About Our Finances
We are proud to have more than 350 grassroots donors, the majority of whom donate between $25 and $500 each year. We have a growing number of monthly and quarterly donors who sustains our work. We are always thankful for the generosity of local individuals, businesses, churches, synagogues, civic clubs, family foundations and local government as investors in our vision. We are also proud to receive funding through the Georgia Advocacy Office, the State of Georgia’s Protection and Advocacy organization.
During the financial downturn, we have focused on trimming our expenses and have held off on our plan to hire an Associate Coordinator who would focus on making new citizen advocacy matches. Because of strong local support, we have raised the money needed to support our budget and have not drawn on our emergency operating reserve.
If our donors continue to support us at current levels, our Board of Directors feels that the time may be right to hire an Associate Coordinator in fiscal year 2011.
Our thanks go to Margaret Cheatham Hubbard, who chaired our FY10 Ways and Means effort and to Margaret Cheatham Hubbard and Bob Paddison, who will chair of FY11 Ways and Means effort. Our Fund Raising team included our Board of Directors, which handled our renewal campaign, and a committee of volunteers who concentrated on raising money from new givers. Thanks to team members Quentin Marlin, Amy Hughes, Ben Oxnard, Jon Pannell, Kristin Russell, Dicky Stone, Tom Hussey, BJ Lowenthal and Sara Jospin.
Our financial records are examined quarterly by our financial adviser of more than 30 years, Michael Skinner of Skinner, Barndollar and Lane and are reviewed each year by David Pelliccione, C.P.A. Our reviewed financial statements are available upon request. We produce a Report to Investors each July detailing program and financial information for our donors.
If you would like to be a part of sustaining Citizen Advocacy in Savannah this year and next, we welcome your support - and we depend on it!