2000
Administration & Budget
Staff
During 2000, Giji Gya of Australia joined GPF as our new Assistant Director. A recent graduate of the University of Melbourne, with a specialty in international relations, Giji is an expert on Security Council matters and a very skilled organizer and administrator. Another addition to our team was James Wong, our new network administrator who kept our computers working smoothly throughout the year and helped us adopt new technologies.
Equipment and Telecom Services
We continued to upgrade our technology capacity during 2000. We purchased a new network server with twice the speed and memory of the previous machine, to boost the capacity of our local area network. We devoted considerable effort to upgrading and maintaining our current stock of computer equipment. We also adopted new programs so as to be able to work most effectively in our high-tech environment. We boosted web-access speed by a factor of ten, while cutting our costs in half, with a new DSL internet-access line.
ECOSOC Accreditation
GPF gained Special Consultative Status – a high level of NGO accreditation at the UN, offering us new rights of participation in official meetings. After a lengthy process of application and scrutiny, the intergovernmental Committee on NGOs of the UN Economic and Social Council recommended our status in January. ECOSOC acted on the final approval later in the spring.
Finances
GPF's income for 2000 increased to $130,000. Nearly all of GPF's budget went directly into program activities, with less than 8% being spent on general administration and fundraising. Over half of the income came from individual donors. The remainder came from foundations, religious institutions and partner organizations.
During the year, we upgraded our financial record-keeping, enabling weekly records of financial transactions and much more effective overall analysis. The new system improved substantially our cash-flow planning and forward budgeting.
Most of our income covered project-related costs in staff salaries, rent, capital equipment and office overheads
In 2000, nearly forty NGO partners contributed to our budget directly, mainly towards the expenses of the NGO Working Group on the Security Council. Five active partners made grants of $5,000 or more. We thank the following for their grants: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Funding Exchange, Heinrich Bí¶ll Foundation, United Methodist Church, Samuel Rubin Foundation, Save the Children UK, and Wallis Trust. Among individual donors, we received a steadily-increasing flow of income from small donations on our web site. We are especially grateful to twenty-two generous individuals who gave gifts of over $1,000. Individual donations rose to substantially higher levels than previously.
The budget for 2001 has been set at $180,000. Expanded resources are essential if GPF is to solidify its important recent gains and expand projects to meet new opportunities.
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Global Policy Forum is supported primarily by contributions from generous individuals who join as members. GPF also receives grants from foundations and partner institutions. GPF is incorporated in the State of New York, registered as a charitable organization and recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the revenue code.
