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How your donations are spent

Oxfam America is rated highly by a number of leading independent charity evaluators, including the American Institute of Philanthropy. In 2009 Oxfam received its fourth annual four-star rating from the nation's largest charity evaluator: Charity Navigator. This places Oxfam among 11 percent of charitable organizations nationally.

In 2008, Oxfam America again received the Better Business Bureau's highest rating for charitable organizations by meeting all 20 of its "Standards for Charity Accountability."

For complete financial data for 2008, download our 2008 Annual Report.

How your donations are spent

 

 

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How donations are spent

$20Buys enough maize to feed a family of four in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia for six months.

$30 Buys books to help 10 girls in Afghanistan learn to read and write.

$50 Grows substantially more crops in a region of scarce resources, harsh terrain, and prevalent malnutrition in Peru.

$100 Provides a young student living in poverty in Mali with the vocational training and financial support necessary to start her own weaving business.

$200 Provides disaster preparedness training and technical support to two families in El Salvador.

$500 Secures a small loan for five rural women in Cambodia to start their own fish farms.

$700 Helps to rebuild a house destroyed by earthquake in El Salvador.

$1,000 Brings potable water to 22 families in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia.

$2,000 Provides technical assistance and the business skills needed to better market their produce to 45 farmers in the highlands of Guatemala.

Financial documents

Download current financial documents.

Annual reports

Annual Report 2008

Audited financial statements

Tax documents