Did you Ever Wonder?
Where does the money go?
81% goes directly to program services. Then…
Almost 20% for Nicaraguan staff salaries & benefits (including health & retirement)
Where else do the funds go?
Clinic medicine & supplies - 11%
Utilities - electricity, water, internet, telephone - just over 4%
All U.S. staff (stipends & FICA) - 3.4%
Quarterly newsletter expenses - 3%
Keeping vehicles running - 2%
Legal / Accounting / Bank fees - 1.5%
And lots of other routine expenses, but …
… then there’s the random stuff…
Recharging fire extinguishers everywhere... office... clinic... Casa Ben Linder... Casa San Juan... to meet fire department current standards.
Trimming trees & repairing damage to clinic roof after one windy day… and then another day… and another day.
Replacing door handles… I mean, the handle just fell off!
Excavating to replace crumbling sewage drains … old ceramic ones root-filled from more than 30 years ago!
Hauling up well water pump... from 100 meters down... and replacing it...it was no longer reparable.
This type of expenditures always come up… some tiny and some huge, some new and some we’ve stalled on for as long as possible. But now they have to be taken care of in order to keep program services going. Can you help? How are we planning on using your help?
We are 98.81% publicly supported, which means none of this gets done, planned or otherwise, without your help.
Thank You!