Transparency · FY2025
Every dollar, accounted for in public
Trust shouldn't be a feeling — it should be a document. This page is the document: how spending splits, where revenue comes from, and the commitments we hold ourselves to. All financial figures on this page are illustrative — Lifeline Aid Foundation is a fictional organization. On a real site, each number would link to audited statements.
Financial breakdown
- Programs 87% Relief operations, pre-positioned stock, partner grants, cash assistance
- Fundraising 8% Raising the next dollar — appeals, sustainer program, donor care
- Administration 5% Finance, audit, safeguarding, governance — the systems that keep us honest
Three-year trend
| Fiscal year | Programs | Fundraising | Administration |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 84% | 10% | 6% |
| FY2024 | 86% | 9% | 5% |
| FY2025 | 87% | 8% | 5% |
Where revenue came from
FY2025, illustrative.
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Individual giving 58%
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Institutional grants 27%
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Corporate partnerships 9%
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Legacy gifts 6%
Why individual giving matters most: it's the only revenue we can move within hours, without a grant amendment. That flexibility is what "where it's needed most" buys.
On a real site, this section would link to audited financial statements and the annual report. In this sample, the documents are omitted on purpose rather than faked.
Accountability commitments
Six things we hold ourselves to
A situation report for every response
Public, numbered, dated — including the constraints and the things we changed because communities told us to.
Local partners first
64% of FY2025 response funding moved through local organizations (illustrative). Target: 70% by 2028. We publish the number annually either way.
Informed-consent imagery
People appear in our materials as neighbors leading their own recovery — never as objects of pity. Consent is explained in the person's own language, and services never depend on it.
Your data is not a revenue line
We never sell, trade, or rent supporter information. Unsubscribing takes one click and works the first time.
Safeguarding with teeth
An independent whistleblowing channel, mandatory reporting, and a safeguarding contact published on every careers and contact page.
No invented urgency
Real needs, real unit costs, real funding levels. When a need is met, the appeal stops.
Take this list with you
Questions we think you should ask any charity
Including us. If an organization can't answer these plainly, that's an answer too. Ours are on this page and in every situation report.
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What share of spending reaches programs — and is the number audited?
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How much response funding flows through local organizations?
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Can I see a situation report from your last emergency?
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How do people affected complain, and what changed because of a complaint?
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If I designate my gift and the need is met, what happens to the money?
Ways to give
Give to an organization that shows its work
87% to programs, a public sitrep for every response, and an appeal that stops when the need is met. If that's your kind of charity, we'd be glad to have you.