Advance Community

“The form 990 (draft) is given to the internal affairs / finance committee members for review prior to being distributed to the overall board, for their approval. Upon approval by the internal affairs committee members, the form 990 (draft) is given to each board member for review. The overall board members vote at the march board meeting, or the board meeting closest to the date of completion to approve, prior to completion and submittal to the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed prior to each annual board meeting in september, where all members and employees must sign a copy.”

“The governance committee conducts an annual review of the president and ceo. Compensation is approved by the entire board of directors.”

“Esperanca provides viewable copies of our audited financial statements as well as our most recent form 990 on our website. Additionally, we upload these important documents to charity navigator, guidestar, and other website where interested parties/donors may obtain copies.”

“During fy22, we were forced to suspend our medical supply material program due to political circumstances in the primary country that we sent supplies for nearly two decades. We hope to one day resume this important component of our international support program.”

“Esperana (es-pe-ran-sah), the portuguese word for hope, resonates in everything we do. We are more than doctors, donors, volunteers. We are activists, community members, and global citizens. We are connected to our work because we are there, on the ground, letting the people tell us what they need. Of all the work esperana conducts, none is more dramatic than the effect the medical teams (consisting of a minimum of a surgeon, nurse, and anesthesiologist) have on the lives of the families served through our volunteer surgical missions. Due to the poor political climate in some of the countries we serve, we were unable to send all of the scheduled surgical teams from the united states out of safety concerns. Last year we sent only four volunteer surgical teams to ecuador, and peru. They performed 192 surgeries with an in-kind value of 2.41 million. However, through our medical partners in nicaragua we facilitated 35 medical brigade missions where we treated 3,376 patients for an in-kind value of 936,632. Patients were treated for severe burns, cleft palates, injuries & deformities, goiters, hernias, tumors, gall bladders, and a full range of obstetric and gynecological needs. Additionally, critical medical supplies with an in-kind value of 2.67 million were shipped to hospitals and clinics to provide life saving assistance. For more information please visit www.wetransformlives.org”