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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 2, 2009
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dolores Quinn Kitchin
Public Relations
Children International
To page: (816) 942-2000
Mobile: (816) 718-0711 |
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Consumers Digest Lists Children International a Top Charity
Children’s charity uses donations efficiently.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 2, 2009)
Consumers Digest magazine finds Children International, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization, a leading humanitarian relief organization working efficiently.
The magazine lists Children International 22nd among other domestic development/humanitarian relief organizations, having spent 80 percent of our total expenses on programs that provide assistance to helping poor children around the world with medical and educational support.
The magazine researched nearly one thousand charities over a three-month period to discover which charities used their donations most efficiently. The report was based on each charity’s financial reports and other documents submitted by each organization. |
Poor children in Zambia receive medical and educational
support through Children International. |
Children International President and CEO Jim Cook said, “I am proud of Children International’s ability to work efficiently, especially in these challenging economic times. We work very hard to provide poor children with medical care and educational support, and we maximize the power of every dollar with strict accountability.”
Children International received more than $142 million in direct public support from generous contributors, making it possible for the organization to effectively change the lives of hundreds of thousands of poor children and their families around the world.
About Children International:
Established in 1936, Children International is a nonprofit organization with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Children International’s programs benefit more than 325,000 sponsored children and their families in 11 countries around the world including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Zambia, Honduras, India, the Philippines and the United States. For more information about Children International, visit http://www.children.org.
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