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Contributions 2,102,676 2,574,547

Interest Earned 55,700 (19,633)

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July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 2015 CONTRIBUTORS

SUMMIT SOCIETY

$40,000-$50,000Anonymous (2)

$30,000-$40,000Tom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth

$10,000-$20,000Frank BabkaB. BhagatSaeed BihiBecky HaakNorm & Pat LinnellDan & Linda MelinSamantha NielsenJim & Amy Wolford

$5,000-$9,999AnonymousVincent & Susan BartonHenry A. BromelkampMary FlynnKim & James HarmsVincent JeffersonPhilip JohnstonK.J. MidthunRichard MurphyPhyllis M. SharpVal & Julie Stokes

KILIMANJARO SOCIETY

$1,000-$4,999Anonymous (4)Haregewoini AbayeOladipo & Mariam AjayiOluade AjayiFrank R. AlloccaCarol & Timothy AllwineKojo & Erin Amoo-GottfriedWirtley & Douglas Anderson via PershingMatilda ArhinLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenAndrew BalsonBradley BaumanAri Bearinger ResnickLinda Bearinger & Michael ResnickJanet BeethamJohn BennettJeff BerwickDouglas BlankeVicki BrammeierRussell & Carolyn Bremner

Louis BrownstoneEric & Elaine BucherTim & Linda BurkettGavin & Sara BurnsJason ButtlesJon & Jean CarlsonSylvia ChiangBill & Sharon ClappRosalie Cleply via Fidelity CharitableRobert D. CrainRachel CraryJohn DiamondCharles & Diane EilersMatthew EubanksLarry & Bola EyinlaEmebet FedakuJohn FisherDavid FletcherJ.L. FrankChristine FranklinAnn & Jeffrey GagenEpherem & Almaz Dekebo GelgeluShannon GoldenStephen & Donna HackleyCarl & Cynthia HammerKatherine HarigMichael Henley & Randi YoderMark HoldenAdam HulbigJohn IngramPrashant JeyaganeshJesse & Helen KalisherRagui KamelWalter KatkovskyBrahma KaturiLinda & Michael KatzMichael KillhamMarilee KistlerGabriele KoecherPatrice Kopistansky & Kevin FlynnDiane KrauseSkip KrawczykJo KrishnamoorthiDonna LarsonHilton Pryce LewisJeanne LittleCatherine & Rudi MartignaccoVivian MasonCatherine MayerLeslye McDade-MorrisonGeorge & Katherine McDonough NachmanBrad & Kay McKimM. Julie McKinleyErin MeyerRobert & Cynthia MinnihanSusan MooreDavid MoretzsohnChristi MurrayJohn C. & Deborah S. NeallEric NewmanHilary Nikolajsen

Vuyisile NkomoLuanne NybergLinda OdumJesse Okie & Mary HarringtonByron & Alis OlsenJoann OttmanJoe & Connie PaiementTom & Betsy PfeiferSteven PfeifferAaron PittPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonSonja Sunny RayMark & Carin ReiherChris RicheyRose RosetreeDaniel J. RozeboomCatherine RyanDavid E. SandelsRobert SandersDavid & Laura SangreeMathias SchmidtAdam ShapiroRobert & Melanie SharpeAri SilverDick SimpsonWilliam P. SimpsonDana SmithDiana Virginia Smith via Fidelity CharitableLinda SmithTsehau TadesseAbaynesh TezeraRobert ThinerJoann ThompsonThomas & Ancella ToldrianB. Carey & Evangeline S. TolleyMatthew TorokRobert Crooks & Sami TuckerColin WilloxDave & Becky WoodKaren WoodGretchen YoungWilliam ZofferSheryl Zohn

MEMBERS

$500-$999Anonymous (3)Mark AbramsonColleen Davenport- Adiyia & Fred AdiyiaGladys AdofoAtare AgbamuAmber AhmadAnthony AlbregtsNebiu AliRon AminzadeMichael Arkosy

Peter & Lucy AscoliElizabeth AshenafeAngelina Ausban & Kevin SmithWin BarnardLynne Dannenhold BarrettBrian BarryKhaishoon BasraiThomas Belich, Jr.Alice Bello via Fidelity CharitableSarah BlundinStephen BoliverJack BriggsMichael Brody-WaiteLarwence BrownStanford BrownCaroline BrownstoneElla BurkaPatrick & Alicia ByrnesRonald CarpenterRonald CarterJoseph CarusoRobert CastleWalailuk ChaiyaratDolly & Charnjit Singh ChughPatricia ClarkKevin Clemens & Loree KalliainenRyan CookMisa CoweeStephen CravenStephen CristofarJulia Cross & Nathan Brennaman via Schwab CharitableMichael DavisStephen DeaneMert DikmenDeborah DubachJill EganPeter EggenbergerGregory EiseleDavid FernstrumJason FerruggiaChristian FilostratJeanne FlemingMichael FrancisVince GaborBrooke GladstoneRichard GluckMargaret GoodmanJamal GreeneJennifer GrimesKaren & Gary GuetzkoKristine HaagensonHermann HabermannAnne HammellJ. Michael & Kathy HaveyDenise HendersonChase HoffmanRichard Hoffman

Kelly HoganChristina HolderReuben HooleyMichael Menzel & Kathryn IversonIvy JacobsonPatrick JenningsLucille JewettPaula G. JohnsonChristopher JonesDiana KabahindaKathleen A. KuszFuat KavakLori & Craig KelleyBarbara KingJan KleinmanStuart KnappmillerKikue KonoPaul KruegerSubramanian KumarJohn LeggCharles LeHew

Judith & Stephen LewisMargaret LiJennifer LiaoRobyn LieseRyan LongAndrew Dowdy & Jeanne MaloneyShawna MartellEugene MattioniStephen MayerJohn McCabeJack McEwanDavid McLaughlinKathryn Mrkonich WilsonMarko & Robann MrkonichAnand NairAnne NewmanKathryn OrmsbeeJamie PateMiranda PaulBruce & Beverly PerryMary Jo PetersonPamela PixleyJeanne M. PlonskiJames Prosser

Wendy ReinerAlfonso & Ellie RivellinoElizabeth RobinsonJeffrey RogersJohn & Susan RosenbergerBradley RoushMichal RoussetLinda D. RoyKathleen RuggWally & Iris RunckL. Daniel & Susan SandagerRoberta SchreiberLynn SchulteDavid SchumacherRichard & Ann SciambiStephen SimkoDavid & Cheryl SmithScott & Carol SokolKavin SomuJohn SperryRoland StaibMary SukupAlexander G. & Marni J. TselosAnsha TulaKenneth ValenteRose VaughanSarah VigodaTimothy Wade & Irene DohertyTiya WakjiraHal Jenks & Minda WardJerry WeldyLarry & Barbara WhiteMichael WierSteven WinokerPenny & Alan WortmanWyalusing ElementaryDee & David YowellDominik ZehnderCheng Zhang

$250-$499Anonymous (2)Paula & Esam AalJinu AbrahamJoylyn AbramsJeffrey AlvisNance AndersIsrael AnifowoseChris BacheNancy BallW.K. BennisEileen BlackettDerek BonnettEdward & Rosemary CaffarellaWilliam CanbyJulie ZimmerTerry CarlsonKim Carmean & Eric ThraenJames CassidyPaul CataldoJeff Chen

Heidi ChichesterJohn & Kathleen ChristophersonBrian ClarkBeverly CollovaHarold & Carolyn CommonsSean ConnellPeter CookKatie Oberle & Eric CoopersteinLynn CornellLiza CozadMark CramerTheresa CrosbyKrista DaggettYoshodeep DasguptaRichard DeuelSeth EggessaBerkan & Marcia EndresChris EngebretsonWilliam EsareyKeith T. FarralLaurence FinnRodney FisherRobert FleisherTammie FollettRon FrankChristopher FuchsViswanathan GajendranJason GallagherUbax GardheerePatrick GarrehyRyan GatesKebede & Sara GobanaKarin GoettschJeff GordyDiane GreenJ. Tyler GriffithShannon GruchotDebra & Mark HallPatricia HamiltonCynthia HannaSamuel HansonJoel & Robin HasslenDon & Joan HawkinsonRebecca & Andrew HegstadCarol HellerPeter HendersonMeredith HilgerJim HinmanDeborah HolbrookSuzanne HowesJames HuCarol HussAdaora IfebighAshley InsleeCathy A. & Larry J. JamesonNick JauchMarnie JohnsonJane S. & Anne G. Scott KalinJeannie Kant & Keith RelyeaCarol KatzCandace Kauffman

Brian KerdolffGeorge & Norine KersteinLarry KitzmanJudith D. KlingsickHoward KurzrokRebecca LewisLaurie LiskinHerb & Corrine LundbergJames MaherFranjo MaracicJohn R. & Dorothy M. MauleEugene McDonoughSandra McHenryDeffo MebratLemma MeletaAntoinette MillerDavid MorenaGary MorseMarybeth NelsonJohn Odling-SmeeEric O’DonleyWayne & Karen OlmstedSarah OlsonRebecca OstertagDonald & Florence OstromShawn & Rebecca OttoMichael OwuCatharine & Philip PaileyMichelle PallasAtul PanditAaron PasAnita PatelElaine PaulEvan PavanJerald PedersonJune PetrieBill & Mary PettitEugene L. PiccoloTerry PorterMary & Jonathan PreusBhaskar PulikalDeborah PurdonScott RaeChris RagalieCarol RaviolaCraig & Charlotte ReineckLucy Rodriguez-HenleyJeff & Debby RogartCecilia RoggeJane RubinMatilda & Robert RuppCorinn SadlerAntonio SamuelsDave SchaferJean SchafferLeslie SchultzDennis SennesethMolly SergentRichard M. & Mary ShapiroGordon ShriverAshutosh Singhal

Laura & Susan SmathersSmedley FamilyJudge Ann Montgomery & Theodore SmetakDonald SpanglerWarren & Marge SpannausSrividya SrinivasanDavid SteinChad SteinglassDan Stevens via Fidelity CharitableBrian StewartJoseph & Pamela StraussJeffrey SturchioPaopimol Suk-LeamJoy & S.D. SundrumGlenn & Jeanine SwansonPeter SwavelyAmy TarnowskiCindy & J. Patrick TenneyMark ThaiyaAdera TsegayeLeon Van SteenKaren ViskochilDiane A. WagarZev WaldmanAshwag WallanJack & Janice WarrenSkyler & Shauna WeaverPreston WhetstoneBarbara WilsonJames Caleb WilsonPaul L. WilsonAlaka WoranaTerry WrobelCharles YoungPriscilla YoungFlavia ZaroRandy Zechman

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$100 provides a classroom set of books

$200 provides an encyclopedia set for a school or community library

$2,000 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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SUMMIT SOCIETY

$180,000-$265,000Sir Emeka Offor Foundation

$150,000-$180,000Merck & Co., Inc.Out of Print

$62,000-$78,000Better World BooksResearch Triangle InstituteThe S.L. Gimbel Fund at The Community Foundation

$31,000-$50,000Aid for Africa*Room To ReadThe Wasily Family FoundationThomson Reuters

$22,000-$29,000Community Defence Law Foundation, NigeriaCourse Hero, Inc.Ghana Book TrustMachakos University College, KenyaNetwork for Good*Rongo University College, Kenya

$10,000-$16,000Anonymous4Zambia-Austrian Partnership for EducationAmerican Endowment FoundationChristian Relief Services Inc.Coast International University, KenyaD.C.F.A.East Africa University, SomaliaEthiopia Knowledge & Technology Transfer Society Foundation to Decrease World SuckGonzaga UniversityKisii University, Kenya

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$5,000-$9,999Adrian M. Jones via Goldman Sachs GivesAgralife Foundation, GhanaChristine & Howard Hellekson Charitable Fund of National Philanthropic TrustDusome FoundationGiveMN*Hand in Hand for LiteracyHelp My Village KidsLove for Ethiopia Inc.Outerwall, Inc.Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramRJ Hutton Charitable Trust via Fidelity CharitableRobins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Charitable FoundationThe Benevity Community Impact Fund of the American Endowment FoundationThe Delegation For Friendship Among WomenThe Olive Tree Foundation, Inc.

KILIMANJARO SOCIETY

$1,000-$4,999Aetna InsuranceAlston & Bird LLPAugsburg CollegeBeder International University, SomaliaBP FoundationBremer BankCarl E. Kessler Family FoundationCarol Rueppel via Renaissance Charitable FoundationCelebration Education FundChurch of the Heavenly Rest, New YorkCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resources, TanzaniaCox Farms Virginia, Inc.Dayton’s Bluff ECFE Advisory CouncilDekebo Yadeto Adult Foster HomeEaster Lutheran Church, Eagan, MNElias Sharing Fund via Fidelity CharitableEpiscopal Church of the Ascension, Stillwater, MNEye-On-HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support OrganizationFidelity Charitable Gift FundFirst Giving*Foundation for the Realization of Economic EmpowermentFourscore Resource Capital

Fredrikson & Byron FoundationFuture For KidsHaughey Family FoundationHeaven’s CharityInFaith Community FoundationInternational Comity for Change in AfricaJ.F. Maddox FoundationKelen Family FoundationKeystone Consulting GroupKgwana Community Centre, KenyaLerner Publishing GroupLoving Hut LLCMartyn Service Company Inc.Medtronic FoundationMembers Give*Microsoft Matching Gifts Program*Midwest Quality Home Care Inc.MKIDAMontgomery CollegeThe Johnson Fund via Fidelity CharitableOguaa Akoto AssociationOliver B. Merlyn FoundationPin Foundation via Fidelity CharitableRazoo Foundation*Read To Grow FoundationRobert & Polly McCrea Family Fund of The Minneapolis FoundationRobert S. Starr FoundationSchwab Charitable Fund*Seelig Family FoundationShepherd of the MountainsSisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Honolulu, HISokol Family Foundation via Morgan Stanley St. George’s Episcopal Church, Maplewood, NJStillman Family FoundationT. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving*The A & K Smircic FundThe Friends of the Saint Paul Public LibraryThe Hyman Levine Family Foundation: L’Dor V’DorThe O’Connell Family Fund via VanguardThe Raynie FoundationThe RefineryThe Rust Family FoundationUnited Tegaru Youth NetworkVoice of the Children, Inc.Youths Friends Association

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$500-$999Bailey Middle School via Rotary Club of West HavenBarnes & NobleBeckman-Matsui Family Foundation via Charles SchwabBentley Family Foundation of The U.S. Charitable Gift TrustCharles M. & Mary L. Hartman Fund of FidelityComfort The Center For AutismCustomInk CampaignsDaggett Family Fund of American Endowment Foundation

Friends of Kenya-WisconsinGirl Scouts of Greater AtlantaHOPEsudburyJohn Deere FoundationJP Morgan Chase & Co.Kannapolis Intermediate SchoolMaynard/Dirksen Fund of Fidelity CharitableMcCullough FarmsMidwest Home Health CareOak Ridge High SchoolPNC EndowmentRAS Realty CorpRevocup Coffee FoundationRobert & Polly McCrea Family Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationRush Creek Elementary S&S CareStarr Elementary SchoolSun Valley Middle SchoolSuttleThe Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts*The Ruwwe Family Fund via Schwab CharitableThe Saint Paul Foundation*The Small ThingsThe Warrington FoundationToad Hall MotorbooksTrendah Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationTruist

$250-$499Bellevue Montessori School, Inc.Causora LLC*Choi-Chiu and King-Wo Lam Family Fund of the Minneapolis FoundationChurch of St. Elizabeth Ann SetonDante Moreira Gilbert Fund via Renaissance CharitableDeane C. & Nancy G. Manolis Fund of Renaissance Charitable FoundationEdison Township Board of EducationExplore MediaETS CaresHatch LTDJustGive.org*Larry Haws Family Fund of the Central Minnesota Community FoundationMary Queen of Angels Catholic SchoolNeustar Matching Gifts ProgramOberlin City School DistrictRenaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.Rural Minnesota Community FoundationSt. Thomas Aquinas Parish SchoolStillwater Lions Club FoundationSummerdale, Inc.Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.The Chris and Barbara Exton Fund of Fidelity CharitableThe Paul T. Berry Revocable Living TrustThe RKR Charitable Fund via Fidelity CharitableUnited Health Group

MAJOR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS

African Development CenterAfro DeliAmara WinesBetter World BooksCapstone PublishersClean Earth BooksCT RecyclingFollett School SolutionsFollett Higher Education GroupGreif, Inc.Hands on AtlantaHartman, Simons, and Wood LLPHey Man ProductionsKalahari FoodsLerner Publishing GroupMerck and CompanyNational GeographicThe Dictionary ProjectThe University Club of St. Paul/ John RuppThomson ReutersTwo Men and a TruckRichard WarthWorld Vision

LEGACY SOCIETY**

Michale Addy & Nancy JohnsonAnonymousLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenFrank BabkaWin BarnardHenry A. BromelkampMichael Henley & Randi YoderRobert KraskeClark & Vonnie LaChapelleMarybeth NelsonCarole PatrikakosPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonTom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth

*Denotes donations from large numbers of donors

**Legacy Society members have included Books For Africa in their estate planning

Due to limits on space in this report, we were unable to list all cash and book donors. BFA apologizes for any errors or unintended omissions. Please contact BFA if your name is misprinted or omitted.

Dear Friends,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for another outstanding year here at BFA. Your generous support in 2015 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 2015:

• We shipped books by the ton (yet again): BFA continues as the world ’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa, shipping over 34 million books to 49 African countries in our 27-year history. This has garnered us another “exceptional” 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 2015 alone, we shipped 2.4 million books, 665 computers and 200 e-readers valued at over $33 million to 21 countries. More than $2.3 million was raised in 2015 to ship these materials to Africa;

• We increased our capacity: BFA is growing! In addition to shipping well over two million books annually, we are securing new donors and partners every day from across the world. We hosted some 13,000 volunteers who helped pack books (we are one of the top volunteer sites in Atlanta, GA). Our booksforafrica.org website hosts over 10,000 visits monthly, and we have over 8,000 Facebook likes. To accommodate the ever-growing demand for books, we have relocated both our Atlanta Warehouse (more than doubling our capacity) and our Minnesota Administrative Offices. This increased capacity will allow for the delivery of more high-quality books to African schools and libraries than ever before, helping make literacy a reality for the more than half a billion children growing up in the shadow of the African book famine;

• We made the right connections: We interacted with numerous members of the African diplomatic corps in 2015 to collaborate on activities. Her Excellency Liberata Mulamula, Ambassador of the Republic of Tanzania to the U.S., hosted BFA’s Summit Society for a reception at the Tanzanian Embassy in Washington, D.C. In May, the Ugandan Ambassador to the U.S., H.E. Oliver Wonekha, delivered a captivating keynote speech at our annual fundraising event. Our warehouses hosted visits from Ambassadors from Kenya, Liberia, and South Africa. Finally, H.E. Mohamed Tawfik, Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S., visited Minnesota for a special presentation on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the world renowned library in Alexandria, Egypt;

• We made (even more of) the right connections!: In addition to cultivating relationships with Ambassadors, we were honored to host 25 young African leaders from President Obama’s Mandela Washington Fellowship program, who attended our annual Kilimanjaro Society Reception. In addition, we held a special warehouse event in Atlanta in honor of Nigerian Philanthropist Sir Emeka Offor to celebrate the shipment of 16 containers of books and computers to Nigeria! This trip also led to an impromptu meeting with President Jimmy Carter, who was in Atlanta to honor Sir Emeka’s work to end River Blindness;

• We discussed the impact of books: A May 2015 World Bank report emphasized the urgent need to get textbooks into the hands of every student in sub-Saharan Africa. This report is part of a growing body of evidence reinforcing the efficiency of putting the right books in the hands of African learners. The report states that, “No other input is likely to be more cost effective than making high-quality learning materials available to all students…” Other studies have reached similar conclusions to the 2015 World Bank report, and we are encouraged and energized by these findings. In an increasingly global world, it is essential that the current generation of African children receive a world-class education, and delivering books to students is a tried and true method to move this vision towards reality. We joined the conversation with a piece entitled “Books Have the Power to Transform Lives,” printed in The Guardian newspaper in London, and a BFA presentation at the famous library in Alexandria, Egypt, as part of the 4th annual International Summit of the Book conference.

In 2015 we strove to take things to a new level in order to end the book famine in Africa. Thanks to your support, the children of Africa will be able to pursue their dreams and lead their continent. 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,

Rosemond Sarpong Owens Patrick J. Plonski, PhDPresident Executive Director

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