADERSHIP CHALLENGERobert Baird, Jr.Kathy KladopoulosDavid MitchellMichel LagardeCameron Schmidt

FOUNDER CIRCLELifetime giving over $1,000,000

Conrad N. Hilton FoundationGenworth FoundationThe Trust of Harry and Carol GoodmanHasbro, Inc.Th e Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley

Charitable TrustThe Independent Order of the Odd FellowsJohnson & Johnson

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REVENUE SOURCES: SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES 1,335M ($USD)

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES-INTERNATIONAL REVENUE & EXPENSES FOR 2014

OPERATING EXPENSES: SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES 1,286M ($USD)

Individuals – 32.5%

Public – 29%

Sponsorship/Committed Giving – 22%

Other Income – 9%

Corporate Donors – 7.5%

Programs – 80%

Fundraising – 16%

Management & General – 4%


• SOS Children’s Villages–USA is a growing organization with revenue in 2014 up by 112% over 2013, providing critical funding to support vulnerable children and families around the world.

• In 2014, SOS Children’s Villages–USA received a gift of $13 million from the Trust of Harry and Carol Goodman. As part of the Trust, SOS Children’s Villages-USA received a cash gift and partial stock ownership in three SEG subsidiaries. The Goodman family’s gift will positively impact the lives of many children and families in need around the world.

• SOS Children’s Villages–USA received a capacity building grant, SGIP grant, of $2,244,370 in 2014. This investment enables the organization to ramp up more quickly and become more efficient and effective in supporting its mission to provide loving homes for vulnerable children.

• With the inclusion of this capacity building investment, nearly 70% of contributions supported programs and 30% went to operating support – fundraising, management and general. Due to this investment, SOS-USA had an additional 22% included in fundraising, management and general to increase its growth and capacity. Excluding this investment, 92% of the organization’s funds went to programs and 8% went to operating support.

• The condensed Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets is an excerpt from the audited financial statements of SOS-USA. For a full copy of the audited financial statements, please refer to sos-usa.org/about-sos/financial-information.

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES-USA REVENUE & EXPENSES FOR 2014

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETSREVENUE

Total Contributions $8,475,144 $17,820,257 Other Income $30,662 $225,666

total revenue $8,505,806 $18,045,923

EXPENSES

Programs $4,765,152 $6,428,478 - Children’s Villages and Programs $3,903,872 $5,204,338

- Education and Advocacy $861,280 $1,188,140

M&G $1,008,030 $1,071,475 Fundraising $1,316,188 $1,759,223

total expenses $7,089,370 $9,259,176

Change in Net Assets $1,416,436 $8,786,747

NET ASSETS

Beginning of Year ($356,204) $1,060,232

End of Year $1,060,232 $9,846,979

SOS-USA CONTRIBUTIONS 2014 BREAKDOWN

2013 2014

Individuals* – 60%

Corporate Donors – 17%

SGIP Grant – 13%

Sponsorship/Committed Giving – 10%

*Individuals: 12% + Bequests: 48%

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2013 2014

Board of DirectorsRobert Baird, Jr., Chair A.T. Cross

Michel Lagarde, Vice Chair & Treasurer JLL Partners

David Mitchell, Governance Chair

Nick Catania, Florida Representative UBS

David Hoffman, Illinois Representative

Kathy Kladopoulos Midas Exchange

Rose P. Lynch, Secretary Market Strategies, LLC

Cameron Schmidt PayPal

Halvor Stenstadvold, CVI Representative SOS Children’s Villages International

Peter Völker, CVI Representative Deputy Secretary General SOS Children’s Villages International

Senior StaffLynn M. Croneberger Chief Executive Officer

Meron Mathias Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships

April H. Quinlan Senior Director, External Relations

Carolyn C. Schmidt, CFRE Senior Director, Individual Giving

David Tikkala Chief Financial Officer

Alison Oliveira Wheeler Senior Director, Marketing & Communications

Kelly WiseSenior Director, Administrative Services

LEADERSHIP

Tony, 4, stands in the doorway of house “Peace” at the Children’s Village in Bangui, Central African Republic. The sectarian violence between the Muslim Seleka group and the largely Christian Anti-Balaka faction in the Central African Republic put the SOS Children’s Village in Bangui at risk. Photo: Conor Ashleigh

Girls from the SOS Children’s Village in Barrett Town, JamaicaPhoto: Johann Denk

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