The World We Want Foundation – 3W2012 Annual letter from the founder & financials

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Being an Active StakeholderLooking back at 2012 one thing has become even clearer to me: Organizations in the social and philanthropic sphere – “not-for-profit sector” – need strong and engaged stakeholders. All of our beneficiaries or partner organi-zations have encountered prob-lems or issues, which were not expected, or whose importance was not understood at the start of the year. All partners have seen a mix of issues that were either a result of external factors (com-modity prices, weather, com-petition, regulation) or a result from internal decisions (credit decisions, investments). I like to compare our “active philanthropic”

approach to the investment world where I am also active. In my investment company all our private equity investments (clothing, sun-glasses, and internet based retailing of shoes) encountered the same amount of problems due to a combination of external factors (slowdown in demand, weather, competition) and internal factors (flawed budget, insufficient resources) – AND – most importantly – were in as much need to get our active investor/shareholder support to pull through.

This, once again, demonstrates to me the need for successful

not-for-profits to have active shareholders who support but also hold the leaders of these same organizations accountable for their initiatives, goals and decisions.

I like to believe that we are such a stake-holder and we try hard to find a balance between impact on the ground and the sustainability and accountability of the not-for-profit organization.

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Balance between sustainability and impactWhere possible, we strive toward sustainability and encourage our partners to do so too - but not at the risk of becoming irrelevant from an impact perspective. Root Capital is at an interesting cross-road where the balancing act between impact and operating self-sustainability has become central. Lending to smallholder farmer cooperatives from West-ern finance organizations and local commercial banks is on the rise, at least to some extent thanks to the catalytic efforts of Root. More of Root´s traditional clients can now borrow which is encouraging, but to make Root even more relevant, we need to continue pushing lending to higher risk clients, which are not yet bankable. We have sought to support Root over the last three years and will continue to do so at this pivotal moment.

Memorable momentsShortly after hurricane Isaac hit Haiti in August, the anchor funders of Caribbean Harvest came to-gether — Val Abe (the CEO), three distinguished, hands-on American social entrepreneurs and 3W. The challenges were multiple and difficult, but after sitting for a day in the little cement office-building and a night under a roof during a heavy torrential rain, we came up with a plan of action of how to salvage all the work put into CH. Later in the year we got the things together to start the preparation for the construction of the process-ing plant and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund made a significant contribution. The collaboration between us all, in difficult circum-stances, is a great memory I will carry with me.

In November, we finally got to meet the great mountain gorillas in the misty Bwindi National Park in Uganda. We were impressed with how the national and NGO organizations that are active in the three parks (Virunga in DRC, Parc du Volcanes in Rwanda and Bwindi National Park) have been able to manage the parks and the activities. We could see the great pressure from human population in the area and came to under-stand how fragile the system of species conservation is.

Although it is not the amount of money that we give which is important, but how we give or invest it in social causes, it is worth noting that we passed the 10 million dollar mark in grants given in 2012.

We have done our best to invest this sum in a responsible way. I would say that we prefer to think that it is another, more valuable resource that we provide to our partners. And, that is sharing their commitment and passion. I would like to take the oppor-tunity to thank the people in all the organizations we have met this past year for demonstrating and sharing their dedication and knowledge with us.

March 2013Paul Leander-EngströmFounder and Chairman

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3W – Cumulative Funding

With 2012 Commitments:TOTAL CUMULATIVE DISBURSEMENTS 2006-2012 $11 770 500

Total Program Management (not included in disbursements) $918,000

Year FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012

Overhead per Year 138 000 280 000 240 000 260 000 $918 000

2012

Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total

Grants $88 500 $910 000 $220 000 $1 145 000 $2 363 500

Root Capital, Global $500 000 $0 $1 000 000 $1 500 000

Root Capital, Haiti $200 000 $200 000

Pratham, India* $75 000 $130 000 $205 000

Caribbean Harvest, Haiti** $3 500 $130 000 $65 000 $10 000 $208 500

Acumen Education Fund, Global $140 000 $140 000

Comaco, Zambia $85 000 $85 000

Lejon Award, Sweden $10 000 $10 000

Miscellaneous $5 000 $5 000 $5 000 $15 000

Loans $500 000 $500 000

Comaco

12 month working capital loan $500 000

2012 Total $2 863 500

All Figures in USD’s

3W – Cumulative Funding

2011Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total

Grants $135 000 $855 000 $205 000 $480 000 $1 675 000Root Capital, Global $50 000 $700 000 $300 000 $1 050 000Pratham, India $75 000 $110 000 $185 000Caribbean Harvest, Haiti $60 000 $50 000 $65 000 $175 000Acumen Education Fund, Global $140 000 $140 000Partners in Health, Haiti $90 000 $90 000Lejon Award, Sweden $10 000 $10 000Miscellaneous $10 000 $5 000 $5 000 $5 000 $25 000

Loans $4 000 000 $4 000 000Root Capital

short term $2 000 000long term $2 000 000

2011 Total $5 675 000

2010Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Total

Pratham, India $50 000 $110 000 $160 000 Partners in Health, Haiti $105 000 $105 000 Root Capital, Latin America $250 000 $250 000 $500 000 Root Capital, Haiti $250 000 $250 000 Hand in Hand, India $250 000 $250 000 Caibbean Harvest, Haiti $60 000 $110 000 $170 000 Stree Mukti, India $25 000 $25 000 $50 000 Flora Fauna International, Awacachi, Ecuador $60 000 $30 000 $90 000 Sweetwaters Chimp Sanctuary, Kenya $200 000 $200 000 ApesMapper, Global Database $50 000 $50 000 $100 000 Jane Goodall Institute - DRCongo $200 000 $200 000 Operation Blessing, Haiti and Pakistan $10 000 $50 000 $60 000

2010 Total $75 000 $1 130 000 $330 000 $600 000 $2 135 000

2009Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Total

Stree Mukt, India $35 000 $35 000 $36 000 $36 000 $142 000 Pratham, India $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $100 000 Hand in Hand, India $250 000 $250 000 Tretjak, Russia $20 000 $20 000

2009 Total $60 000 $60 000 $61 000 $331 000 $512 000

2008Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Total

Stree Mukti, India $20 000 $20 000 Pratham, India $130 000 $130 000 Tretjak, Russia $20 000 $20 000

2008 Total $20 000 $130 000 $20 000 $170 000

2007Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Total

Stree Mukti, India $130 000 $130 000 Pratham, India $100 000 $100 000 Tretjak, Russia $20 000 $20 000

2007 Total $20 000 $130 000 $100 000 $250 000

2006Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Total

Stree Mukt, India $65 000 $65 000 Voluntary Action for Development, Uganda $40 000 $40 000 Reforestation in Cameroon $20 000 $20 000 Grounds for Hope, DRC $20 000 $20 000 WaterCan, Uganda and Ethiopia $20 000 $20 000

2006 Total $60 000 $85 000 $20 000 $165 000