Over the past few years, American Forests, with support from its Board of Directors, has deepened its commitment to its mission by reorganizing and realigning departments, hiring highly qualified people, upgrading technology and resources and ensuring proper funding and expertise are available for its programmatic work. The numbers behind this story are summarized in our annual financial reports, of which the last 10 are listed below.
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For more information on the importance of nonprofits investing in infrastructure and overhead to improve programmatic impact, please read this open letter from the heads of GuideStar, Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance. The letter details how “organizations that build robust infrastructure — which includes sturdy information technology systems, financial systems, skills training, fundraising processes and other essential overhead — are more likely to succeed than those that do not.”