BOARD LEADERSHIP – PERSONAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
In fiscal year 2006, the volunteer Board of Directors and International Advisory Board personally contributed enough to cover a significant part of the fundraising and administrative costs of the organization.
BOARD LEADERSHIP – FUTURE FINANCIAL SECURITY
The Board has created a Board Restricted Investment Fund to ensure the organization’s future financial security. With a goal of obtaining and maintaining two years’ operating expenses, the Fund is intended to balance current and future needs and provide annual support for operations, but not permanently restrict funds that may be required to provide humanitarian assistance.
STRICT BOARD OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNANCE
Direct Relief’s operations are conducted in conformance with an annual operating budget that is vetted and approved by its 35-member Board of Directors, which includes several former and current top executives of leading U.S. and international companies with over 150 collective years in the investment business, three physicians, three Ph.D.s, and three accomplished attorneys.