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Shaping the Future 2015 Annual Report From the President/CEO Every annual report outlines key numbers. For 4. Faith, hope, and charity are intertwined example, number of people served, financials, with every part of the NPH daily and lots of other important information. I think, experience. however, annual reports fail to capture the 5. Service. Every child is required to give a individuals behind each number. The thousands year or more of service to help their of children that call NPH home and the tens of brothers and sisters of NPH. thousands of lives touched by NPH in the community through education, healthcare and Each of the children I sponsor has a unique other programs are represented by those story and has helped transform my life; they numbers. However, each one of those statistics aren’t just a number in the annual report. and the financial numbers behind them cannot They are part of the NPH family. NPH faces capture the tragic life stories of the people that more financial challenges every day. We we serve and the lives that are saved and provide the basics to thousands of children, transformed. but there are so many more that As you know, we need our help. If especially we all enhanced encourage people our support, to get closer to through increasing the 3,400 kids at the amount on a NPH. To give. To monthly sponsor. To sponsorship, or volunteer. To visit. gave a more People that have significant annual “gotten closer” to gift, included NPH NPH know that in our estate NPH is a home planning, and and a family, not encouraged an institution. friends and family to do the same, When I meet we would be able people and they to help more ask me, “What is children. Each NPH?” I share with number in this them the five annual report hallmarks put in represents a child place 62 years ago by our founder Fr. Wasson: whose life you or I can change or even save. The most important question in all the world 1. We encourage the children of NPH to come is, what difference can I make in it? with their siblings 2. NPH never puts children up for adoption. With gratitude, We want to continue the sense of security and family. 3. Education is fundamental to breaking the cycle of poverty. Each of our children has A. Frank Donaghue the opportunity to pursue a trade or a President and Chief Executive Officer university degree; I know of no other NPH USA organization that will take a child from infancy through university. Above: Frank at NPH Honduras / Ryan Walsh GET CLOSER with NPH USA • nphusa.org 2 2015 Annual Report Our Mission . 4 From the National Board Chair . 5 Treasurer’s Report . 6 Financial Highlights . 7 2015 at a Glance . 8 Making a Difference . 9 International Leadership Institute . 10 International Volunteer Program . 11 Child Sponsorship . 12 Special Events . 12 Trips to Our Homes . 13 Local Volunteers . 13 In-Kind Gifts . 14 Matching Gifts . 14 Legacy Gifts . 14 Tribute Gifts . 14 St. Damien Pediatric Hospital Fund . 15 Fr. Wasson Legacy Endowment, Inc. 16 NPH USA Leadership . 18 National Board of Directors . 18 Regional Boards of Directors . 19 How to Get Closer/Contact Information . 20 Cover photo: NPH Mexico / Kim Wassil Photos this page: NPH Honduras / Yeni Garcia and NPH Haiti / Giles Ashford GET CLOSER with NPH USA • nphusa.org 3 Who We Are Who We Serve Mission NPH USA supports Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos NPH USA transforms the lives of abandoned (NPH, Spanish for “Our Little Brothers and and disadvantaged children with homes, Sisters”), which is currently raising more than healthcare and educational programs, making 3,400 boys and girls. An additional 2,300 a positive impact in Latin America and the students who live outside the homes receive Caribbean. scholarships, meals and health care. In 2015, more than 99,000 services were provided to NPH USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, children and adults through community Federal Tax ID# 65-1229309. outreach programs. Where We Serve MexicoP Haiti Opened: 1954 Opened: 1987 Children living in home: 825 Number of children: 898 Total supported population: 1,128 Total supported population: 2,612 Features: The main home in Features: The main home is on 15 acres Miacatlán has a clinic, chapel, farms, 5,000 feet above sea level in Kenscoff. It and primary and secondary schools. has residential cottages, a chapel, farm, There are homes and a vocational and primary school (grades K-8). There high school in Cuernavaca, and a is a pediatric hospital, plus rehabilitation home in Matamoros. centers, homes and schools in Tabarre. Guatemala Dominican Republic Opened: 1996 Opened: 2003 Number of children: 274 • Number of children: 233 Total supported population: 416 Total supported population: 344 Features: 25 acres of land, farm, • Features: 50 acres of land, family-style homes, school (grades K-9), vocational •• homes, school (grades 1-11) and gardens. workshops and clinic • • • Honduras • El SalvadorP Opened: 1985 Opened: 1999 Number of children: 560 Number of children: 269 Total supported population: 811 Total supported population: 329 Features: Preschool through secondary Features: School (grades K-9), vocational workshops, school, vocational workshops, farm, clinic, farm and a waste water treatment plant special homes for disabled children and elderly adults, and a surgery center. NicaraguaP Bolivia Opened: 1994 • Number of children: 154 Opened: 2005 Total supported population: 340 Number of children: 124 Features: Small group homes, farms, greenhouse, • Features: Dining hall, family-style primary school, and vocational workshops homes, primary school, garden and clinic Peru Opened: 2004 Number of children: 105 Total supported population: 108 Features: 37 acres of land, family-style homes with solar water heaters, water treatment system, playground, clinic, and therapy center P National Director was raised at an NPH home. Total supported population reflects external children who attend our schools or receive other support services and youths who left the homes and receive ongoing services. NPH El Salvador / Hunter Johnson GET CLOSER with NPH USA • nphusa.org 4 From the National Board Chair Dear Supporters, • Many new donors and child sponsors have joined, and NPH USA is the United States fundraising arm of • New members with a passion for the mission Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH). Your have joined the board. generous support of our organization is changing the lives of approximately 3,400 severely This bodes well for a future in which we can disadvantaged children living in NPH homes in provide significantly more support for NPH and nine countries of Latin America and the break the cycle of poverty for an increasing Caribbean. Many thousands more are helped number of children. Details of the above will be through NPH medical facilities and other outreach found elsewhere in this report. programs. The children, or pequeños, are not available for adoption. Instead, each of the NPH The end of 2015 marks the completion of my homes constitutes a supportive family where the term as Chairman of the board. It has been a pequeños are given unconditional love, care, and tremendous privilege to work with our CEO, education and are taught a sense of responsibility other board members, the dedicated staff and just as you would do for your own children. Many our donor community in furthering the work of of them have gone on to become engineers, NPH. Nestor Jaramillo will now assume the doctors and other professionals. All are given the chairmanship and I am confident he will enjoy skills they need to provide for and raise healthy your support in carrying on, and expanding, the families of their own. work of this organization. At NPH USA this past year: Please accept my sincere gratitude on behalf of the pequeños for your support. • General funds sent to NPH have increased by more than 10%, Warmest Regards, • We have committed to send even more funds in 2016, • A strategic plan designed to raise an ever M. Charles Swope increasing amount for NPH has been Chair, National Board of Directors adopted, NPH USA Above: NPH Nicaragua / Hunter Johnson GET CLOSER with NPH USA • nphusa.org 5 2015 Treasurer’s Report Due to the amazing generosity of our donors, NPH USA has once again recorded another successful year and provided almost $11 million in cash and medical supplies to NPH International. During the previous five years, your donations to NPH USA have increased an average of 14% per year – resulting in $3.5 million more of annual support to NPH International and the children that they serve. The organization continually generates a healthy program ratio and 2015 was no different as our 75% puts us in excellent standing with the major U.S. fundraising rating agencies. During 2015, NPH USA provided $10.9 million of support to NPH International, comprised of $9.2 million of cash and $1.7 million of materials (primarily medical in nature). In 2015, we achieved an operating surplus of $0.5 million, even after increasing our support to NPHI from the preceding year. This surplus stemmed primarily from our growth in unrestricted revenue and helped to drive an increase in our cash reserve to $3.3 million. In light of our strong record of growth and healthy cash position, NPH USA’s board committed to increase the level of support that it provides to NPHI in 2016 by $750,000. Once again, this could not be accomplished without the amazing dedication of you, our donors. NPH USA is committed to maintaining a healthy financial position and balance sheet. We continue to closely monitor our financial performance and with the help of the NPH USA Board and Finance Committee will take actions to ensure that we will always be there for the children of NPH.
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