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Cash Gifts Your cash, check or credit card gift to Books For Africa can be designated for a specific program or directed to where the need is greatest. All gifts are tax deductible, as specified by law. For your convenience, gifts by credit card can be made directly online at www.booksforafrica.org.
Matching Gifts Many companies match employee donations dollar for dollar to the charity of the employee’s choice. Check with your employer about matching your gifts to Books For Africa.
Wills and Other Planned Gifts Books For Africa can be named a beneficiary in your will and receive other deferred gifts such as life insurance. These gifts are not subject to estate taxes.
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Speakers Bureau If your employer, club, or group would like to learn more about Books For Africa’s mission and work, please call (651) 602-9844 or email [email protected].
Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers have helped Books For Africa become the world’s largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent. Volunteers help sort and pack books, plan special events, and raise funds. Contact BFA today to find out how to put your skills to work!
Statement of Activity 2016 2017SUPPORT AND REVENUES
Contributions 2,642,983 2,278,253
Interest Earned 51,482 53,358
Books Contributed 33,973,549 33,434,957
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUES 36,668,014 35,766,568
EXPENDITURES
Program Operating Expenses - Overseas 34,293,458 36,090,296
General and Administrative Expenses 88,940 103,038
Fundraising Expenses 232,907 223,412
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 34,615,305 36,416,746
Change in Net Monetary Assets $293,498 $123,988
Change in Book Inventory $1,718,210 ($431,779)
Books For Africa Financial Information
July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 2017 CONTRIBUTORS
SUMMIT SOCIETY
$45,000-$50,000Anonymous (2)
$20,000-$30,000Richard & Vivikka
DeLoachTom Warth & Zantha
LaFon WarthJim & Amy Wolford
$10,000-$19,999Frank BabkaClark & Vonnie
LaChapelleDan & Linda MelinGraeme Milton & John
PattonDick Simpson
$5,000-$9,999Anonymous (2)Stephen DavisAndrew & Caroline
HuddartJack KabakRebecca MarrRichard MurphyJesse Okie & Mary
HarringtonVal & Julie StokesEileen Vogel Sytsma
KILIMANJARO SOCIETY
$1,000-$4,999Oluade AjayiFrank AlloccaRon AminzadeKojo & Erin Amoo-
GottfriedAnonymous (7)Lane Ayres & Marion
McNurlenBradley & Lam BaumanEdward & Barbara
BeckerDouglas Blanke
Russell & Carolyn Bremner
Henry A. BromelkampRobin & Gregg
BrooksbankEric & Elaine BucherLinda & Tim BurkettGavin & Sara BurnsKyrene ButtersEdouard CantinJill Cordes & Philip
JohnstonBrian CroegaertIngrid & Chris CulpMichael DavisRosalie DurkotaSeth EggessaCharles & Diane EilersMatthew EubanksJohn FisherDavid Fletcher & Colleen
EnglishKevin Flynn & Patrice
KopistanskyRev. Craig FrantzAlethia FuttrellVince GaborEthel GillStephen GladstoneShannon GoldenG.G. GordonPatricia GuelzowFrank GunterKim & James HarmsPat & Laura HarrisMichael Henley & Randi Yoder
Gary HicklingRobert HodginJanedora HowellAdam HulbigJohn IngramOrlando JaPrashant JeyaganeshDavid JosephSamuel L. & Sylvia
KaplanWalter KatkovskyMarilee & Robert KistlerDiane KnightDiane KrauseMahadevan
KrishnamoorthiJohn LeggRobyn Liese
Catherine MayerShannon & Kristy
MayfieldJohn McCabeRobert & Polly McCreaFiona McCrae & John
CoyGregg McCraryJack & Courtney
McEwanBrad & Kay McKimDavid McLaughlinErin MeyerIkenna MmejeNumbers MorganChristi MurraySally MusprattSundip NaikLuanne NybergByron & Alis OlsenBindu PatelBipin PatelSteven PfeifferRichard & Elda PhillipsPatrick Plonski & Judy
HawkinsonHilton Pryce LewisMichael QinAngela RayWyn & Sonja RayMichael Resnick & Linda
BearingerChris RicheyCatherine RyanPaul SackLaura & David SangreePhyllis SharpR. SmithDana SmithSidonie SmithSteven SpectorCassandra & Andy
StillmanTula & Michel ThompsonMatthew TorokDavid & Marianne WardAndrea & Kenneth
WecksteinPamela WilliamsRyan WilliamsDave & Becky WoodKaren WoodGretchen Young
MEMBERS
$500-$999Kwame AkotoKathie AlbertAnthony Albregts &
Kimberly KolarAnonymous (8)
Miriam ArendtKevin ArmstrongRoland BardyJoseph BaribeauAri Bearinger ResnickAndrea & Isaac BempongRobert & Pearl BergadJeff BerwickKim BetzVicki BrammeierDon BrownStanford BrownMark BurnsBruce BuschoMary BuzardAlicia & Patrick ByrnesLinda Cantrell RoyRonald CarpenterKathryn CarrierVeronica & James
CarrollJudy & Ronald Carter
Maxwell ClinkingbeardCarolyn & Harold
CommonsStephen CravenColleen Davenport-Adiyia & Fred Adiyia
Gabriel De AlmeidaAngela Detzel
John DiamondMarsha & William
DoggetteIrene Doherty & Timothy
WadePeter EggenbergerS. Cody EngleFiakpore EtagheneDavid FernstrumMark FoleyTammie FollettViswanathan & Vasanthi
GajendranJaclyn GersteinRichard GluckShani GodwinChristian & Juana
GoergenMargaret GoodmanRobert GrantDavid GreenblattGary & Karen GuetzkoJames Hall
Karen HarrisGreg HartCharles M. & Mary L.
Hartman J. Michael & Kathy HaveyHoward HawkinsPaul HealyChase HoffmanRichard HoffmanChristina HolderKurt HulanderGeoffrey HutsonAdaora IfebighGlenn JacobsPaula G. JohnsonMarnie JohnsonJennifer JustCandace KauffmanTal KenetMarla & William KennedyBrian KerdolffIrvin KesslerBill Kiffmeyer & Laysha
WardBarbara & Paul KingCurt KinskyScott KirkwoodTom KivlahanCynthia KoenigKikue KonoJustin KosmidesDonald KrogstadSuzie KutzGiuliana & Clint LammMary LangeJi Hyun LeeRichard & Sally LeiderPaul LeonardelliRebecca LewisKelsey LichtenwalnerNorm & Pat LinnellPamela LiuHerb & Corrine LundbergJanet & Eric LuttrellChristopher MajeskeArthur MatasDon MattsonBetty MaxwellRobert Samuel MayerStephen MayerPaddy McNamaraKatarina MesarovichEllen MillerThale Molvaer
Gary MorseJoseph MrkonichJoseph & Karen NagyJohn & Deborah NeallDaniel NewmanJoanne & Eliahu NiewoodVuyisile NkomoJoAnn OttmanJohn Overton & Ann
LowryMichael OwuAtul PanditPam Pappas StanochArthur PaulsonSarah Lynn PayneBruce & Beverly PerryJeanne PlonskiWayne PooleAlex PuvillandCynthia ReganWilliam Reid & Kathy
SchnareKenneth ReynoldsElizabeth RobinsonGareth RosenauCarol RueppelBarbara SadlerSusan SandagerTammy SantarsieroFadil Santosa & Jan
KleinmanJulia SchottSusan SilversteinLaura & Susan SmathersCarol & Scott SokolAlice May SpitzerRoland StaibAddy StricklandCharles & Mary SukupFrederick SutherlandKathleen TilfordJanet & David TilstraJay & Mary Van HookKaren ViskochilAnna VogelJina WakimotoGary & Maryann
WeinsteinSteve WenzelBill WilliamsColin WilloxPenny & Alan WortmanOliver YostAndy Zhu
$250-$499Joylyn AbramsKiran AdimulamGladys AdofoAtare AgbamuKarl AlbrechtLindsay AlgerJeanne AndreAnonymous (6)Casey AshJohn BennettChris BercawPaul & Barbara BerryMaria BirosMichael Brody-WaiteMargaret BrooksLaura BroylesGary & Loraine BryantTerrence BurksMarla ButlerWilliam CanbyChuck Carlin & Carolyn
SanfordRobert & Mary Jane
CarlsonJulie CarlsonMorgan CarpenterRobert ChavkoMary Ann & Howard
ChristensonTimothy CiganekLynne ClarkeRichard & Debra CondonDavid & Sharon CondonRobyn CoquytMisa CoweeDavid CrookTheresa CrosbyMarion CrossJeremy & Daniele
DallmanCarol DarkLamin Momodou DibbaAmie DibbaChris DiPaoloShawn & Dean DubachRachel EcksteinTrigg EdwardsRebecca EdwardsJill EganHeidi EliasonDorothy V. EmigAlan EppNorma Jean Falink
Quinton-Fildes-McManamy Family
Keith FarralDianne FavreRachel FischoffNancy & Rod FisherPatrick FlahavenEugene ForsythMary-Kate FoweeChristine FreyMarcus GanserCharlie GillJoseph Gonzalez
Melinda & Harry GreenSusan GreenGary & Kathleen HadleyNatalie HahnSally HaleBryce HamiltonJames HartDon & Joan HawkinsonMary HeardPeter HendersonRichard HesterJim HinmanPatsy HosmanRichard Hougardy
Bill HoughtonSusan HowardBernice HughesCarol HussKathryn Iverson &
Michael MenzelDouglas JensenDrew JohnsonMichael JosephJeannie Kant & Keith
RelyeaRonald & Annette KatonaAbebe Michael Kebede
Aida & Sanaa KhalafallaJiyoung KimLarry KitzmanDeirdre KramerBrian LebowitzKate LehmannGeoffrey LevyLaurie LiskinLouise LopezMargaret LunyoloYakin MadhooLisa MainReathea MaloneJeanne Maloney &
Andrew Dowdy
Deane & Nancy ManolisJennifer Martinez &
William McArthurVivian MasonJames McClellandSuzanne McDermottJulie & Eugene
McDonoughJames & Suzanne
McGovernSandra McHenryDean McMillanKent Merkey
Richard & Lotte MeyerTom & Rose Mary MeyerAntoinette MillerKaren & Art MonsonMarybeth NelsonEric NewmanAnhhuy NguyenColby NordbergBrian NorrisDavid NorthrupKevin NottleJohn Odling-SmeeMarygrace OhabKaren & Wayne Olmsted
Rosemond Sarpong Owens & Isaac Owens
Doris PagelkopfKevin PalmerVinod ParthasarathyDiksha PatelMitul PatelBonnie & Stan PaulsonJune PetrieAbraham PhilipJonathan & Rachel
PortingaMary & Jonathan Preus
Bhaskar PulikalIrene QualtersCameron RankineBevin RatnerJames ReaganKatherine Dubois ReedWendy Reiner & Stevan
GelinskeMarjorie RhoadsAnn RogersSteven RolstonElizabeth & Robert
RondeauFrance Ross
Jane RubinRobert & Matilda RuppCandace RussellMarcus SakeyDave SchaferElizabeth SchroederDavid SchumacherWilliam SharrarCarol SheltonBruce SheltonGordon ShriverDave SimmonsByron SimmonsRajesh SinglaRaymond & Linda SmithSunny SneddonCarol StackCarolyn StockJim & Leslie StudenskiRoy SubrataJoyce & Silvian SundrumJote Taddese & Lali
Yeshi GalanJoely TejedaCynthia TelingatorCindy & Patrick TenneyCatherine TuckerArtika TynerLeon Van SteenNiti VillingerBrad VogtJack & Janice WarrenTimothy WattsPatricia WeberDennis WenzelPreston WhetstoneJohn WhiteJames Caleb WilsonHelen WimberlyTerry WrobelSusan WuKuai YuRonald ZamanskyPaula Zenker
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SUMMIT SOCIETY
$252,000RTI International
$110,000-$151,000Merck & Co., Inc.Out of Print
$30,000-$50,000AnonymousBetter World BooksGhana Book TrustThe S.L. Gimbel Fund at The
Community FoundationThe Wasily Family FoundationThomson Reuters
$20,000-$29,000Aid for Africa*Burundi Friends InternationalChristian Relief ServicesDodge & CoxEsmash College P.L.C.Network for Good*The Nichols Foundation
$10,000-$19,999Bata Children’s FoundationCameroon Education FoundationChurch of the BrethrenEducate TanzaniaEthiopian Knowledge & Technology Transfer Society
Karatina UniversityKenya School of Revenue Administration
Kibaha Rural ConstituencyKisii UniversityMissionary Society of St. Francis
De SalesMuranga University CollegeMusoma Rural SchoolsPeachtree Presbyterian ChurchRobins Kaplan Charitable
FoundationSalem UniversitySelect More MediaState Department-MalawiTender Sprout FoundationThe Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial
AcademyThe O’Shea Family Foundation
Willow Creek Community ChurchWorld Mission Prayer League Inc.
$5,000-$9,999Akokwa American Development
Association IncFollett Educational ServicesMargaret Rivers FundNoor FoundationThe Christopher L. & M. Susan
Gust Foundation
KILIMANJARO SOCIETY
$1,000-$4,999Anonymous (2)Another Chance Foundation fund
of Community Foundation for NE Georgia
Baobob One VoiceBetterWorld TrustBremer BankCharles Schwab FoundationChristine & Howard Hellekson
Charitable Fund of National Philanthropic Trust
Clean Earth BooksCourse Hero, Inc.Diane Virginia Smith Fund of
Fidelity CharitableFidelity Charitable Gift FundFredrikson & Byron FoundationFriends of Lumagnet InstituteFroelich Family FoundationGlaxoSmithKlineGoogle Matching Gifts ProgramGoorooInterstate Roadrunner, IncKelen Family FoundationLumwana International SchoolMedtronicMicrosoft Matching Gifts
ProgramMidwest ProfessionalPorsche Cars North America, Inc.President’s Office of TanzaniaRelief For AfricaRobert S. Starr FoundationSchools For SaloneSociety for the Propagation of
the FaithThe Ark & Dove Foundation TrustThe Challenge Scholarship Fund
of The Saint Paul Foundation
The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
The Palmer FoundationThe Raynie FoundationThe RKR Fund of Fidelity
CharitableThe Rust Family FoundationThe Sexton Family FoundationThe T. Rowe Price Program for
Charitable GivingThe U.S. Charitable Gift TrustU.S. TrustUniversity of Minnesota African Studies Initiative
University of Minnesota Department of Sociology
Uskudar American AcademyVarian Medical SystemsVector Global LogisticsYour Cause Trustee for Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
AFFILIATES
$500-$999Aden Adde International
University, SomaliaAmazon SmileAtlanta Chapter Institute of
Internal AuditorsBorton OverseasBristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
CaraustarCharter TextbooksCox Farms Virginia, Inc.Daggett Family Fund of American
Endowment FoundationDayton Foundation Depository,
Inc.Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Givetwig*International ArrivalsMarkwell & Lewis LLPMaynard/Dirksen Giving Fund via
Fidelity CharitableMinnesota Twins Baseball ClubModern PressNorthwestern University School
of LawPhilip & Katherine Nason Fund of
the Saint Paul FoundationPlaudit DesignProject BlackboardRegister Lawrimore TeamRichard Bowers and CompanySherdan Lux Hair LLCThe Benevity Community
Impact Fund of the American Endowment Foundation*
The Breakthrough Project, Inc.The Dante Moreira Gilbert Fund
of the Renaissance Charitable Foundation
The Dingwall/Fiore Family Charitable Fund
The Hyman Levine Family Foundation:L’Dor V’Dor
The Sparo CorpTIAA CharitableToad Hall MotorbooksTrendah Fund of The Saint Paul
FoundationVanguard Charitable Endowment
MAJOR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS
Afro DeliAmara WinesBetter World BooksBourke FoundationCadwalader, Wickersham & TaftCapstone PublishersCharter TextbooksCurriculum Concepts
InternationalFollett Educational ServicesFollett Higher Education GroupHands on AtlantaHey Man ProductionsJohn Wiley and SonsKalahari FoodsLerner Publishing GroupMcGraw HillMerck and Company
National GeographicThe University Club of St. Paul/
John RuppThomson ReutersThomson Reuters Trustlaw
Program Two Men and a TruckUnited AirlinesW.W. NortonWorld Vision
LEGACY SOCIETY**
AnonymousLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenFrank BabkaWin BarnardHenry A. BromelkampEstate of Genevieve & Richard
ConroyRichard DeuelEstate of Seth EggessaMichael Henley & Randi YoderNancy Johnson & Michael AddyWilliam Klaila & Barbara
LeibundguthRobert KraskeDr. Clark & Vonnie LaChapelleMarybeth NelsonCarole Patrikakos Patrick Plonski & Judy
HawkinsonKathleen TilfordTom Warth & Zantha LaFon
Warth
*Denotes donations from large numbers of donors
**Legacy Society members have included Books For Africa in their estate planning
Dear Friends,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for another outstanding year here at BFA! Your generous support in 2017 has allowed us to make great strides in fighting the African book famine. We are pleased to share with you some of what we achieved in 2017:
• We shipped books by the ton (yet again): BFA continues as the world ’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa, shipping over 40 million books to 52 African countries in our 29-year history. This has garnered us a perfect 100 out of 100 4-Star rating from Charity Navigator (which named BFA the top U.S. charity under the Humanitarian Aid Category), and a Gold rating on the GuideStar Exchange. In 2017 alone, we shipped three million books, 93 computers and e-readers containing 223,000 digital books, and 10 WestCore Law Libraries, with a total value of over $33 million to 18 countries. More than $2.5 million was raised in 2017 to ship these materials to Africa;
• We continue to think globally: In our ongoing efforts to serve every county in Africa, we are proud to have shipped containers to Libya, Mauritius and Seychelles! None of these countries had previously received a BFA shipment, and we are thrilled to share the wealth as we continue our work to end the book famine across the African continent;
• We met the right people: We interacted with numerous members of the African diplomatic corps in 2017 to collaborate on activities. His Excellency Robinson Githae, Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S., hosted BFA’s annual Summit Society reception at the Kenyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., with numerous African Ambassadors in attendance. In May, His Excellency Carlos Dos Santos, Mozambique’s Ambassador to the United States, delivered a keynote speech at our annual luncheon, which was also attended by His Excellency Maowia O. Khalid, Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan. We also discussed strategy with Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Ambassador of Rwanda, as well as Linda Thomas Greenfield, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
• We met (even more of) the right people!: In addition to cultivating relationships with Ambassadors, we were honored to host 28 young African leaders from President Obama’s Mandela Washington Fellowship program, who attended our Kilimanjaro Society reception and volunteered at our Minnesota warehouse on Nelson Mandela International Day in July. The Mandela Fellows also assisted in distributing e-readers pre-loaded with the Merck Medical Manual app to medical practitioners in their home countries through a BFA partnership with Merck & Company!
• We strategized with key partners: We participated in the Rotary International annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, the Corporate Council on Africa’s Annual Business Summit in Washington, D.C., a reception for BFA’s Law & Democracy Initiative at the Fredrickson & Byron firm in Minneapolis, and site visits to our French book supplier in Paris, the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation in Nigeria, and the Alexandria Library in Egypt. We also implemented large scale partnerships through USAID-funded projects in Uganda and Ethiopia.
• We heard from our African partners: 29 recipient organizations from 13 African countries completed our post shipment survey. We are proud to have 100% of respondents agree that the books received are very relevant to their programs for the second straight year! Additional positive feedback was received from 53 medical professionals in 7 countries who received tablets with a digital copy of the Merck Medical Manual.
In 2017 we engaged our partners on all levels in order to deliver a record number of books. Next year will mark our 30th Anniversary of working towards our vision of children reading in every African country. This was the dream of Nelson Mandela, who stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” It is our dream-- and we know it is yours as well.
Sincerely,
Luanne Nyberg Patrick J. Plonski, PhDPresident Executive Director
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How To Help Support Books For Africa50¢ provides a student in Africa with a book
$100 provides a classroom set of books
$200 provides an encyclopedia set for a school or community library
$1,000 provides enough books for an entire school
$10,300 supplies a full 40-foot sea container of 22,000 books – enough for 10 schools
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