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Welcome Members of theBoard of TrusteesTable of Contents

Mission, Vision and Strategic Objectives

Members of the Board

Letters

Executive Summary

Funds and Donors

Special Donations

Partners

Education and Scholarships

Capacity Building

Grassroots Groups

Microcredit Loans

Campaign for Homeless Girls

Special Acknowledgements

Audit

List of Volunteers

2008PresidentJosé Galicot Behar

Vice President / SecretaryJacinto Astiazarán Rosas

Vice President / TreasurerMario García Carrasco

Vice President for Legal AffairsAlfredo Álvarez Cárdenas

Vice President for Resource DistributionRodolfo Cruz Piñeiro

Vice President for Public RelationsCristina Hermosillo de Tagle

Vice President for FundraisingJosé M. Larroque de la Cruz

Vice President for Volunteer DevelopmentAlma López Garibay

Vice President for Foreign AffairsYolanda Walther-Meade

AdvisorsDavid Reyes YáñezRaúl Romero ArzamendizMariela Fernández de MaderoLaura Silván NogaimConcepción Valladolid de PérezRosa del Carmen Calles RoldánYolanda S. Walther-Meade

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Mission

To contribute to improve the quality of life in the communities of Baja California, in search of comprehensive community de-velopment.

Vision

To be the benchmark Community Foun-dation, contributing significantly to the social development of the communities of Baja California.

Strategic Objectives

1. To promote the institutional develop-ment of non-profit organizations through financial support, training and technical services.

2. To foster development in impoverished communities through financial support for projects in grassroots organizations.

3. To strengthen the social capital of Baja California, by fund raising and securing financing.

4. To promote greater awareness of the problems of the communities of Baja Cal-ifornia, to prioritize them and to collab-orate in their solution.

5. Increase Foundation outreach and its linkage to the different sectors of soci-ety.

6. Strengthen accountability and trans-parency in the distribution of resources.

7. To establish corporate governance for the Foundation and to develop a man-agement model for good performance.

8. To be self-sufficient as to the operation of the Foundation.

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Letters LettersJosé Galicot

AntonietaBéguerisse

Thank You to Our Volunteers.Farewell.

When we, at the International Community Foundation (FIC), begin a social service project, you can be cer-tain we are trying to respond to specific needs of a certain sector of the population: shelter for orphans, a clinic for low-income people, medicines for terminally ill patients, assistance centers for handicapped indi-viduals, women’s small business projects, community projects, sports for children and youth, rehabilitation centers for people with addictions, projects for the sharing of culture and the arts, etc. To be able to implement such projects, we need ample economic resources: but above all, we need VOLUN-TEER HUMAN RESOURCES, that is, sensitive persons who are willing and able, who are honest, whether or not professionals; we need persons of good will to do-nate their TIME and KNOWLEDGE without expecting a monetary reward, without asking for recognition for their work, who spare no effort. Persons who become our volunteers will nourish the organizations and in-stitutions, assuming responsibilities that beyond the daily tasks of our personal lives. We recognize the enormous value of your contribution, whose only in-terest is to provide services to people who are suffer-ing from poverty and illness. Our volunteers are quiet souls who transform material resources into humane actions, and humane actions into spirituality.

This is how we see our VOLUNTEERS: offering profes-sional services, such as accounting services, medical care, legal advice, psychological services, tutoring, dental services, and ophthalmology. Or, collecting donations and material resources, handling inven-tories, organizing events, distributing fliers, going through red tape, offering food, etc.

Facing the enormous needs of an emerging society of immigrants, who come from all the different parts of the country, looking for work, shelter, dignity and a home, who find opportunities here for a better life, they have voted with their bodies and their presence, because in Tijuana they are better off than in the places whence they have come…

The Tijuana International Community Foundation [FIC] offers an intelligent, orderly, creative and noble answer, an answer that will help to ease their prob-lems by helping them self-develop.

Collaborating with FIC has been a wonderful experi-ence, profoundly educational, full of results, joy, and constant work seeking mechanisms that would guar-antee us the ability to help those who most need it.

My mother always said: “One does not do good out of altruism, but instead through selfishness” because we seek to achieve a better society, with less depriva-tion, which we can pass on to future generations. And this option is, undoubtedly, provided by FIC.

Some years have passed and I feel that a certain stage of my life has passed. Although the responsi-bility to care for others never ends, there does come a time to pass the baton to a new generation. And that will be to Don Mario Garcia, a very capable man, but above all, a generous supporter of philanthropy, who will guide the programs and projects that will surely be reflected in the smiles of the children and youthful recipients of scholarships, of women entre-preneurs, in the community groups, and in rehabilita-tion centers where the hope for a better quality of life prevails.

Without a doubt, we have been supported by a true team of men and women, committed to the common good; individuals who are enthusiastic, creative, pro-active, and dedicated to the most noble causes – to them, to Director Maria Antonieta Beguerisse and to all of those who are part of the FIC Board of Trustees, I want to express my deep gratitude.

To my fellow board members at the Foundation, please accept my respect and recognition of your selfless work. To our benefactors, I extend my affec-tion and admiration. To our advisors, THANK YOU for your friendship and understanding.

Affectionately, your friend,

José Galicot BeharPresident

There are also people who prefer to offer compan-ionship to terminally ill patients, children or sen-iors, to promote activities in low income neighbor-hoods, or visit people who are incarcerated, give training courses, or career or vocational guidance talks, among hundreds more. Your warm presence and your selfless collaboration inject life into orga-nizations and institutions, in addition to reducing the costs related to operations and administration.

For these reasons, we salute you by giving special recognition to all the persons who participate as vol-unteers: for your generosity and affectionate giving to the social causes in all the different organizations, both public and private, urging you to keep going, because your work provides hope for a more humane life in today’s chaotic world.

If you are reading this letter and have, on occasion, thought of supporting us, don’t think about it any more: please join us as a VOLUNTEER at the Foun-dation. We need you! Here at FIC there is much to be done and you can find a place to channel your interests.

Thank you so much for being the light in the night, and the warmth in the winter.

Maria Antonieta BéguerisseExecutive Director


Executive Summary

Fundación Internacionalde la Comunidad, A. C.

Businesse

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$52,548

Government

$13,206Bequests$22,738

Funds$227,730

MexicanFoundations

$288,968

InternationalFoundations$152,358Donors


CapacityBuilding

FIC Baja reports to its donors the social impact and the transparency with which their donations are applied.

ArnaizArmando LópezTabghaKyotoEl RodeoPater FamiliaTelmexQuieraIMJUVJosé y Ángela Calles

Gobierno del Estado de B.C.

$157,516 $7,834 $124,538$218,221CDTFORDArnaizPater FamiliaJosé GalicotÓpera de TijuanaICFGobierno del Edo.ContingenciaFundemexAsoc. CapoeiraNiños del CaminoFondo M.M.M F. TransformarteF. Colegas del GolfIAFF. Niño SanoF. Niños con CáncerF. Dibujando un mañana

PasitosFund. Niños Tij.Proy.SalesianoCasa EudesProm. Bellas ArtesMuseo Int Tij.Hospital Gral.Patron, EsperanzaLa Vereda (ICF)Asoc. Niños Tij.Club Niñ@ (Azteca)

$113,376

Identifies and suggests areas of greatest need.

GrassrootsOrganizations

MicrocreditLoans

Donations

Donation commitments:In 2009 - $292,764In 2010 - $177,270

Total raised $ 867,920

Raised in kind $ 1 10,373

Raised in cash $ 757,547

Total distributed $621,451

Total endowmentin 2008$476,889January to December 2008$87,382

$ 2,307$ 23,818 $ 7,890

$ 34,015 Total

Operational Budget for 2008 Administration

International FoundationsMexican FoundationsPrivate Sector

$84,418$81,311 $ 7,846 $ 1,137

$ 11,278

$185,990

International FoundationsMexican FoundationsPrivate SectorBequestsFunds

Total

Programs

Non-ProfitOrganizations

Businesses GovernmentMexican FoundationsInternational FoundationsBequestsFundsIn Kind Scholarships

$ 52,548$ 13,206$288,968$ 152,358$ 22,738$227,730$ 110,373

$157, 516$ 7,834$ 218,221

$ 113,376$124,538

$ 621,485 $ 34,015$ 185,990

Empresas


Programs

GobiernoFundaciones Nacionales

Grassroots Organizations

Institutional Development

Funds distributed

Fundaciones Internacionales

Microcredit Loans

Administration

HerenciasFondos

Becas en especie

Civil Society Organizations

Donations Received in 2008

Distribution in 2008

Total $ 867,920

$621,485

$841,490*

Total

Total

Total Raised in 2008

Education and ScholarshipsInstitutional DevelopmentGrassroots OrganizationsMicrocredit LoansCivil Society Organizations

Funds distributedAdministrationPrograms

Clarifying Note: Funds distributed in the present year may, in some cases, originate from resources received from the previous fiscal year.

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12%

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6%

33%

18%35%

22%

74%

18%3%

26%

1%

2%

4%


Funds and Donors in 2008

José Galicot BéharHéctor Federico Lutteroth CamouRosa del Carmen Calles RoldánGalaz Yamazaki, Ruíz UrquizaBaja Metal Shredder Jacinto Astiazarán RosasGrupo ArpebuInmobiliaria Grupo Nueva Era (Real Estate)Cultural Center of Tijuana (CECUT)

JOSÉ GALICOT BEHAR

Aceves y GonzálezJesús Armando Herrera MansirEmpacadora RosaritoDIF TijuanaCECUTMunicipal Women’s InstituteLaura Elena Vitela CejaCompañía Comercial de la Baja CA

Vagina Monologues” Production Benefit for the DIF Center Against Domestic Violence in TijuanaOne day conference for “street kids”

MUJERES, MUJERES, MUJERES (Fund for Women)

Exhibit highlighting prominent community leadersSala Anguiano, Museo Interactivo-Tijuana,Comité de Imagen.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

La Vereda de la Vida (Addiction Prevention Program)Center for Family Protection, part of Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF*, acronym in Spanish)

*DIF is the name of the organization suported by the First Ladies of Mexico (federal, state and local levels) and dedicated to supporting children and families.

FUNDACIÓN DEL EMPRESARIADO EN MÉXICO (FUNDEMEX)(Foundation of the Mexican Business Community) FUND

Proyecto Planta Matriz (Incubator Project for the production of Edible Organic Mushrooms)

Pasitos Pre-Escolar (Autism Pre-School).Foundation for the Children of the CaliforniasInternational Community Foundation(FIC)

BAKER & MCKENZIE FUND

Baker & McKenzie, Attorneys at Law

Lee Eduard Humiston

Patronato Esperanza de la Niñez (Board of Trustees of the Hospital facility for children with cancer).Patronato Pro-Hospital Civil (Tijuana General Hospital Board of Trustees).

LEE & LEONA HUMISTON FUND

FUNDS Donors

FUNDS Donors

Beneficiaries Beneficiaries


Jacinto Astiazarán RosasFundación Alumbra Pro Niños Autistas

La Puerta FoundationLaurie Lynn Silván NogaimAnonymous

Instituto de Cultura de Baja California

Luis Humberto Elorza CisnerosJosé Ángel Arreola CruzChristian Cruz Sandoval

Ongoing program for an environmental scholarship.

“Tesoros de Margarita” Events.

FONDO PATER FAMILIA APOYO PARA PADRES MINUSVÁLIDOS (Fund to Support Handicapped Heads of Household)

FONDO BÉCALO

FONDO TESOROS DE MARGARITA

OTHER FUNDS

Castro Limón Foundation FundLa Paz Community FoundationJosé y Ángela Calles FundMuseo del Trompo FundRosarito Fund for Education, Culture and the Arts.Tomás Fernández FundRadio Excelencia XLN1 Fund (radio station)I am Mulegé FundAdriana Mendiolea Fund

Scholarships FundCasa Hogar Niños del Camino (Children’s Shelter) FundContingency FundGalicot Family FundBach Festival of the Californias FundYolanda Walter Meade Fund

Proyecto Ruiseñor

Home ProductosAldila de MexicoSistemas Médicos Nacionales

José Galicot BeharConsejo de Desarrollo Económico de Tijuana(Economic Development Council of Tijuana).

Proyecto Salesiano Tijuana, A.C.Casa Eudes Promoción a la Mujer (YoungWomen’s Shelter).Promotora de las Bellas ArtesCRREAD Casa MatrizÓpera de Tijuana, A.C.Alejandro Yñigo Soto J. Jesús Mondragón Martínez

Surgeries for Senior CitizensPedro Arellano Miramontes.

Movimiento Azteca“Coordination of the Fund for Development of Small Businesses Program”

RAFAEL T. ARNAIZ MEMORIAL FUND

COLEGAS DEL GOLF (Golf Colleagues Fund)

FONDO CDT

Celso Ramírez BocanegraRestaurantera de Baja CaliforniaEdson Souza AraujoCity Government of Playas de Rosarito

Maquinarias y Suministros JAPAMAZDaniel Enrique Camacho MeloOperadora Cantabria S.A. de C.V.Afife Virginia Bárbara HouraneCity Government of TijuanaJosé Fimbres MorenoEduardo Fimbres Camacho

Obras y Desarrollos URBISalomón Cohen AchmiHacienda Agua CalienteInmobiliaria Fedi

II Annual Conference and International Capoeira Meet in Tijuana

Opera en la Calle (Opera in the Streets).

Operación del Proyecto Niño Sano(Operation Healthy Child).

FONDO ASSOCIACION DE CAPOEIRA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO-BRAZIL

TIJUANA OPERA FUND

FONDO TODOS POR LA SALUD DE LA NIÑEZ(Children’s Health Fund)

María Angélica Díaz de León FleuryRamón González NavaToldos de México

Evento Defensores del Arte 2008 (Defenders of Art).Sábados Culturales Transformarte (Cultural Saturday).

FONDO TRANSFORMARTE (Transforming Yourself Fund)

Funds and Donors in 2008

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PartnershipsThese are open, working relationships that have been established with several organizations, where each one gives different and complementary contri-butions, with the common goal of promoting develop-ment and contributing to elevate the quality of life of our community.

Special Donors

Donors Recipients

State Government of Baja California

Constructora SextinInmobiliaria El Águila de Tijuana

María Minerva Acevedo HernándezDesarrollos y Construcciones Baja

Institute for Baja California’s YouthGabriel Hernández Reyes

Compañía Comercial de la Baja California

Fondo Unido

Juguetón TV Azteca (Toy Drive)Alianza Operative Partnership for the Accreditation of Non-profits in the State of Baja California

Terreno Patrimonio FIC

Tijuana Opera Children’s Choir

Movimiento Azteca

Casa Indigenista Príncipe de Paz

Orfanatorio Emmanuel (Orphanage)

Ignacio Eduardo Gómez GómezSynergosInternational Community FoundationLaurie Lynn Silván NogaimJacinto Astiazarán RosasMario González ÁvilaThe San Diego FoundationAlma Nereyda López GaribayÓscar Váldez BeltránFundación del Dr. Simi, A.C.Sandra Mireya Salas CavazosFundación Gigante, A.C.Inter-American FoundationTeresa Guadalupe Gorraez ChávezGalaz Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S.C.

FIC General Operations

Fundación Azteca Asociación para los Niños de TijuanaClub de Niños y Niñas de México

Fundación Dibujando un Mañana Casa Eudes Promoción a la MujerAsociación para los Niños de TijuanaOrfanatorio Emmanuel

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Tabgha Foundation

Border Philanthropy Partnership

Cemefi, Mexican Center for Philanthropy

QUIERA (Foundation of the Association of Mexican Banks

ASER (Social Action Network)

International Community Foundation

Dibujando un Mañana Foundation

COPARMEX Tijuana Programa Emprender


Education & Scholarships This program seeks out partnerships in order to award economic support for Baja California stu-dents from low-income families, who wish to conti-nue their studies.$127,444 in scholarships

The Inamori Foundation Kyoto Laureate Symposium San Diego Foundation

José and Ángela Calles Fund

IMJUV Scholarships Mexican Institute for Youth

Rafael T. Arnaiz Memorial Fund

Gabriel López López Scholarship Fund

Inmobiliaria Lumar Fund

International Rodeo Fund

Doro Ángel Beleche MadrigalMasurania Bello TorresErick Fernando Alejos Tinajero

Raúl Alberto Vega GutiérezDixie Vinizia Tenorio GarcíaIsis Daina López GarcíaJosé Guadalupe Luna SeguraSony Edith Sánchez RománVíctor Jonathan Reyes ZambranoBruno Miguel Ruíz Díaz GaleanoEliana Troncoso

Ma. Guadalupe Sotomayor Betancourt Ana Daysi Ruvalcaba CárdenasRaúl Alberto Vega GutiérrezAldo Luna MartínezCuitlahuac Tonatiuh Hernández HernándezJorge Alberto García MacíasCésar Eduardo López PreciadoKarla Ivonne Gloria ViteRigoberto Santos Carrillo

Esteban Rodríguez Macías

Armando López Sánchez

Paloma Ybarra Reyes

Claudia Liliana Morales Ramos

TELMEX Foundation Scholarships for Careers at Technical Schools

8 scholarships for CBTIS 116 7 scholarships for CBTIS 146 8 scholarships for CBTIS 155 7 scholarships for CBTIS 237 8 scholarships for CETIS 5 8 scholarships for CETIS 15641 scholarships for CECYTEBC10 scholarships for CONALEP

QUIERA Foundation of the Association of Mexican Banks

2 Summer Scholarships

15 scholarships for Emmanuel Orphanage10 scholarships for Cahova 5 scholarships for Association for Children of the Californias 4 scholarships for Cirad

For the Emmanuel OrphanageFor the Association for Children of Tijuana


As representatives of CEMEFI (the Mexican Center for Philanthropy), our Foundation promotes the accredita-tion in Institutionality and Transparency Indicators for non-profit organizations in Baja California.

Capacity Building

Creating a country that offers a better quality of life and opportunities for Mexican citizens requires its or-ganizations to be professional and transparent, which report about its work and the impact of that work, both for donors and recipients, as well as society in gen-eral.

Day by day the caring sector of our country is getting stronger, as much for the growth of donations of time and talent, as for the professionalization and trans-parency of the civil society. To the extent that the culture of transparency grows in the civil society so does the legitimacy, self-regulation, credibility, and trust in its institutions.

Aware of this reality, the Mexican Center for Philan-thropy (CEMEFI) proposed a system of “indicators of institutionality and transparency” as a response to the growing necessity for non-profit organizations to publicly and professionally demonstrate their ef-forts, and to be transparent in the management of resources.

In this sense, the “indicators” respond to society’s growing demand to know which organizations can re-ceive donations of time, talent and money, helping donors in making those decisions. This effort consti-tutes a first step in assuring minimal, desirable levels of institutionality and transparency.

Because we are representatives of CEMEFI, FIC Baja has promoted this accreditation system in Baja Cali-fornia; in 2008 more than 80 Tijuana, Rosarito, and Tecate organizations were invited to participate, with 12 of those organizations achieving accreditation.

Next year we will promote accreditation for another 25 organizations in the State of Baja California.

We are grateful to the researchers at COLEF (College of the Northern Border) for their collaboration in train-ing FIC personnel on the topic of “Challenges of the Region”:

Dr. Elmyra YbañezSocial Networks and Temporary Solutions.

Dr. Wilfredo RuízMethods for evaluating social programs.

Dr. Tito AlegríaGrowth and Structure of Border Cities.

Ismael CoutoSolid Waste Management in Tijuana.

Dr. Laura Velasco Social and Intercultural Integration of the Indigenous People in Tijuana.

Self-Strengthening

Presently, FIC offers technical consulting to each or-ganization regarding the best ways to strengthen the group in those many aspects that are included in the IIT, as some of the non-profit organizations are new and still need to comply with certain requirements. Others must change some of their administrative pro-cedures and still others are incorporating suggestions so that in the short term they may reach accreditation with the IIT.

Through the efforts of State Legislator Car-los Torres, SEDESOE [write out the name of the state agency] has signed an Agree-ment with FIC to provide 50% of the cost of the accreditation for each organization (up to a maximum of 75); with the support of the State Development Agency, the other 50% of the cost will be covered for each organiza-tion interested in accreditation.

Baja California organizations that have satisfactorily complied with the IIT requirements and have become accredited

1. Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental

(Environmental Education in the Border Region)

2. La Puerta Foundation

3. Castro-Limón Foundation

4. Patronato de Baja California del Hospital

Colonia Independencia (Baja California Board

of Trustees of the Hospital in the Independencia

neighborhood)

5. Casa Hogar para Niños Rancho El Milagro

(Children’s Orphanage)

6. Fundación para los Niños de las Californias

(supporting children’s medical specialty clinics

and hospital)

7. Co’mente (a group supporting people with

depression)

8.Patronato Pro-Hospital Civil de Tijuana (Ti-

juana Civil Hospital Board of Directors)

9. Centro de Integración para Enfermos de

Alcoholismo y Drogadicción “Mario Camacho

Espíritu” (Center for treatment of alcoholism

and drug addiction)

10. Museo Interactivo Tijuana (Tijuana Interac-

tive Museum)

11. TABGHA Foundation

12. EUNIME for Tijuana

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Grassroots Organizations$218,221 distributed

Juguetón Azteca5,300 toys (Collected over a one-week period during the December and January holidays)

San Luis,Cañón ZapataVista EncantadaGranjas FamiliaresValle RedondoRinconada II3 de Octubre I3 de octubre II

Infonavit LatinosSánchez TaboadaColonia CuauhtémocColonia ObreraGranjas Amparo Sánchez Comunidad 3 de Octubre I Colonia 3 de octubre IIEl Triunfo

PlanicieEl FloridoNuevo MilenioColinas del Florido

Distribution of Funds LEE & LEONA HUMISTON Fund

Fundación Para la Protección de la Niñez (Foundation for Children’s Protection)

Children’s Chemotherapy Unit For the Patronato Pro-Hospital Civil de Tijuana (Tijuana’s General Hospital Board of Trustees)DIF in Rosarito (Institution for Comprehen-sive Family Development)Casa Hogar Rancho del Niño Nueva Vida (Children’s orphanage) Ecology and Environmental Clean-up Association in Playas de Rosarito

Office equipment and tables (In kind donation) for 8 communities:

Grassroots OrganizationsFord Foundation and the 19th City Council of Tijuana



Construction of Restrooms$722Come Sabroso y Cuida tu Salud$1,889Casakas (Soccer team)$1,962Park project supported by the 18th City Council of Tijuana$2,498

Construyendo un futuro (Building a future)$4,477 Aire limpio para crecer y estudiar$4,309Luz de luna (supports literacy for special groups)$3,760Dale, dale, dale a la creatividad$2,820

Jabones, Shampoo, el cuidado personal es biodegradable (Educational program to support biodegradable personal hygiene products)$4,477“Creando figuras” (Handicrafts workshop)$1,791El puente, valores y actitudes$1,401


These organizations work in the area of distribution of resources to encourage the participation of the Baja Californian community in community develop-ment, on projects based on their needs.

231 Approved Projects and790 Beneficiaries

Payment of Microcredit Loans in the Area South of Ensenada

At FIC, we consider microcredit projects as a sign of hope for people who have an interest in starting a small business to support their families, but, for a variety of factors, are not eligible for a loan from a traditional bank.

These microcredit loans are designed for individu-als from the communities with very limited econom-ic resources, or, for those who are in areas with the greatest need for support.

This year, primarily due the great need and vulner-ability of the region, the microcredit program hand-ed out funds primarily in the southern part of the State of Baja California.

Bahía de los ÁngelesCamalúEl MármolEl RosarioPunta ColonetPunta PrietaSan QuintínVicente GuerreroVilla de Jesús María (El Barril)

Total $34,047

$ 999$ 514

$ 76$ 11,919$ 1,227$ 5,224$10,997$2,740 $ 351

Support for Grocery StoresTortilla Making Enterprises Dressmaking ShopsMobile Fruit StandsProduction of BreadProduction of TamalesTaco ShopsBeauty SalonsResale of Cleaning Supplies

Our Microcredit Programs are:

Microcredit Loans Repaid by Community:


8%

4%

35%

15%

1% 2%3% 0%

32%

CommunitiesVisited

Microcredit Loans Awarded and Being Repaid

SpecialAcknowledgements

Campaign

Thank you all for your assistance!

Elsa ArnaizClientes BanorteClientes Fundación TabghaPersonal de KPMGToñé BeguerissePersonal de Baker & MckenziePersonal de CDTGrupo TransformationVereda de la vidaUsaer 39ComenteTransformarteRadio Zeta 13DIF MunicipalGalateaProyecto SalesianoTelnorDespacho AstiazaránPlanta matriz para la producción de Hongo Orgánico comestible ZetaMercado MunicipalSazón de la abuelaEstancia Infantil miFAMiliaCol. 3 de octubreIMSS C-27Tyco Electronics

From 2002 to 2008, the International Community Foundation (FIC) was blessed by the energetic ef-forts of SYNERGOS, which worked with all the Border Community Foundations. We particularly want to ac-knowledge Peggy Dulany, David Winder and Shari Turitz for their interest in Mexico.

We also want to thank Ann Tartre, Michelle Jaramillo and Christiana DeBenedict, for their professionalism and for their love of the border region. We will always remember them for the strong influence they have had on the FIC.

Lic. Teresa Guadalupe GorraezLic. Manuel ValdezCecyte RíoFlorería KarinaSra. Victoria ReyesLa Vereda de la Vida, A.C.Desarrollo Social Municipal TijuanaArq. Jack WinerC.P. Ernesto Bandala P.C.P. Luis Alberto Guardado A.Lic. Débora AcevedoC.P. Martha Carvajal de HuertaDr. Alberto HernándezMtra. Ma. Isabel ChongIng. J. Manuel Castillo O.Gabriel Ortiz

Lic. Jazibe MuñozTELNORC.P. Rafael MoralesArq. Felipe García NaranjoLic. Óscar TopeteLic. Martha I. SándezSr. Leonel DeratSra. Margot FimbresDelegación de Punta PrietaDelegación Bahía de los ÁngelesDelegación Villa de Jesús MaríaHotel María CelesteRestaurante Misión Santa IsabelSra. Ángela Margarita Calles RoldánÁngel Ramos

Maricarmen RojoLlantera Rápidos y FuriososInstituto CumbresINJUVENCecyte PacíficoCecyte Zona RíoCecyte Villas del SolCecyte el NiñoCecyte el FloridoCONALEPCBTIS 116CBTIS 146CBTIS 273CBTIS 155CETIS 156CETIS 58

In coordination with the Fundación Dibujando un Ma-ñana (Creating a Better Future), Movimiento Azteca and SC Johnson

Thank You, Synergos!


for at riskGirls


Auditor’s report

We are thankful to for the 2007 audit report.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR´S REPORT

Tijuana, B.C., July 11, 2008 (December 17 for purposes of the matters in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7).Board of Directors of “Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, A.C.”

1.We have examined the general balance of the “Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, A.C.” (Foundation) as of December 31st, 2007, as well as the statement of activities and changes in the financial situation for the year that ended on that date. Said financial statements are the responsibility of the Foundation´s Administration. Our responsibility is to, based on these state-ments, give an opinion on same.

2.Our analysis was performed in accordance to the generally accepted auditing regulations in Mexico, which require the audit to be planned and performed in such a way that a reasonable certainty can be obtained in that the financial statements do not have any significant errors, and that they have been prepared in accordance to the Mexican Regulations for Financial Information (RFI) that are applicable to the Foundation. The Audit is an examination, based on selec-tive tests, of the evidence that supports the numbers and disclosures of the financial statements; it also evaluates the RFIs that were used, the significant estimates performed by the administration, and of the financial statements as a whole. We believe our analysis provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3.As mentioned in paragraph 2, the numbers of the attached financial state-ments have been determined based on their historical value, which is why they do not take inflation into consideration as is required in RFI B-10 “Acknowl-edgement of the Effects of Inflation on Financial Statements” and B-16 “Financial Statements of Non-Profit Organizations”, issued by the Mexican Council for Research and Development of Regulations for Financial Informa-tion (CINIF, acronym in Spanish). Had inflation been taken into consideration in the financial statements as of December 21, 2007, the balance of the assets would have increased by approximately $96,386 USD. In addition, in updat-ing the assets, a surplus or deficit account would have been registered, and the net effect would have been reflected in the assets, since this would be its main effect.

4. On July 11, 2008, we issued our opinion on the Foundation´s financial statements as of December 21, 2007. In said opinion we indicated that the Foundation had received a donation consisting of beams and structures. The Foundation was in the process of obtaining supporting information as to the reasonable value of this donation, in accordance to RFI E-2 “Income and Contribution received by Non-Profit Organizations”, issued by CINIF.

On the other hand, we stated that it was not practical to specify the effects of not taking inflation into consideration in the attached financial statements, which were considered important as there was no detailed information as to the Foundation´s assets from its beginnings. Because of these two situations, we refused to give an opinion.

5. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, after we provided our opinion, the Foundation´s Administration obtained supporting documentation that allows the donated assets (mentioned in the previous paragraph) to be reasonably valued at $192,005 USD. See Note 1.

6. After we provided our opinion on July 11, 2008, the Foundation´s admin-istration provided us detailed information as to what the Foundation´s assets were comprised of, which allowed us to evaluate the effects of inflation, which were mentioned in paragraph 3.

7. In our opinion, except for the lack of acknowledgement of the effects of inflation in the financial information indicated in paragraphs 3 and 6, the aforementioned financial statements, reasonably present, in all significant aspects, the Foundation´s financial situation as of December 31st, 2007, the results of its activities, and the changes of its financial situation for the year ended on that date, in accordance to the Mexican Regulations for Financial Information.

8. In addition, using auditing procedures applied in the analysis of the basic financial statements, we have reviewed the narrative and statistical informa-tion the Foundation´s Administration has included in the notes on the financial information, which was prepared under the responsibility of the Foundation´s Administration and which is presented for further analysis. In our opinion, said complementary information is presented in a reasonable manner, in all significant aspects as regards said basic financial statements that have been analyzed.

9.The financial statements for the year ending December 31st, 2006 and which were presented for comparative purposes, were analyzed by a different independent public accountant, who issued his report, without exceptions, on July 2, 2007.

FUNDACION INTERNACIONAL DE LA COMUNIDAD, A.C.

GENERAL BALANCE

Amounts in Pesos

Assets

CIRCULATING ASSETS:Cash (Note 4) Accounts Receivable, net reserve for uncertain collection (Note 5)

Sum of Circulating AssetsREAL ESTATE, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT (Note 6)

Total Assets

Liabilities and Capital

SHORT TERM LIABILITIES:Accounts PayableTaxesSum of Liabilities

CAPITAL (Note 7)Non restrictedTemporarily restrictedPermanently restrictedSum of capitalTotal liabilities and capital

(*) Certain balances have been reclassified to allow comparison with numbers in 2007 and presentation in accordance to the Foundation’s accounting books.

The attached notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

FUNDACION INTERNACIONAL DE LA COMUNIDAD, A.C.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Amounts in Pesos

Changes in non restricted capital:Initial BalanceContributionsIncome from accrued interestIncome from profit in exchange rates

Total yield, profit and other non restricted support

Expenses:Administration and general expensesFinancial expensesTotal expenses

(Decrease) Increase in non restricted capitalFinal Balances of non restricted capital

Changes in temporarily restricted capital:Initial balance

Decrease in temporarily restricted capitalEnding balance in temporarily restricted capital

Changes in permanently restricted capital:Initial balance

Increase in permanently restricted capitalFinal balance in permanently restricted capitalSum of non restricted, temporarily restricted and permanently restricted capital at year endTotal increase in total capital during the fiscal year

(*) Certain balances have been reclassified to allow comparison with numbers in 2007 and presentation in accordance to the Foundation’s accounting books.

The attached notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

December 31st of December 31st of

Year ending

2007 2007

$2,818,550

2,634,332

2,772,608

3,403,509 -

2,809,104

(3,509,913)(90,868)

(791,677)

(3,600,781)

(1,061,408)1,711,200

2,807,311 6,210,820

$8,156,765 $ 954,226 $ 645,500

2,772,608

3,403,5093,403,509

$7,202,539

104,069 70,703

$1,026,422

$ 10,619

931,547

123,579134,198

234,7451,711,200

3,750,097

4,540,866

6,210,8208,156,765

$8,290,963

$8,290,963

7,025,602

292,363

3,403,5097,202,539

$7,317,965

$7,317,965

1,946,281

111,585115,426

1,026,4222,772,608

$5,079,321

7,713,042

2,772,608

7,979,578

(7,108,715) (225,363)

645,500 234,745 1,026,422

(7,334,078)

-

97,726 168,810

$ 380,922

$ 3,841

2006 (*) 2006 (*)

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