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Organization: Coffee Kids, Inc.

Based in: United States,   US EIN #: 05-0442372 add to cart Request Info
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Quick Facts

Coffee Kids is dedicated to helping coffee-farming families improve the quaity of their lives through economic and program diversification.

Focus Areas: Children, Disaster Relief, Economic Development, Education, Health, Poverty, Gender & Equality, Microfinance
Countries Served: Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Peru

Background

Date Founded: 1988
Number of Staff: 8

Description of Services:
Coffee Kids believes that coffee-farming families and communities hold the answer to their problems. We listen to members of the community describe the challenges they face; we address these challenges by forming partnerships with local non-profit organizations. We fund projects that address problems on a grassroots level while respecting the cultural integrity, intelligence and ingenuity of the people we serve.

The projects we fund include micro-credit and economic diversification, health care, community-based projects and education. Our work is to create sustainable alternatives to coffee that allow farmers and their families to reduce their reliance on this crop and increase economic independence.

History:
Accomplishments & Progress:

Quality Check

Financial Information   Verified
Year 2008
Total Revenue: $1,009,974
Expenses:  
        Program Services Expenses: $745,399
(77% of total)
        Management & General Expenses: $86,972
(9% of total)
        Fundraising Expenses: $139,239
(14% of total)
        Total Expenses: $971,610

Additional Information

Additional Background Information:
Coffee Kids believes that all programs must be community-based and founded on the principles of sustainability. Income from the annual coffee harvest is not enough, fair trade and organic premiums are not enough. Coffee-farming families need additional sources of income that can provide for year-round sustenance. We work in the world of coffee, but not in the commercialization of coffee.
Additional Affiliations:
Specialty Coffee Association of America

Officers & Board

President:
Carolyn Fairman
Executive Director Phone: 505-820-1443
Development Director:
Joseph Apodaca
Development Coordinator
Phone: 505-820-1443
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jose Luis Zarate
International Program Director
Phone: 505-820-1443
Board of Directors and Board of Advisors:
Guy Burdett, President
Elizabeth Whitlow, Vice
President
Rob Stephen, Secretary
Mona Blaber, Treasurer
David Abedon
William Allen
Ellen Bradbury Reid
William Mares
Rick Peyser

Contact Information

Address:
1751 Old Pecos Trail, Suite K
Santa Fe , NM 87505
United States
Phone: 505-820-1443
Fax: 505-820-7565
Web: http://www.coffeekids.org

Photos
Microcredit Participant in Mexico
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Scholarship Recipients in Costa Rica
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Participants in Health Program in Guatemala
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Students in Costa Rica
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Children in Microcredit Program in Mexico
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Participant in adult literacy classes in Guatemala
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