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Why are we focusing so much on Ethiopia and hunger?
 
I can’t forget the images of the famine in Ethiopia I saw as a young girl in the 1980s.
 
I also can’t forget my travels across Ethiopia when I was a Consultant for World Vision International and the poverty and need I saw that rarely gets any mainstream news coverage.
 
Conflict and climate change continue to impact the lives of innocent children – and I can’t look away.
 
With our amazing partner ASDEPO – who have the expertise on the ground – we can make a difference to children in need through rations of food and essential supplies that keep children out of dangerously low body weight.

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The average nonprofit in the United States take between 15% to 40% of donations for administrative expenses. In some cases, much more is spent on salaries, fundraising and other costs. Since Baal Dan was founded in 2006, our admin costs have been consistently less than 2.5% and in 2024 we only spent 1.1% on administrative costs. How is that possible? 

We keep our costs low by focusing on 3 things:
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1. We leverage volunteers, programs and partners as much as possible to ensure that admin costs are kept to a minimum.

2. We focus on maintaining a lean and agile operating model - prioritizing impact for the children and partners we fund.

3. We subsidize costs where possible and keep a watchful eye on expenses and tracking. 

Our model has ensured that we have kept costs low and while we are a relatively small nonprofit - we have focused on having as much direct and efficient impact for children in need as possible - sometimes at the expense of scale - but never at the expense of the children.

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Do you know what a bio-gas unit is?
 
This diagram illustrates the sustainability and impact of installing this kind of unit at orphanages.

Tanya Pinto spoke at the IIEX conference last week in Washington DC about “Harnessing the power of empathy for real-world impact” with aytm.
 
During the conference, the amazing John Zarrella from Research Results and Rob Kaiser at PSB decided to start a matching fund to help raise funds for Baal Dan!
 
In less than 3 days, we were able to raise $5,000 to get a match of $5,000 that will enable more than 300 children to have life-saving food through our partnership with ASDEPO!
 
In a year where fundraising has been hard so this was a much-needed injection of funds for our little ones!
 
Thank you to everyone who donated and helped us meet our deadline!
 
Thank you to Research Results and PSB for your generous match!

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I'm so excited to be featured on aytm's #thecuriositycurrent podcast with Matt Mahan and Stephanie Vance! It was great to be able to share my Baal Dan Charities journey and have a thoughtful conversation about research. Please check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/storytelling-service-ai-tanya-pintos-journey/id1795436669?i=1000703587673, or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EB01GaJBEM.
Special thanks to Tiffany Mullin and Molly Strawn-Carreño for their support and big hearts for children too! And special thanks to Wes Hanchar for being such a great thought partner!

Baal Dan donations support orphanages in meaningful ways.
From the provision of daily food to educational support for underprivileged kids, for almost 20 years, Baal Dan has found effective ways to support orphanages needs without creating unhealthy dependencies.
One of our long-time grantee partners is Child Haven International who have six orphanage homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Baal Dan supports grants for things like fruits and vegetables, school supplies and more to ensure the children are thriving.
​This year we also provided a grant for playground equipment - because play is essential for child development, motor skills and socialization.

Baal Dan supports Child Haven with a playground

If this is your first time visiting our website, welcome!
We are a US-based 501c3 public charity that was founded in 2006.
Our mission is to help impoverished and vulnerable children around the world with essential supplies, food and education support.
For almost 20 years we have been quietly making an impact and we are proud to have helped over 14,000 children in 14 countries.
​Here is a little video we made a couple of years ago to celebrate our impact and thank our amazing community of donors and supporters! Please join our email list and follow us on social media for more updates!

Blessings!
​Tanya Pinto  
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Happy 17th Birthday Baal Dan!