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12 6th Street NE # 108
Osseo, MN 55369
Principal Staff:
Jim Vanderheyden,
Chair & Founder
Board Chair: Jim Vanderheyden
EIN: 68-0611130
Phone: (763)493-9107
Fax: (763)493-9107
Main E-mail: charity@tanzanialifeproject.org
Website: www.tanzanialifeproject.org
IRS Code: 501(c)(3)
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MISSION
To assist the poor rural communities of Tanzania, Africa, with life's basic necessities - to become healthier, better educated, and more self sustaining. Our ultimate objective is to become an umbrella organization, which analyzes the basic needs of a community, and then, through this and other cooperating service agencies, lays out and carries out a plan for improvement in that community, to improve health, growth, and survival.
990 SNAPSHOT (2007-2009)
Programs and Expenses (2009)Dodoma Area Projects: $108,207.00HIV/AIDS Program : $0.00Local NGO in Tanzania : $12,248.00 | | | | 3-Year Average Charity Expenses | % of total expenses | | Program Services: | $120,271 | 96.8%
| | Management: | $1,805 | 1.5%
| | Fundraising: | $2,154 | 1.7%
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| | Accountability Review Results:
Date of final report:
03/11/2008
Updated: 2/15/2010 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
GOVERNANCE
FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
FUNDRAISING
Our Board of Directors resolved to uphold and maintain the Council's Accountability Standards. 2/5/2010 | |
CHARITY RESPONSE TO REVIEW:
We are extremely grateful for the Charities Review Council action to recognize the Tanzania Life Project, as one that meets all of its rigorous accountability standards. We are committed to continue to meet these standards in the future as well as we have in the past.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask by phone or email as noted above.
We gladly furnish the following clarification as to what we do specifically:
We help Tanzanian villagers do the following to address crucial basic needs:
- Implement wells and distribution systems for palatable water(most villagers have to get water from muddy ponds, or shallow surface pits that are snake infested - RISKS TO HEALTH)
- Run electrical lines to the village to support education, healthcare and simple business
- Support development of small businesses to generate income
- Promote Women’s Rights education to change cultural norms preventing social growth
- Team with Abbott Labs to treat HIV/AIDS victims and orphans of victims | | | NON-CASH DONATIONS
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Type of Goods Accepted:
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CHARITY DETAILS
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Number of FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):
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Number of Volunteers:
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Number of clients served in the last fiscal year:
| 12000 |
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