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In 2022 World Vision Australia continued its mission to go where the need is greatest to help the world s most vulnerable children. World Vision Australia is part of a global partnership dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice and in the past year celebrated significant progress while acknowledging there is still a long way to go. For more than 70 years, World Vision has positively impacted the lives of more than 200 million children, who have benefited from World Vision s development, emergency relief and advocacy programming, either directly or indirectly. This has been achieved through the collaboration and backing of our supporters and partners. Most of World Vision Australia s funding has been for community programs mainly in Africa and the Asia-Pacific. World Vision s child sponsorship-funded Area Programs address the root causes of poverty in a community, empowering people to help themselves. World Vision works hand in hand with community members to ensure that children have access to clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, education, and protection from abuse and exploitation. And World Vision helps children develop the emotional health and social skills to become leaders in their community and beyond. World Vision Australia also works alongside Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities in programs promoting positive wellbeing for First Nations children, families and communities and has provided humanitarian aid and assistance in response to people affected by crisis in places such as Ukraine, Turkiye & Syria.
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Name: Child and Community Sponsorship
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/sponsor-a-child
Classification: Community development (Community development )
Beneficiaries:- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Overseas communities or charities
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Australian First Nations Program
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/global-issues/work-we-do/supporting-indigenous-australia
Classification: Community development (Community development )
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Climate Action and Resilience
Classification: Climate change (Environment > Climate change)
Beneficiaries:- Overseas communities or charities
Name: Water Access, Sanitation, and Hygiene
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/global-issues/work-we-do/water-sanitation
Classification: Public health (Health > Public health )
Beneficiaries:- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Overseas communities or charities
- People with disabilities
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/global-issues/world-emergencies
Classification: Disasters and emergency management (Public safety > Disasters and emergency management)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Overseas communities or charities
- Victims of disasters
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Health and Nutrition
Classification: Health (Health)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Females
- Overseas communities or charities
- People with disabilities
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Agriculture and Food Security
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/
Classification: Food security (Agriculture, fisheries and forestry > Food security )
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Females
- Overseas communities or charities
- People with disabilities
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Education and Child Protection
URL: https://www.worldvision.com.au/donate/help-children/education
Classification: Education (Education)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Economic Empowerment
Classification: Economic development (Economic development)
Beneficiaries:- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Females
- Overseas communities or charities
- People with disabilities
- Youth - 15 to under 25
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First off, this graph gives a general indication of how big the charity is - charities range in size from tiny (budgets of less than $100,000) to enormous (budgets more than $100 million). You're also looking for variability - if the charity's revenue and expenses are jumping up and down from year to year, make sure there's a good reason for it.
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want revenue to be slightly above expenses. If expenses is reliably above revenue, the charity is losing money. If revenue is much larger than expenses, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
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If a charity receives more money than it spends, that's a surplus (in business, it would be called profit). If it spends more than it receives, that's a deficit. This chart shows surpluses and deficits for the charity over the last few years.
What should I be looking for?
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want a charity to make a small surplus on average. A deficit means that charity lost money that year, which may indicate poor financial management or just a series of bad circumstances. If the charity always has a huge surplus, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
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Donations are an important source of revenue for some charities. Others rely more heavily on government funding, or on revenue from other sources. This is an indication of how much they need donors to accomplish their mission. Note that there is no 'good' or 'bad' amount of donations for a charity to have. It might be interesting to look at values over time - are they going up or down? A charity that gets less donations every year may be in trouble.
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Assets are things that the charity owns that are worth something. This could be anything from a car to investments. Similarly, liabilities are debts or obligations that the charity owes to someone else, like a loan or an agreement to pay for something.
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Firstly, in general a charity should have more assets than liabilities. If it doesn't, it implies that the charity might not be able to pay its debts, and you should look very closely at the charity's annual and financial reports to make sure they are taking steps to remedy this. Current assets should generally be above current liabilities - that means the charity can easily pay off the debts that are coming due soon. Beyond that, look for a large stockpile of assets. While a charity should have enough assets to keep it afloat in hard times (a 'buffer') if that stockpile gets too large the charity could be using that money more effectively. As always, if you have concerns check the annual and financial reports.
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