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Organization: Half the Sky Foundation

Based in: United States,   US EIN #: 95-4714047

Quick Facts

Half the Sky was created in order to enrich the lives and enhance the prospects for orphaned children in China. We establish and operate infant nurture and preschool programs, provide personalized learning for older children and offer loving permanent family care, medical care and guidance for children with disabilities. It is our goal to ensure that every orphaned child has a caring adult in her life and a chance at a bright future.

Focus Areas: Children, Education
Countries Served: China

Background

Date Founded: 1998
Number of Staff: 800

Description of Services:
For babies, Half the Sky trains and supervises caring nannies, who provide the stimulation, bonding and affection that are essential to a healthy start...For young children, HTS trains and supervises preschool teachers to provide an innovative curriculum designed to give young children the self-confidence, basic skills, and love of learning that will help them to successfully move on to primary school...For children whose medical and developmental challenges preclude them from finding adoptive families, HTS provides permanent , loving foster care...For older children, HTS provides individualized learning opportunities tailored to their interests, talents, and aspirations.
History:
Half the Sky Foundation was created in 1998 by a small group of parents who had adopted from China who had limited resources and the huge dream of providing one-on-one, nurturing care to every children living in a Chinese institution. In the last decade, thanks to more than 20,000 generous grassroots, corporate, and foundation supporters and its effective programs, Half the Sky is now a global NGO with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Berkeley, California.
Accomplishments & Progress:
Thanks to an extraordinary partnership with China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, Half the Sky is now taking part in the Blue Sky Program, a government initiative to dramatically upgrade care for orphaned children. Bringing "Blue Skies" to tens of thousands more children is a monumental and exciting challenge. After a decade of providing nurturing care to thousands of institutionalized children, Half the Sky now has the opportunity to come so much closer to its goal of providing one-one, nurturing care to every institutionalized child in China.

Quality Check

1 Foundation Affiliation
Foundation Name Year Funded Verification Status
Ford Foundation 2005 Verified
Financial Information   Verified
Year 2009 2008 2007
Total Revenue: $6,201,141 $6,360,874 $3,188,946
Expenses:      
        Program Services Expenses: $5,463,763
(86% of total)
$5,225,797
(87% of total)
$2,686,005
(87% of total)
        Management & General Expenses: $374,636
(6% of total)
$321,433
(5% of total)
$239,953
(8% of total)
        Fundraising Expenses: $539,348
(8% of total)
$481,308
(8% of total)
$179,006
(6% of total)
        Total Expenses: $6,377,747 $6,028,538 $3,104,964

Officers & Board

President:
Jenny Bowen
CEO and Founder Phone: 86-10-8532-3043
Development Director:
Patricia King
Chief Communications Officer
Phone: 510-525-3377
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jing Yee
Donor Relations Associate
Phone: 510-525-3377
Board of Directors and Board of Advisors:
Guy Russo, Matt Dalio, Ellen Eliasoph, Tim Huxley, Dana Johnson, Peter Lighte, F. Chapman Taylor, Stephen Chipman, Jenny Bowen

Contact Information

Address:
715 Hearst Ave., Ste. 200
Berkeley , CA 94710
United States
Phone: 510-525-3377
Fax: 510-525-3611
Web: http://www.halfthesky.org

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Little Sister
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Big Sisters
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