Expenses for the year:
Salaries for Babas working with orphans and those working with disabled children: $6,945
Salary for nurse who works at Kula nursing home M-F: $765.51
Salary for nurse who does home visits in area south of Sofia: $137.93
Accountant (Bulgarian government requirement): $1,075.86
Administrator in Bulgaria, does traveling, payroll, etc. $1,103.45.
Food donations for those enrolled in home visits program: $137.93
Travel including mileage, meals and hotel, mostly to northern Bulgaria: $1,125.95
Office expenses (phone calls, postage, copies, books, etc.): $791.26
Bank fees to send money to Bulgaria and in Bulgaria, donation tax: $847.39 (includes $419.36 for
2012 donation tax)
Income tax for employees $433.71
Web site maintenance: $37
Translations: $322
Copyright of CPH materials $50
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Total $13,772.99
Donations for the year: $13,111
Notes: No one in the U.S. is paid for any of their work – that is, our pastoral director creates many materials for the website, nursing home and home visit programs, Sunday School materials for children, etc. plus advising, speaking. The director, volunteers approximately 10 hours a week on correspondence with various organizations, writing reports, writing articles for the web and various journals, health-related materials, giving talks, fund raising, creating promotional materials, acquiring copyright on materials for translations, acquiring materials for translation and dubbing, gathering shipment materials as needed. Our accountant in the U.S., is paid nothing for doing the accounting, transferring funds, corresponding with donors, etc.
Salaries were relatively low this year because much of the staff was laid off for part of the year due to a lack of donations. These picked up the end of 2013 so the staff returned to work when the funding increased.
Finances for Bulgaria 2012 versus 2013
In 2012 we spent $150 on bank fund transfers (there is a charge for doing this and the donation is taxed by the Bulgarian government). $350 was spent on translations done in the U.S. The balance ($8,000) was spent in Bulgaria, primarily for staff at the orphanage where the Babas work, those caring for the elderly, the administrator in Bulgaria ($100/month), food, vaccines, and travel expenses for periodic visits by the administrator to Vidin orphanage, etc.
In 2013, there were again bank fund transfers and some translation work, but again, most of our expenses went to Bulgarian staff salaries.
In 2012, for donations, $2,000 came from Lutheran churches but $11,000 from private donors. That trend continued in 2013 and again this year.
The Americans running Helping Hands have never been paid for any of their services and labor for the organization.
Expenses for the year:
Salaries for Babas working with orphans: $3,425 and those working with disabled children $1,645. Total $5,070
Salary for nurse who works at Kula nursing home M-F: $2,283
Salary for nurse who does home visits in area south of Sofia: $1,596
Accountant (Bulgarian government requirement): $891
Administrator in Bulgaria, does traveling, payroll, etc. $914
Food donations for nursing home, disabled kid’s families, and those enrolled in home visits program: $2,853
Travel including mileage, meals and hotel, mostly to northern Bulgaria: $251
Office expenses (phone calls, postage, copies, books, etc.): $530
Bank fees to send money to Bulgaria and in Bulgaria, donation tax and income tax for staff: $2,019
Web site maintenance and assistance: $290
Translations: $1,228
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Total $17,925
Donations for the year: $21,352