Survive - MIVA

MISSIONARY HELPER'S REPORTING UP TO SPEED

This small Catholic charity provides grants for ambulances, boats, auto-rickshaws and other vehicles - for missionaries working in poor countries. Its annual report is well written and contains some excellent financial commentary. More detail on exactly who gets the money would make it better still.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	70 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Small
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	Under £60k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

• Survive - MIVA's website [1]
• The Big Give project information [2]
• Charity Commission entry and link to Survive - MIVA's annual report [4]

Your profile on us states: "More detail on exactly who gets the money would make it better still", which would instantly discount my supporting any charity thus described. Please note, however, that there is a link on our website [5] to a COMPLETE breakdown of "who got the money" for 2008, and for other years, you just have to ask. We update each year.

Simon Patrick Foran
Director