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Literacy :A Gift of Hope

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How To Help Support Books For Africa

cash GiftsYour cash, check, or credit card gift to Books For Africa can be desig-nated 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 GiftsCheck with your employer about matching gifts. Many companies match employee donations dollar for dollar to the charity of the employee’s choice.

Wills and other planned GiftsBooks 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.

Gifts of Appreciated stockBooks For Africa and you can benefit from gifts of stock (provided you have held the stock for 18 months or longer). You can eliminate capital gains taxes, avoid income tax on the gifted stock, and receive tax deductions for the full value of the stock.

speakers BureauIf your employer, club, or group would like to learn more about Books For Africa’s mission and work, please call 651-602-9844 or visit www.booksforafrica.org.

Volunteer opportunitiesBooks For Africa relies on volunteers to help sort and pack books, plan special events, produce publications, raise funds, and speak to groups. Put your special skills to work!

$75 provides a new atlas or 200 student dictionaries$210 purchases and sends a new encyclopedia set to a school or library$2,500 provides enough books for five rural schools$9,800 supplies a full sea container of 22,000 books—enough for 20 schools

Books For Africa Financial Information

Statement of Financial Position 2008 2009ASSETS Current Assets 961,059 741,364 Book Inventory 9,082,095 3,274,145 Net Property and Equipment 54,601 45,724 TOTAL ASSETS 10,097,755 4,078,366

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities 17,196 19,345

NET ASSETS Unrestricted 543,808 473,079 Temporarily Restricted 9,536,751 3,585,942 TOTAL NET ASSETS 10,080,559 4,059,021

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 10,097,755 4,078,366

Statement of Activity 2008 2009SUPPORT AND REVENUES Contributions 1,806,353 1,825,935 Interest Earned 1,516 4,912 Books Contributed 20,269,072 18,312,001

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUES 22,076,941 20,133,023

EXPENDITURES Program Operating Expenses – Overseas 21,714,062 25,855,752 General and Administrative Expenses 88,833 140,628 Fundraising Expenses 148,882 158,181 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 21,951,777 26,154,561

CHANGE IN NET MONETARY ASSETS 125,164 (70,729)CHANGE IN BOOK INVENTORY (5,950,809)

Dear Friends,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our donors, and all supporters of Books For Africa for another outstanding year. 2009 was a challenging year for many nonprofits due to the worldwide recession. However, thanks to the continued generosity of donors and volunteers, we were able to send more books to more countries and continue to work towards our goal of providing books to all children throughout Africa. In 2009, we shipped 176 container units of books to Africa. This represents approxi-mately 1.8 million text and library books valued at over $21 million shipped to 31 African countries. $1.7 million was raised to ship these books. Thank you, everyone, for your help in sending more books to the children of Africa where they are so needed by people who want to learn and improve their lives and their countries.

Books For Africa is also proud to report that in 2009 the following was achieved:

• BFAretaineditspositionasthelargestshipperofdonatedtextandlibrarybookstotheAfrican continent, shipping over 22 million books to 45 African countries since 1988.

• InApril,BFAwelcomedtoMinnesotaTanzanianAmbassadortotheU.S.OmbeniSefueand LiberianPresidentEllenJohnsonSirleaf,inpartnershipwiththeUniversityofMinnesota.

• InMay,BFAopenedanew20,000-square-footwarehouseinAtlanta,Georgia,dramatically increasing our ability to ship more books to Africa with greater cost-effectiveness and providing an opportunityforBFAtointeractwithpartnersintheSoutheasternpartoftheUnitedStates.

• InOctober,BFAheldspecialliteracyconferenceeventsinpartnershipwiththeUniversityof Minnesota.KeyparticipantsincludedtheU.S.AssistantSecretaryofStateforAfricanAffairs,the TanzanianAmbassadortotheUnitedNations,thePresidentofSomalia,andrepresentativesfrom theWorldBank,SouthAfrica,andtheU.S.HouseofRepresentatives.

• InNovember,BFA-commissionedresearchdocumentingthepositiveimpactsofbookavailability uponstudentliteracyandreadingachievementlevelswaspresentedattheannualAfricanStudies AssociationConferenceinNewOrleans,Louisiana.

It has truly been a great year, with so much achieved for the children of Africa. This is very exciting to us and we are proud to report these milestones to you as Books For Africa continues to strive to end the book famine in Africa. Thanks to your compassion, many children will have the opportunity to improve theirlivesthrougheducationandincreasedopportunity.Thankyouforyoursupport.Nothingcouldhavebeen achieved without the support of you, our faithful donors.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Henley Patrick PlonskiPresident Executive Director

2009 ConTrIBu TorS Steven RubertKristi Rudelius-PalmerJohn RuppCarol SampsonSara SandfordCarolyn SanfordPolly & Bruce SaulSandra SawickiDeborah SchafferDonald & Mary SchillingJoseph & Maureen SchipitsLisa SchrenkSara SchwiebertFaith ScibienskiBarbara Shane & Mike CoxPhyllis & Donald ShawAllen SheltonMartha & Richard ShultsThomas Sibley & Jennifer GalovichEdward & Anne SimonetAndrew Sisson & Karen LevineDonna SmithKaren Sawyer Smith & Ken SmithDale SnyderOlufemi SoladeJohn & Marsha SoucherayLinda Senneseth SpiessClint & Cathy StaleyManfred & Tatiana StanekJanet StanleyStephen & Susan StedmanManning StelzerAndy StillmanC.A. & Mary StuartJim & Leslie StudenskiDale StullMary SukupRonald & Margaret TabarCarol TacinaYinka TaiwoJames TeevensNiko TomlinsonOkechukwu UkagaMarilyn & Ron VandebergThomas VandervoortKaren VaucherFrances Vavrus & Tim LeinbachMary Beth Vogel-FergusonBrad VogtRobert & Mavis VoigtWayne WeinholdScott & Holly WagnerDiane WaldmanJulia WallaceJack & Mary Pat WarnerJack & Janice WarrenUrsula WarthMarsha & Thomas WassermanGerald WeatherallMr. & Mrs. F. T. WeyerhaeuserMolly WickRita WilczekCharleta WilliamsBernard Wiwel & Kaye AbelJennifer WolfSunwolf WolfPenny WortmanAriana WrightGeoffrey YaremaGrayce Belvedere-Young & Daniel YoungDeborah Zavitka

BFA would like to thank the 630 households who donated $5–$99 in fiscal year 2009. We regret that space limitations prevent the full listing of these names. We also thank the 525 donors that provided books to our warehouse.

Herb & Corrine LundbergGerald LutzkerJudy & Patrick MandileDeane & Nancy ManolisRandolph MarcusBeth MaynardWendy & Malcolm McLeanJose MejiaPaul MertzRobert & Cynthia MinnihanMichael MooreJeanne MorledgeMarybeth NelsonWilliam OrthJulie OswaldKaty OswaldDoris PagelkopfJessica PetrosTom PfeiferOwen & Jane PhelpsKeith QuintonFelicia RavelomanantsoaRachel RienscheJohn & Barbara RiskenMatilda & Robert RuppCatherine RyanDave SchaferRaymond & Leola SchreursJossi SchwebelJoe SelvaggioGail ShoreWilliam SimpsonTamara SittsWarren & Marge SpannausThomas & Joan St. MartinTheodore & Norrine ThompsonLeon Van SteenThomas VerdoornSteve WenzelJohn WilsonPaul Wilson

$100-$249AnonymousLoren AlbinChristine AllenEugene AllenLinda AmreinRobert & Jean AppertCharles & Peggy ArnasonFrederick & Catherine AsherKaren AsphaugAlice & Kendall AtkinsonThomas & Judith AubrechtDoris AyresKaren BaerMeshack BalirkBarbara BassettCarolyn BenepeJohn BergrenDouglas BlankeDaniel & Joan BoehnenSusan BorenGregory BorsecnikClay & Aletta BradyMarcus & Merrily BrandtRussell & Carolyn BremnerDonovan CookKathy & Galen BritzJeffrey BromelkampDanielle BronshteynJamie & Melanie BrownJohn BrownRaymond & Diane BurrisKarrol & Bob ButlerBeverly BylCarsten ByrlerKathleen & David CagleJason CardinalJan & Will CarlsonJoan CarlsonRobert & Mary Jane CarlsonGlenna CaseDon CheeleyJoel & Lori CheneyPaul & Diane ChristScott ChristensonKarin CianoAnna ClarkSteven & Elizabeth ClarkeCarol Connolly

Christopher KopkaStephen KotvisJoe & Catherine KowalczykJune Kronholz & Edward G. LanpherAndrzej Kuhl & Hilary Shank-KuhlJohn Kulczycki & Regina BowgierdOtto & Karen KunzThomas LarsonGranville LawrenceCheryl LeeThomas & Ingred LeeMargaret LiMargaret LidstadLaurie LiskenAleda LittlefieldDonald LoegeringDaniel & Corie LoesJulie LongoJuanita & Richard LuisJohn & Virginia LyonPaula & George MackeyMichael & Carol MacknerMargaret MaesKathy & Richard MagnusChristopher MajeskeCraig MalmSteven & Marlene MaloneyGordon MaltbyMary MarsdenBetsy & David MartinKristine MartinVivian MasonBrad MattsonWilliam McDonaldEugene McDonoughPatrick McDonoughElizabeth McGrewMichael McGuireAnn MeierAmde MekonnenMichael Menzel & Kathryn IversonScott & Margaret MenzelKatherine MertenCharles & Anita MettilleSusanna MeyerWin MillerLaurence MilsteinMerle MindaDevora MolitorJackson MollelWalter & Joan MondaleAnn Montgomery & Theodore SmetakJeannie MuirJagan & Geetha NathJulie Nelson GothamJudith NelsonJames NewsomDamaris NgayaDaniel NissenElaine Nyberg ClarkReuel & Mary NygaardKatie Oberle & Eric CoopersteinJohn & Amy O’BrienMark OdegardJohn Odling-SmeeJesse Okie & Mary HarringtonBernerd O’NeilTuong OngBen & Aletta OosthuysenSusan OrtliebAllan & Dru OsterudShawn & Rebecca OttoMichael OwuMarilyn & Tim ParkerElizabeth ParkesCarole PatrikakosPaul B. & Karen H. Van Buren Family FundArthur PaulsonJennifer & Corey PetersonBrent & Victoria Peterson-HillequeZenebech Petros & Tesso DeressaErik PhelpsEugene PiccoloWilliam Piepgras & Ellen N. PiepgrasSuzanne PietschAlisa PoehlerWilliam & Pauline PostenMichele PottsMary & Jonathan PreusPamela ProsserGeetha RahupathyJeanne & W. Thomas RandallCraig & Charlotte ReineckJeannie Kant & Keith RelyeaMary ReynhoutMarjorie RhoadsDorothy RichburgFrank & Gale RobitailleAshley RodmanJolene & Eugene RoehlkepartainDennis & Jenny Rosemark

Katie & Tim ConwayLorne CooperAmy CrawfordMary CroftTheresa CrosbyRockford Chrastil & Jenny FriedmanIngrid & Chris CulpJanet DarnellEdward DaytonBijal DhupeliaBill Lohman & Ann DillonElizabeth DinkelJerry DohertyPaula DyrhaugJane EastwoodSeth EggessaMary & Tom EhrlichmannJean EittreimWilliam EkstrumLinda EngbergPaul EnghSteven EnnesErin EricksonNancy EvoyRichard FeeneyDavid & Sally FiresteinMary Kay FlemingWilliam FoleyTammie FollettBarbara Forster & Larry HendricksonJean FortWarren FoshaugStephanie FraserDonna FredkoveBarbara FreemanNancy FriedrichsRobert FultonAnn & Jeffrey GagenJoseph & Susan GanciJulie GanucheauJohn & Leslie GarnerPamela GarvieRichard & Stefani GerczakJack & Anne GhertyTom GitaaBarbara & Muharrem GokcenJoan GolderGenet Gorems & Temesgen PetrosAlexander & Mariama GrayRandee GreenwaldNoelle GriffinRose GriffithPatricia & Mark GrimesBeth & Neil Groundwater Fund of FidelityGary & Kathleen HadleyAmelework HailuPaul & Mary HannonJanis HansonDale & Amy Harbison Family FundKatherine & Thomas HarigNorman & Rhonda HarringtonNicole HartmanDan & Molly HartnettRobert HarveyKen HaynamJoesph HedayaJosh HeikkilaHenry HeitmanDon HemauerThe Family of Mary HemingerDarwin HendelJim HinmanDarcy HoffmanDeborah HolbrookLea Harpster & Han HoppeJonathan HousumRobert HowChristine & Richard HowardWilliam & Julie HowardFreeman & Jacqueline HrabowskiAino HusenSally HwangRobert & Frances JacksonRoger & Cindy JahnkeRobert JaspersenPaul & Ruth JeffriesDavid JervisSharon JohnsBruce & Peggy JohnsonMarnie JohnsonChristopher JohnstoneWilliam JordanPatricia KaneAbebe KebedeStephen KelleyMarla KennedyJoshua KiiluThomas KlasKim KlawiterCarol Klee & Luis Ramos-GarciaEdgar & Rosemary KleyAlan & Ann Koehler

$500-$999John & Helen AckermanFrank AlloccaKojo & Erin Amoo- GottfriedTed & Ruth ArnesonMarge BearingerGavin & Sara BurnsPatrick & Alicia ByrnesFrancis & Margaret CraneJoan DuddingstonMargaret EmmonsMarti EricksonMike EssienChristian & Juana GoergenKristin GuehlstorfRobin Preble & Daniel HedlundXavier HelgesenDavid & Mildred KennedyJudith KlingsickFiona McCrae & John CoyDeb McDonaldKent MerkeyPhyllis MoenJames MolineRobert MuskeBruce & Beverly PerryJeanne PlonskiPaul SackL. Daniel & Susan SandagerMark & Deborah SchwiebertCatherine SeveroDavid & Cheryl SmithScott & Carol SokolJames ChallancinCallie SundarumPaul Vautier

$250-$499Sally AlmquistAnonymousKatherine ApplegateMary ArulananthamSandra BabcockGilbert BaldwinBruce & Nina BennettMargaret & Robert BoettcherBen & Katie BramanBenjamin BriggsGennady & Karen BronshteynAnne CarayonJon & Jean CarlsonMark & Hilary CheeleyPaul & Judy ChildKimberly CrunkletonLinda DonaldsonJocelyn RadiferaNorma Jean FalinkLisa FaulKaren Wilson Fontaine & Raymond FontaineGregory FranchiniKaty GaynorMargaret GoodmanDuncan GreatwoodPat & Laura HarrisChristine HelleksonJames & Caroline HoldenMichael Holden & Catharine CraneJoe & Theresa InserraDan & Mary Louise KlasRonald Lee

Organizations

Over $444,000Better World Books

$95,000 Oprah’s Angel Network

$30,000–$50,000Ghana Book TrustOPEC Fund for International DevelopmentVisions in Action

$10,000–$20,000Busitema UniversitymyYearbook.comEthiopia Knowledge & Technology Transfer SocietyGerman Foundation for World PopulationInstitute of Accountancy, TanzaniaKilimanjaro CollegeLife Christian School & AcademyMoneyGramPackard FoundationRobins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Charitable FoundationShirika La ElmuSilkon Community LibraryThe Andrah FoundationU.S. Department of State

$5,000–$9,999All Nations Community Church of Seattle, WAC.H. Robinson FoundationChrist Community Church of St. Charles, ILGreater Ghimbi Development AssociationIndiana University FoundationInternational Foundation for Education & Self-HelpKenya Institute of ManagementKosmos EnergyLuton Book TrustMargaret Rivers FundNorthwestern Ohio Synod-ELCAOpportunity InternationalPoverty Eradication Network TrustRoyal School & OrphanageSouthern Gas ConstructorCarol Sharer Philanthropy Fund of Goldman SachsThomson ReutersWest, a part of Thomson ReutersVanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$2,500–$4,999African Student Association of the University of MarylandCompassionate Solutions for Africa’s DevelopmentEducational Oportunities for SomalilandLerner FoundationMissionary ExpeditersNasshaNetwork for GoodPatrick & Anna M. Cudahy FundSchools For SaloneKenya School ProjectTrinity UCC- Africa MinistryTurning Point Christian Center

Individuals$48,000-$72,000Aid for Africa**Tom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth

$10,000-$20,000AnonymousHenry BromelkampDee Gaeddert & James DorseyRobert & Shanna MarxJohn Ajabu MerinyoLes & Pat MontgomoeryJonathan StarrVal & Julie Stokes

$5,000-$9,999AnonymousFrank BabkaCaroline ChemositG. Wilson

$2,500-$4,999AnonymousChris & Mary Anne FomunyohMark & Barbara LyonsZinab Jebel

$1,000-$2,499Ron AminzadeNance & Mike AndersLane Ayres & Marion McNurlenVincent & Susan BartonBarbara BenciniKjell Bergh & Borton OverseasKaren & Bob BorreThomas & Deborah BrooksTim & Linda BurkettAugustus & Sharon ClappMark DaytonGena DoyscherKevin EricksonVince GaborRichelle & Nathan HainesKen & Karen HannahThane & Blanche HawkinsMichael Henley & Randi YoderDon & Joan HawkinsonMarna & John HolmanThe Khalfan FamilyAlexandra KlasLouise KlasRonn KrepsWon LeeJohn Frey & Jane LetourneauTiffany LyonCatherine & Rudi MartignaccoCatherine MayerRobert & Polly McCreaDavid MeitzJoel MolineRichard MurphyNancy TraversyLuanne NybergByron & Alis OlsenEunice & Edward OrdmanAnn Lowry & John OvertonPam Pappas StanochPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonJeffrey & Suzanne PopeBarb RyanDavid SandelsLaurie Schmidt & Jeffrey CominsDennis & Barbara SennesethPhyllis SharpAsratie Teferra & Askale HiferawAlan & Janice SickbertThomas & Ancella ToldrianCatherine TuckerScott & Jen TuckerMark & Anne VeldmanDee Wagner & Stephen CoulterMichael & Donna WallacePaul Wesiah

this list is current as of June 30, 2009. every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. if your name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, pleaseaccept our apologies andcontact our office at651-602-9844.

** Denotes donations from large numbers of individuals

$1,000–$2,499Southwestern College, Kansas- African history classAlice M. O’Brien FoundationAmerican Bar AssociationBremer InvestmentsCarlson Hotels WorldwideDAIDana Smith & Linda Bolden Smith Living TrustU.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella Protestant Chapel of SicilyFredrikson & Byron FoundationGray Plant Mooty FoundationHidden Springs Charter School of Garden City, IDKelen Family FoundationKopp Family FoundationLenfestey Family FoundationMercyCorpsMill Park ElementaryMKIDAMusab Aid OrganizationNew York UniversityOur Reading Spaces FoundationPreferred Adventures Ltd.Schwegman, Lundberg, & Woessner, P.A.Shaker Family Charitable FoundationThe Culp Family FoundationThe John Cooper SchoolUniversity of Minnesota Office of International ProgramsUniversity of Minnesota LibrariesUS BankVerizon FoundationWEM Foundation

$500–999Africa Transportation & Logistics Co.Braun IntertecBremer BankChristensen Law Office PLLCEthiopian Books For Children and Educational FoundationFreddie Mac FoundationHealing Hands FoundationIndiana University School of LawLindquist & VennumMinnesota Chapter Federal Bar AssociationMshale Communications Raymond H. & Florence L. Sponberg FoundationSmart Legal AssistanceSouhegan High SchoolSt. John’s Episcopal Church of Minneapolis, MN

$200–$499Big Screen SoftwareCarol & Judson Bemis Jr. Fund of the Minneapolis FoundationCentral Ohio Returned PCVsCharles & Mary Hartman Fund of FidelityCommunity Shares of MinnesotaCorn Products InternationalEverywunFamily of Christ Lutheran Church of Chanhassen, MNInterContinental Hotels GroupKumagai Family Fund of the Minneapolis FoundationLauralton HallMahatma GroupMaplewood North Lions ClubMinestry of Justice, Rwanda

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Major In-Kind ContributorsBetter World BooksDictionary ProjectEncyclopaedia BritannicaFaegre & Benson LLPFollett Educational ServicesGoodwill/Easter Seals of MinnesotaHands On AtlantaHey Man ProductionsInternational Book BankLerner PublicationsMercy CorpsMT Global WinesPreferred Adventures Ltd.Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLPRS Eden-Ramsey County Sentence to ServeTextbook WarehouseThe University Club of Saint PaulThrift BooksWeekly ReaderWorld Vision

Legacy Society*Michael Addy & Nancy JohnsonHenry BromelkampMichael Henley & Randi YoderClark & Vonnie LaChapelleCarole PatrikakosPatrick Plonski & Judy HawkinsonTom Warth & Zantha LaFon Warth

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