What percentage of each donation goes directly to the purchase of animals when donating to Heifer International?
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I found a website that said Heifer Internation puts forth "seventy-five percent of expenses going toward programmatic operations". However, that's a pretty broad term (programmatic operations) and, sadly, doesn't exactly say how much they spend on animals themselves.
I look forward to seeing if you get any other answers, because I'd love to know what other people find out!
Best,
Corey Mac
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According to Charity Watch (http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html ) Heifer Project International gets an A- as a charity, among other reasons because it is open about its operations and has shared a great deal of information with Charity Watch. You can see CW's criteria at http://www.charitywatch.org/criteria.html .
Charity Navigator gives Heifer Project a score of 55.25 and 3 stars out of 4 (see http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3809 ). According to CN, 77.5% of funds raised by Heifer International are spent on its program (i.e. buying animals), however, what fraction of that goes to the actual cost of the animals vs. costs for transporting them, having a vet check them, etc. is probably not something anyone outside of the charity would be able to answer. CN quotes the mission statement of Heifer Project as:
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Founded in 1944, Heifer Project International is a humanitarian assistance organization that works to end world hunger and protect the earth. Through livestock, training and passing on the gift, Heifer has helped 8.5 million families in more than 125 countries improve their quality of life and move toward greater self-reliance. Heifer helps build strong communities because each project participant agrees to pass on the gift of animal offspring, training, or skills to another family in need.
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