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El Sauzal Foundation,Inc |
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Foundation board member Kim McManus is also a school teacher.
Foundation secretary Clay Warren, here with his 'adopted' daugther Viviana, is a youth pastor. |
About the El Sauzal Foundation, Inc.
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Foundation president Roy Ketring here with nanny Betty is always looking for ways to help the children and the staff of the Orphanage.
2007 contributions. |
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Friends of the Orphanage
Formed by friends of the Orphanage, the El Sauzal Foundation, Inc. is a charity formed in the
United States for the purpose of supporting the El Sauzal Orphanage. The Orphanage is a Mexican corporation; they are not (and never have been) able to give tax-deductions. Because the Foundation is a 501C-3 organization, donations to it are approved for tax-deduction by the IRS.
The Foundation’s job is to aid the Orphanage financially and encourage them in their work of helping wounded children. As a United States organization, we have the ability to communicate and collect finances more easily than in Mexico. (See How to Give.) Read more:
Our mission is to:
•Inform and connect friends and supporters of El Sauzal, building deeper relationships between the friends and the Orphanage.
•Raise financial support for the Orphanage to eliminate debt and build resources for further needs.
•Support, empower and refresh the Orphanage staff as they love the children.
•Continue to build a safe, healthy and functional environment for the children to grow in.
•Further equip the Orphanage as they raise children to be whole, healthy adults with a purpose and a hope.
Our job is to get your money to the Orphanage. We strive to minimize our overhead. All of the Foundation’s work - financial management and communication (i.e. the newsletter, website, etc.) - is done by volunteers. In 2005, 97% of donations went to Orphanage support; only 3% was used for overhead (bank charges, phone charges, et cetera).
Being good stewards with your gifts is so important to us that we wrote it into our bylaws. We follow the guidelines of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, the ECFA. We are currently too small to be a member of the ECFA, but plan to apply when we qualify. You can know that getting your gifts to the Orphanage is vital to us.
Orphanage director Josue Espinoza requested for several years that friends of the Orphanage consider forming a Foundation; he desired help raising support from the United States. In 2003, Roy Ketring began talking with potential board members. Work began in earnest in mid 2004; by the end of 2004, the Foundation was approved and registered both with the state of California and the I.R.S.
The Foundation is made up of a board of directors and an advisory board, who serve as volunteers, at their own expense. Each member has been intimately involved with the Orphanage for several years, many for more than fifteen years. The members know well the work of the Orphanage and are passionate about helping children and missions.
 The directors include three public school teachers, a college professor, two youth pastor/leaders, a retired railroad designer, and a health care professional. The advisory board includes Orphanage director Josue and assistant director Erika, a lawyer, a contractor and other long-term supporters of the Orphanage. The board meets quarterly.
Foundation President Roy Ketring has been working with the Orphanage for twenty-seven years. He is closely connected to the Espinoza family. Based out of Southern California, Roy has been the United States liaison/contact for Orphanage visitors for many years.
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